Josh James Brolin is an American actor who has performed both in the big screen and television in a career spanning over three decades. His debut film ‘The Goonies’ where he essayed the role of Brandon "Brand" Walsh under the direction of Richard Donner was a box-office hit garnering over $60 million. He made his television debut with ‘Private Eye’, a historical crime drama series. He took a long gap from film acting after his second film ‘Thrashin' ’. He earned recognition playing James Butler Hickok in the television series, ‘The Young Riders’. His real breakthrough came with the film ‘Flirting With Disaster’ after which he performed successfully in several films. Post 2000 he has stupendously performed in several villainous characters in films including ‘Grindhouse’ (Segment: ‘Planet Terror’), ‘American Gangster’, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ and ‘Milk’. His other notable films are ‘Hollow Man’, ‘No Country for Old Men’, ‘Men in Black 3’ and ‘W’. He received ‘Academy Award’ nomination for best supporting actor and ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’ nomination for his outstanding performance as Dan White in ‘Gus van Sant's ‘Milk’.