Q&A; with
Josh Brolin. Moderated by
Gregory Ellwood.
GUEST
BIO
Josh Brolin -
Actor
Josh Brolin is an
Academy Award nominee who has emerged as one of
Hollywood’s top leading men. A powerful, sought-after film actor, Brolin continues to balance challenging roles in both mainstream studio productions as well as thought-provoking independents.
Brolin will next be seen in the
Robert Rodriguez &
Frank Miller-directed “
Sin City 2:
A Dame to Kill For,” set to be released
August 22nd by
The Weinstein Company. The actor recently completed production on “
Everest” opposite
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Jason Clarke, and
John Hawkes.
Based on the book
Thin Air, the film recounts the devastating events which occurred as a group of hikers attempted to conquer the summit in
1996. He is currently in production on
Denis Villenueve’s “
Sicario” which is about an officer who travels across the
Mexican border with a pair of mercenaries to track down a notorious drug lord. The film also stars
Emily Blunt and
Benicio Del Toro. Brolin recently signed on to star in
Joel and Ethan Coen’s “
Hail, Caesar!” which was recently acquired by
Universal Pictures, co-starring
George Clooney,
Channing Tatum, and
Tilda Swinton.
In 2008, Brolin was nominated for an Academy Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award and received awards from the
New York Film Critics Circle and the
National Board of Review for his portrayal of
Dan White in
Gus Van Sant's acclaimed film “
Milk.” He starred in the
Coen Brothers’ “
True Grit,” which was nominated for 10
Academy Awards including
Best Picture;
Oliver Stone's “
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” opposite
Shia LaBeouf and
Michael Douglas. He received rave reviews for his portrayal of
George W. Bush in Oliver Stone'
s biopic, “W.” Prior to that, Brolin earned a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of an ensemble for his work in the Coen Brothers’ “
No Country for Old Men,” which also won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and
Best Director. Additionally, Brolin starred in
Ridley Scott's blockbuster “
American Gangster” and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of this ensemble.
His other film credits include: “
Labor Day” directed by
Jason Reitman;
Spike Lee’s “
Old Boy”; “
Gangster Squad”; “
Men in Black 3”; “
Planet Terror”; part of the critically acclaimed
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double feature, “
Grindhouse”;
Woody Allen’s “
You Will Meet a
Tall Dark Stranger” opposite
Anthony Hopkins and
Naomi Watts; “
In the Valley of Elah” for director
Paul Haggis;
John Stockwell's, “
Into the Blue”;
Victor Nunez's “
Coastlines”;
Paul Verhoeven's blockbuster hit, “
Hollow Man”;
Scott Silver's “
Mod Squad”;
Ole Bornedal's psychological thriller “
Nightwatch”; “
Best Laid Plans” opposite
Reese Witherspoon, produced by
Mike Newell; “
All the Rage”; and
Guillermo Del Toro's science-fiction thriller, “
Mimic.” Brolin also received recognition from critics and audiences in
David O. Russell's “
Flirting with Disaster,” portraying a bisexual federal agent, alongside an outstanding ensemble cast led by
Ben Stiller. Brolin made his feature film debut starring in the action-comedy classic “
Goonies,” directed by
Richard Donner for producer
Steven Spielberg.
On television, Brolin made his mark as a series regular in the popular
ABC series “
The Young Riders,” as well as “
Private Eye” for
NBC and “
Winnetka Road” for
CBS. Brolin also received critical praise in the
TNT's epic miniseries “
Into the West,” opposite
Beau Bridges,
Gary Busey and
Jessica Capshaw. In addition, Brolin starred in the title role of
NBC's acclaimed political drama, “
Mr. Sterling.”
As a producer, Brolin joined
Matt Damon, Chris Moore,
Anthony Arnove, and
Howard Zinn, in a documentary entitled “
The People Speak,” based on Zinn’s influential
1980 book A
People’s History of the
United States. The film, which aired on the
History Channel in 2009, looked at
America’s struggles with war, class, race, and women’s rights, and featured readings by
Viggo Mortensen,
Sean Penn, and
David Strathairn, among others. Brolin made his directing debut in 2008 with a short entitled “X,” which he also wrote and produced. It premiered at the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival before screening at such festivals as
South by Southwest and the
AFI Dallas Film Festival.
- published: 08 Dec 2014
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