Biography
In fact, ever since his debut in "The Goonies" (1985), Brolin languished for years in roles that were well below his station. Adding to his self-determined persona was an ability to get into occasional trouble - whether it was being mauled by a mountain lion, crashing his motorcycle weeks before shooting a major film, or making headlines with an arrest for a domestic dispute - Brolin had a knack for generating publicity in interesting ways. …
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Career Milestones
| Co-founded the Reflections Festival at the GeVa Theatre in Rochester, NY and worked there five years as an artistic director, acting in, and directing productions | ||
| Raised in California | ||
1985 | Feature debut in the Richard Donner-directed movie "Goonies," penned by Chris Columbus from a story by Steven Spielberg | |
1986 | Starred in the skateboarding drama "Thrashin'" | |
1987 | Debut as series regular on the short-lived "Private Eye" (NBC) | |
1987 | Made TV acting debut in the movie "Prison for Children" (CBS) | |
1989 | Played a young Wild Bill Hickock in "The Young Riders" (ABC); father directed him in one episode | |
1989 | Played opposite his father James Brolin (as father and son) in TNT movie "Finish Line" | |
1994 | Cast as a cop romancing two women on the short-lived NBC primetime soap opera "Winnetka Road" | |
1996 | Co-starred in "Flirting With Disaster" as a bisexual cop who, in a memorable sex scene, licks Patricia Arquette's armpit | |
1997 | Turned up as a wise-acre lab rat in "Mimic" | |
1998 | Cast in his father's directorial debut "My Brother's War," a political thriller set in Northen Ireland; father also acted in film | |
1998 | Cast in the thriller "Nightwatch," a remake of the 1995 Danish film "Nattevagten" (1994); film reteamed him with Arquette | |
1999 | Landed featured role as a shallow, self-centered academic caught accused of assaulting a young woman in "Best Laid Plans" | |
1999 | Played the former druggie boyfriend of Claire Danes' Julie in the film adaptation of the classic TV series "The Mod Squad" | |
2000 | Made Broadway debut in revival of Sam Shepard's "True West"; alternated leading role of brothers with co-star Elias Koteas | |
2000 | Portrayed Kevin Bacon's scientist rival in Paul Verhoeven's "The Hollow Man" | |
2000 | Starred opposite Gretchen Mol in the CBS remake of "Picnic" | |
2002 | Co-starred opposite Timothy Olyphant in Victor Nunez' "Coastlines" | |
2003 | Cast as the title character on NBC's short-lived drama "Mister Sterling" | |
2005 | Appeared in the Steven Spielberg-produced TNT miniseries "Into the West" | |
2005 | Cast in the Woody Allen comedy "Melinda and Melinda" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem in the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" | |
2007 | Played a crooked narcotics agent in Ridley Scott's drug dealer epic "American Gangster" | |
2007 | Starred in "Planet Terror," Robert Rodriguez's half of the gore-tastic double feature "Grind House," a collaboration with Quentin Tarantino | |
2008 | Co-starred in Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic "Milk" as city supervisor Dan White, who assassinated San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone; earned SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor | |
2008 | Portrayed George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's controversial film "W." about the 43rd President of the United States | |
2010 | Co-starred in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," the sequel to his 1987 Academy Award-winning film | |
2010 | Played a drifter named Tom Chaney in the Western written and directed by the Coen brothers "True Grit" | |
2010 | Played the title character in the Western action/drama "Jonah Hex" opposite Megan Fox and John Malkovich | |
2012 | Reunited with Tommy Lee Jones, playing the younger version of Jones' Agent K in "Men in Black III" | |
Awards
2008 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in Milk |
2008 | Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in Milk |
2008 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor in Milk |
2008 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor in Milk |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in American Gangster |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in No Country for Old Men |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Milk |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Milk |