Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968)
[Screen World 2003, By John Willis, Barry Monush. Published by Hal Leonard Corporation, 2004. ISBN 1557835284, 9781557835284] is an
American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films
No Country for Old Men and
Milk.
Early life
Brolin was born in
Los Angeles, California, the son of Jane Cameron Agee, a wildlife activist and native of
Corpus Christi, Texas, and actor
James Brolin.
Brolin was raised on a California ranch with little exposure to his father's acting career.
[Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2008] His parents divorced when he was 18 and his stepmother by his father's current marriage is singer/actress
Barbra Streisand. He became interested in acting after taking an
improv acting class in high school.
