Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin
Age: 41
Character: Dan White in Milk
Synopsis: Gay Rights Activist. Friend. Lover. Unifier. Politician. Fighter. Icon. Inspiration. Hero. His life changed history, and his courage changed lives.
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America.
His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans
Previous Oscar Wins: Brolin has no previous Oscar wins.
Previous Oscar Nominations: And no previous Oscar nominations.
Awards/Nominations for Film: For his performance Josh Brolin was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Critics: “Josh Brolin’s Dan White is a beautiful miniature of inarticulate rage, rendering unknowable motive as a dramatic strength.” (Empire)
“Josh Brolin impresses, too, as Dan White, Milk’s conflicted conservative colleague at City Hall.” (Time Out)
“And Josh Brolin’s star continues to rise after a remarkable and diverse run of roles, including President George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s W. and the backwoods cowboy Llewelyn Moss in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. Brolin brings a complexity and an almost childlike innocent petulance to the role of Dan White.” (Times Online)
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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