Josh Brolin: natty or not?
Uncertain Thanos and Cable — a fifty-year-old playing comic-book size
Short answer. Verdict: uncertain. At the peak physique on this page, Josh Brolin is 5'10" (177 cm) and 181 lbs (82 kg) at roughly 8% body fat. That works out to an FFMI of 24.3, against the ~25 mark cited as the natural ceiling.
No official record settles this. What follows is opinion and analysis based on public numbers — how we judge.
The numbers (estimated)
| Peak physique | Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018), at 50 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5'10" (177 cm) |
| Weight | 181 lbs (82 kg) |
| Body fat | ~8% |
| FFMI | 24.3 — ~25 is the cited natural ceiling |
Era by era (estimated)
| Era | Year | Age | Weight | Evidence | Body fat | FFMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable | 2018 | 50 | 181 lbs (82 kg) | reported | ~8% | 24.3 |
Note. Weight and body fat are estimates from photographs and reported figures, not measurements. The verdict below is a statement of what we do not know. See the methodology page for how we judge.
Josh Brolin got into the best shape of his life for Deadpool 2, at fifty. That is the whole question on this page: not the size, which is not extreme, but the age.
The numbers
The FFMI here lands below the drug-free ceiling our methodology page cites. As a snapshot, nothing about Brolin’s build requires an explanation — plenty of natural men who train hard reach it.
Age is the part the index cannot price. Male testosterone declines with age, so the same physique is a bigger achievement at fifty than at twenty-five, and testosterone replacement therapy is both legal and common among American men his age. That is not an accusation, it is the reason a clean FFMI settles less here than it would on a twenty-five-year-old.
What he says
His description of the preparation is a diet answer: “Totally clean: no sugar, no breads, no pastas, no drugs, none of it. Fish, rice, eggs, veggies, water, one [bullet proof coffee] in the morning.” “No drugs” in a sentence about food is a sentence about food. It is not the same as being asked the question and answering it.
Verdict
Uncertain — an unremarkable number achieved at a remarkable age, with nothing on the record either way.
In their words
“Totally clean: no sugar, no breads, no pastas, no drugs, none of it. Fish, rice, eggs, veggies, water, one [bullet proof coffee] in the morning.”
Common questions
Is Josh Brolin natty or on steroids?
This site rates Josh Brolin as uncertain. That is an opinion drawn from public numbers, not a statement of fact: the peak physique on this page works out to an FFMI of 24.3, against the ~25 mark cited as the natural ceiling.
Has Josh Brolin ever failed a drug test or admitted to using PEDs?
Nothing of the sort turned up in the sources on this page. Had it, the verdict would read confirmed instead of uncertain.
What is Josh Brolin's FFMI?
About 24.3. That comes from 5'10" (177 cm) and 181 lbs (82 kg) at roughly 8% body fat, normalized to 1.8 m. Drug-free lifters in the Kouri 1995 study topped out near 25.