Josh Brolin
Sheds Light on New Lighthouse Back Tat!!!
Published November 23, 2025 5:06 PM PST
Josh Brolin looks ready to join up with a “Gangster Squad” … because it seems he may have some expansive new ink on his back.
The actor was spotted surfing in Santa Barbara Saturday … and, while walking to and from the water, he pulled his wetsuit down to let his torso breathe.
And, on his back, is a huge black tattoo … with a lighthouse rising from the waves, topless mermaids framing the scene and the word “aretê” — an ancient Greek word that literally means “fulfillment” and “virtue ‘– squarely between his shoulder blades
It’s a stunning art piece — defintely bringing to mind Ben Affleck‘s colorful phoenix ink which took up his whole back, too.
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It’s interesting because last year Brolin got a tattoo removed from one of his shoulders … thanking the company that did it for getting the “bulls***” off of him.
Brolin’s new ink looks real … and, we know he’s not totally against tats — because he recently gave his first tattoo, putting the ink on a fellow artist’s arm.
Bottom line … Brolin seems to be riding the waves and going with the flow — which clearly took him to one impressive tattoo artist!
