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Marlon Brando

Acting

7.3 Popularity Apr 03, 1924 (80 years old) Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Film Awards. Brando was also an...

Biography

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Film Awards. Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements. Having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s, he is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting, derived from the Stanislavski system, to mainstream audiences.

He initially gained acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for reprising the role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, a role that he originated successfully on Broadway. He received further praise, and a first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, for his performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, and his portrayal of the rebellious motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One proved to be a lasting image in popular culture. Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952); Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara (1957), an adaptation of James A. Michener's 1954 novel.

The 1960s saw Brando's career take a commercial and critical downturn. He directed and starred in the cult western One-Eyed Jacks, a critical and commercial flop, after which he delivered a series of notable box-office failures, beginning with Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). After ten years of underachieving, he agreed to do a screen test as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). He got the part and subsequently won his second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award in a performance critics consider among his greatest. He declined the Academy Award due to alleged mistreatment and misportrayal of Native Americans by Hollywood. The Godfather was one of the most commercially successful films of all time, and alongside his Oscar-nominated performance in Last Tango in Paris (1972), Brando reestablished himself in the ranks of top box-office stars.

After a hiatus in the early 1970s, Brando was generally content with being a highly paid character actor in supporting roles, such as Jor-El in Superman (1978), as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and Adam Steiffel in The Formula (1980), before taking a nine-year break from film. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $3.7 million ($16 million in inflation-adjusted dollars) and 11.75% of the gross profits for 13 days' work on Superman.

Brando was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth-greatest movie star among male movie stars whose screen debuts occurred in or before 1950. He was one of only six actors named in 1999 by Time magazine in its list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century. In this list, Time also designated Brando as the "Actor of the Century".

Filmography 130

2025
Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage Movie

as Self (archive) - subject

2024
2024
Marlon Brando in Paradise Movie

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2023
Star 67 Movie

as Prank Call Voice

2023
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Becoming Al Pacino Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius Movie

as Himself (archive footage)

2021
2021
kid 90 Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Sophia Loren, a special destiny Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Making Montgomery Clift Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Madding Crowd Movie

as Self (archive footage)

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday April 03, 1924 (80 years old)
Died July 01, 2004
Place of Birth Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As Marlon Brando Jr., Bud, マーロン・ブランド and 6 more
Years Active 1948 - 2025
Popularity 7.3
Career Stats
130 Total Credits
113 Movie Roles
15 TV Roles
11 Photos