Marlon Brando
Acting
Born: April 3, 1924 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died: July 1, 2004 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
Biography
Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) 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".
Known for
The Godfather
1972
Apocalypse Now
1979
Superman Returns
2006
Superman
1978
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Score
2001
On the Waterfront
1954
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Last Tango in Paris
1972
Don Juan DeMarco
1994
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Photos (12)
Movies (52)
The Godfather
Don Vito Corleone
Apocalypse Now
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Superman
Jor-El
Superman Returns
Jor-El
The Score
Max
Last Tango in Paris
Paul
Candy
Grindl
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley Kowalski
On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy
The Chase
Sheriff Calder
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Dr. Moreau
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Don Juan DeMarco
Dr. Jack Mickler
One-Eyed Jacks
Rio
The Freshman
Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan
Guys and Dolls
Sky Masterson
Mutiny on the Bounty
First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Jor-El
Viva Zapata!
Emiliano Zapata
A Countess from Hong Kong
Ogden Mears
The Appaloosa
Matt
The Young Lions
Lt. Christian Diestl
The Brave
McCarthy
The Wild One
Johnny Strabler
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Désirée
Napoleon Bonaparte
Morituri
Robert Crain
Sayonara
Major Lloyd Gruver
The Missouri Breaks
Robert E. Lee Clayton
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Free Money
Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
The Formula
Adam Steiffel
The Men
Ken
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Tomas de Torquemada
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Maj. Weldon Penderton
The Fugitive Kind
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Burn!
Sir William Walker
A Dry White Season
Ian McKenzie
Bedtime Story
Freddy Benson
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Don Vito Corleone
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Don Vito Corleone
The Ugly American
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Sakini
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
The Nightcomers
Peter Quint
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022
The Night of the Following Day
Chauffeur
Always Brando
2011
Black Leather Jacket
Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)
Lost in "The Thinking"
Jor-El (archive footage)
TV Shows (4)
Self / Appearances (72)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
Midi trente
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self - Activist (archive footage)
The Hollywood Greats
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The David Susskind Show
Self · 1 eps
The Sixties
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 1 eps
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brando: The Documentary
Self · 2 eps
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self (archive footage)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Val
Self (archive)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
kid 90
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Brando
Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self(archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Raoni
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
Himself (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
Self (archive footage)
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Ballybrando
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Desire and Censorship
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
Meet Marlon Brando
Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage
Self (archive) - subject
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
Self (archival)
An Actor Named Brando
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
Operation Teahouse
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
A Streetcar in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Making Montgomery Clift
Self (archive footage)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself (archive footage)
Marlon Brando in Paradise
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Self (archive footage)
North and the Music of the South
Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
A Streetcar on Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Self (archive footage)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Self (archive footage)
The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972
Himself
Humpty Dumpty X
Self
The Shadows Of Method
Himself (archive footage)
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
