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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

Actor · 1924 – 2004 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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".

Movies24

  • Movie8.7

    The Godfather

    1972 · 23K votes

  • Movie8.3

    Apocalypse Now

    1979 · 9.4K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Superman

    1978 · 4.4K votes

  • Movie5.8

    Superman Returns

    2006 · 4.7K votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Score

    2001 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie7.8

    On the Waterfront

    1954 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    Last Tango in Paris

    1972 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie7.6

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie5.1

    Candy

    1968 · 85 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie7.4
  • Movie7.1

    The Chase

    1966 · 336 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1962 · 360 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Freshman

    1990 · 320 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Don Juan DeMarco

    1994 · 824 votes

  • Movie6.8

    One-Eyed Jacks

    1961 · 262 votes

  • Movie4.9

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996 · 585 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Young Lions

    1958 · 150 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Val

    2021 · 243 votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie8.9
  • Movie7.1

    Julius Caesar

    1953 · 243 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Missouri Breaks

    1976 · 257 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Wild One

    1953 · 345 votes

Series17

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.0

    Midi trente

    1972 · 1 votes

  • TV8.7

    Cinépanorama

    1956 · 3 votes

  • TV7.5

    MGM Parade

    1955 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0
  • TV7.5
  • TV8.6
  • TV4.7

    The Hollywood Greats

    1977 · 3 votes

  • TV7.5

    The Sixties

    2014 · 20 votes

  • TV4.5
  • TV8.1

    E! True Hollywood Story

    1996 · 81 votes

  • TV8.7
  • TV
  • TV4.9

    Celebrities Uncensored

    2003 · 7 votes