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. Mankiewiczs 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeares Julius Caesar; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara (1957), an adaptation of James A. Micheners 1954 novel.The 1960s saw Brandos 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 Coppolas 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.
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Film 1979
Jor-El
Film 2006
Terry Malloy
Film 1954
Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan
Film 1990
Stanley Kowalski
Film 1951
Self (archive footage)
Film 1991
Paul
Film 1972
Self (archive footage)
Film 2004
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1988
Emiliano Zapata
Film 1952
Ken
Film 1950
Dr. Jack Mickler
Film 1994
Jor-El
Film 1978
Film 2021
Self (archive footage)
Film 1968
Self
Film 1991
Ogden Mears
Film 1967
Sky Masterson
Film 1955
First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Film 1962
Max
Film 2001
Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
Film 1998
Sheriff Calder
Film 1966
Adam Steiffel
Film 1980
Ian McKenzie
Film 1989
Dr. Moreau
Film 1996
Matt
Film 1966
McCarthy
Film 1997
Self (archive footage)
Film 2023
Don Vito Corleone
Film 1981
Self (archive footage)
Film 2019
Major Lloyd Gruver
Film 1957
Johnny Strabler
Film 1953
Freddy Benson
Film 1964
Himself (archive footage)
Film 2007
Robert E. Lee Clayton
Film 1976
Peter Quint
Film 1972
Sir William Walker
Film 1969
Robert Crain
Film 1965
Napoleon Bonaparte
Film 1954
Grindl
Film 1968
Chauffeur
Film 1969
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Film 1960
Self (archive footage)
Film 2021
Self (archive footage)
Film 2015
Marc Antoine
Film 1953
Rio
Film 1961
Prank Call Voice
Film 2023
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Film 1963
Self / Don Vito Corleone (archive footage)
Film 1990
Self (archive footage)
Film 2010
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Film 2012
Don Vito Corleone
Film 1972
Self (archive footage)
Film 2003
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1999
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
Self (archive footage)
Film 1987
Self (archive footage)
Film 2018
Himself (archive footage)
Film 2021
Self
Film 2001
(archive footage)
Film 2019
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
Self (archive footage)
Film 2019
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2023
Self (archive footage)
Film 2022
Self
Film 1966
Self
Film 2023
Self (archive footage)
Film 1990
Self
Film 1971
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Film 2015
Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)
Film 1989
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Film 2024
Self (archive footage)
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 2001
Himself
Film 2022
Self (archive footage)
Film 2007
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Film 2014
Self (archive footage)
Film 2006
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1974
Self (archive footage)
Film 2020
Self
Film 2001
Self
Film 1980
Self
Film 2001
Narrator
Film 1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2001
Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Film 1994
Don Vito Corleone
Film 1992
Self (archive footage)
Film 2014
Self (archive footage)
Film 2011
Jor-El
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 1994
Self (archive footage)
Film 2009
Self (archive footage)
Film 2017
Self (archive footage)
Film 1970
Self (archive footage)
Film 2008
Self (archive footage)
Film 1998
Self (archive footage)
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 1996
Self (archive footage)
Film 2021
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2002
Self (archive footage)
Film 2021
Self (archive footage)
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 2014
Self (archive footage)
Film 2021
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Film 2005
Self
Film 1956
Tv 1996
Self
Tv 1959
Self
Tv 1948
Self
Tv 2003
Tv 1977
Self
Tv 1953
Don Vito Corleone
Tv 1977
Self
Tv 1972
Self
Tv 1956
Self - Guest
Tv 1968
Self
Tv 2007
Self
Tv 1961