Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

  • Birthday: 1924-04-03
  • Deathday: 2004-07-01
  • Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Also know as: Marlon Brando Jr.

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".

Filmography

On the Waterfront

1954

As Terry Malloy

Last Tango in Paris

1972

As Paul

Viva Zapata!

1952

As Emiliano Zapata

The Men

1950

As Ken

The Freshman

1990

As Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967

As Ogden Mears

Guys and Dolls

1955

As Sky Masterson

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

As First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

Free Money

1998

As Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson

The Chase

1966

As Sheriff Calder

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

As Dr. Moreau

The Appaloosa

1966

As Matt

Bedtime Story

1964

As Freddy Benson

The Young Lions

1958

As Lt. Christian Diestl

Sayonara

1957

As Major Lloyd Gruver

The Wild One

1953

As Johnny Strabler

The Missouri Breaks

1976

As Robert E. Lee Clayton

The Nightcomers

1972

As Peter Quint

Burn!

1969

As Sir William Walker

Morituri

1965

As Robert Crain

Désirée

1954

As Napoleon Bonaparte

The Fugitive Kind

1960

As Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

Julius Caesar

1953

As Mark Antony

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

As Rio

The Ugly American

1963

As Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

Meet Marlon Brando

1966

As Self

Listen to Me Marlon

2015

As Self (voice) (archive footage)

Brando

2007

As Self (archive footage)

Raoni

1978

As Narrator

The Last Days of Marlon Brando

2008

As Self (archive footage)

Naqoyqatsi

2002

As Self (archive footage)

The Godfather

1972

As Don Vito Corleone

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

As Stanley Kowalski

Don Juan DeMarco

1994

As Dr. Jack Mickler

Superman

1978

As Jor-El

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

As Maj. Weldon Penderton

The Formula

1980

As Adam Steiffel

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1992

As Tomas de Torquemada

The Godfather and the Mob

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020

As Self (archive footage)

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Godfather Epic: 1901-1959

1981

As Don Vito Corleone

Hollywood Invasion

2011

As Self (archive footage)

Brando: An Icon Is Born

2007

As Himself (archive footage)

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

1987

As Self (archive footage)

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

2019

As Self (archive Footage)

Movie Tough Guys

1991

As Self (archive footage)

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

1992

As Don Vito Corleone

The Score

2001

As Max

Candy

1968

As Grindl

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990

As Self / Don Vito Corleone (archive footage)

All Power to the People!

1996

As Self (archive footage)

You Rock My World

2001

As Boss

Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre

2023

As Self (archive footage)

The Brave

1997

As McCarthy

The Madding Crowd

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius

2021

As Himself (archive footage)

Black Leather Jacket

1989

As Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994

As Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)

Apocalypse Now

1979

As Colonel Walter Kurtz

A Dry White Season

1989

As Ian McKenzie

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001

As Self (archive footage)

Ballybrando

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Becoming Al Pacino

2022

As Self (archive footage)

Val

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris

2004

As self (archive footage)

Superman Returns

2006

As Jor-El

Star 67

2023

As Prank Call Voice

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

1994

As Self (archive footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

As (archive footage)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

As Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

kid 90

2021

As Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

As Self (archive footage)

Hello Actors Studio

1988

As Self (Archival Footage)

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

As Self (archive footage)

Making Montgomery Clift

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Sly

2023

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reel Injun

2010

As Himself (archive footage)

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015

As Self (archive footage)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1989

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Smash His Camera

2010

As Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

1968

As Self (archive footage)

Production

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

As Director

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