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Marlon Brando

Film Director | * 04/03/1924 († 80, 07/01/2004) | Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
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Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences. Brando came under the influence of Stella Adler and Stanislavski's system in the 1940s. He began his career on stage, where he was lauded for adeptly interpreting his characters. He made his Broadway debut in the play I Remember Mama (1944) and won Theater World Awards for his roles in the plays Candida and Truckline Cafe, both in 1946. He returned to Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), a rol... ()
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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".

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Marlon Brando

2x Academy Award for Best Actor Theatre World Award 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Donaldson Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 7x Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
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Movies with Marlon Brando as Actor(98)

as lui-même - images d'archive2024 Marlon Brando in Paradise
as Self (archive footage)2023 Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
as Self (archive footage)2023 Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)2021 kid 90
as Self (archive footage)2021 Val
as Himself (archive footage)2021 Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
as Self (archive footage)2020 Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth
as Self (archive footage)2019 Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
as Self (Archival Footage)2019 Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive footage)2018 Making Montgomery Clift
as Self (voice) (archive footage)2015 Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)2015 Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)2014 Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)2011 Hollywood Invasion
as Himself (archive footage)2010 Reel Injun
as Self (archive footage)2010 Smash His Camera
as Self (archive footage)2009 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
as Self (archive footage)2009 Ballybrando
as Self (archive footage)2008 The Last Days of Marlon Brando
as Himself (archive footage)2007 Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Self (archive footage)2007 Brando
as Mrs. Sour2006 Big Bug Man
as (archive footage)2006 The Godfather and the Mob
as Jor-El2006 Superman Returns
as Jor-El (archive footage)2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as self (archive footage)2004 Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
as Self (archive footage)2002 Naqoyqatsi
as Boss2001 You Rock My World
as Himself (archive footage)2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Max2001 The Score
as Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson1998 Free Money
as Self (archive footage)1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as McCarthy1997 The Brave
as Self (archive footage)1996 All Power to the People!
as Dr. Moreau1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)1994 Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)1994 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Dr. Jack Mickler1994 Don Juan DeMarco
as Don Vito Corleone1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Tomas de Torquemada1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
as Self / Don Vito Corleone (archive footage)1990 'The Godfather' Family: A Look Inside
as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan1990 The Freshman
as Ian McKenzie1989 A Dry White Season
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)1987 Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
as Adam Steiffel1980 The Formula
as Colonel Walter Kurtz1979 Apocalypse Now
as Narrator1978 Raoni
as Jor-El1978 Superman
as Robert E. Lee Clayton1976 The Missouri Breaks
as Peter Quint1972 The Nightcomers
as Vito Corleone1972 The Godfather
as Don Vito Corleone1972 The Godfather
as Sir William Walker1969 Burn!
as Self (archival footage)1968 The Movie Orgy
as Grindl1968 Candy
as Ogden Mears1967 A Countess from Hong Kong
as Maj. Weldon Penderton1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Matt1966 The Appaloosa
as himself1966 Meet Marlon Brando
as Sheriff Calder1966 The Chase
as Robert Crain1965 Morituri
as Freddy Benson1964 Bedtime Story
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite1963 The Ugly American
as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian1962 Mutiny on the Bounty
as Rio1961 One-Eyed Jacks
as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier1960 The Fugitive Kind
as Lt. Christian Diestl1958 The Young Lions
as Major Lloyd Gruver1957 Sayonara
as himself1956 Operation Teahouse
as Sky Masterson1955 Guys and Dolls
as Napoleon Bonaparte1954 Désirée
as Terry Malloy1954 On the Waterfront
as Mark Antony1953 Julius Caesar
as Johnny Strabler1953 The Wild One
as Emiliano Zapata1952 Viva Zapata!
as Stanley Kowalski1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
as Ken1950 The Men

TV Shows/Series with Marlon Brando as Actor(10)

as himself2003 Celebrities Uncensored
as George Lincoln Rockwell1979 Roots: The Next Generations
as himself1972 Midi trente
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as himself1956 Cinépanorama
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Marlon Brando as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1961 One-Eyed Jacks

Additional Information

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Full Name: Marlon Brando
Born: Thursday, 04/03 1924 (April) in Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 07/01 2004 (July) in Los Angeles (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Actors Studio, Shattuck-Saint Mary's, New School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Libertyville High School
Spouses (current/former): Anna Kashfi, Movita Castaneda, Tarita Teriipaia
Children: Stephen Blackehart, Cheyenne Brando, Christian Brando, Simon Teihotu Brando, Rebecca Brando, Miko Castaneda Brando
Siblings: Jocelyn Brando
Father: Marlon Brando, Sr.
Mother: Dodie Brando
Other names for Marlon Brando (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Marlon Brando Jr."
"Bud"
"Марлон Брандо"
"マーロン・ブランド"
"말론 브란도"
"มาร์ลอน แบรนโด"
"مارلون براندو"
"马龙·白兰度"
"მარლონ ბრანდო"
"Marlon Brando Junior"
Marlon Brando frequently works together with these people:
Al Pacino (10x, Actor)
Robert Duvall (10x, Actor)
Mario Puzo (10x, Crew)
Charlie Chaplin (9x, Crew)
Richard Donner (9x, Crew)
Johnny Depp (8x, Actor)
Gene Hackman (8x, Actor)
Elizabeth Taylor (8x, Actress)
Jackie Gleason (8x, Actor)
Paul Newman (7x, Actor)
Michael Thau (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1513, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/17/2024