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
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Movies 129
self 77
TV Shows 13
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain (2023)
Sly (2023)
Star 67 (2023)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre (2023)
Tour de Cinema: The Nifty Fifties (2022)
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice (2022)
Becoming Al Pacino (2022)
This Is Joan Collins (2022)
Mr. Saturday Night (2021)
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius (2021)
Val (2021)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
kid 90 (2021)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière (2019)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
The Passion of Anna Magnani (2019)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence (2019)
An American Named Kazan (2019)
Making Montgomery Clift (2018)
The Madding Crowd (2017)
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” (2014)
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Hollywood Rebellen (2013)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Reel Injun (2010)
Ballybrando (2009)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2009)
The Last Days of Marlon Brando (2008)
Brando: An Icon Is Born (2007)
Brando: The Documentary (2007)
Brando (2007)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
Superman Returns (2006)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
The Godfather and the Mob (2006)
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood (2005)
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris (2004)
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
You Rock My World (2001)
The Score (2001)
A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001)
The Magic Behind the Cape (2001)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
Free Money (1998)
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
The Brave (1997)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
All Power to the People! (1996)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. (1991)
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990)
The Freshman (1990)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
A Dry White Season (1989)
Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! (1989)
Black Leather Jacket (1989)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989)
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star (1987)
Apocalypse Pooh (1987)
The Godfather Epic: 1901-1959 (1981)
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic (1981)
The Formula (1980)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Superman (1978)
Raoni (1978)
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977)
The Hollywood Greats (1977)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Letter to Jane (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Midi trente (1972)
The Nightcomers (1972)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Burn! (1969)
The Night of the Following Day (1969)
Candy (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
Meet Marlon Brando (1966)
The Appaloosa (1966)
The Chase (1966)
Morituri (1965)
Bedtime Story (1964)
The Ugly American (1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
The David Susskind Show (1959)
The Young Lions (1958)
Sayonara (1957)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
MGM Parade (1955)
Désirée (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Wild One (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Men (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Divine Rapture
Edward R. Murrow - The Best Of Person To Person
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-04-03
Deathday2004-07-01 (80 years old)
Birth NameMarlon Brando Junior
Birth PlaceOmaha, United States of America
Religionatheism
Height175-centimeter
RelationshipsTarita Teriipaia (1962-01-01 - 1972-01-01), Movita Castaneda (1960-01-01 - 1962-01-01), Anna Kashfi (1957-01-01 - 1959-01-01)
ChildrenStephen Blackehart, Cheyenne Brando, Christian Brando, Rebecca Brando, Simon Teihotu Brando, Miko Castaneda Brando
FatherMarlon Brando, Sr.
MotherDodie Brando
SiblingsJocelyn Brando
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesEvanston · Libertyville, United States of America
Also Known AsMarlon 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
AwardsDonaldson Awards, Theatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Academy Award for Best Actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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