1924-04-03 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".
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Le mirage tahitien de Marlon Brando | Self (archive) - subject | 2025-05-09 |
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Marlon Brando: Im Paradies | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2024-04-01 |
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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self | 2023-12-08 |
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Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-08 |
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Star 67 | Prank Call Voice | 2023-05-12 |
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Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
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Al Pacino : le Bronx et la fureur | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
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The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972 | Himself | 2022-12-28 |
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Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
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kid 90 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-12 |
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self (archive footage) | 2021-06-18 |
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Daniel Day-Lewis : l'héritier | Himself (archive footage) | 2021-10-10 |
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Mr. Saturday Night | 2021-11-13 | |
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2020-03-06 |
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2019-10-13 |
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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
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Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière | Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-24 |
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Making Montgomery Clift | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-23 |
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The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-01 |
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Listen to Me Marlon | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2015-07-29 |
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Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage) | 2015-03-15 |
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
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Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Hollywood Invasion | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-01 |
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Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-30 |
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Ballybrando | Self (archive footage) | 2009-12-12 |
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Les derniers jours de Marlon Brando | Self (archive footage) | 2008-03-01 |
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Brando: An Icon Is Born | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-05-22 |
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Brando | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-01 |
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Superman Returns | Jor-El | 2006-06-28 |
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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-11-28 |
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The Godfather and the Mob | Self (archive footage) | 2006-04-25 |
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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-12 |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Jor-El | 2006-11-02 |
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An Actor Named Brando | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-02 |
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Lost in "The Thinking" | Jor-El (archive footage) | 2005-10-29 |
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1955, Seven Days of Fall | (archive footage) | 2005-10-04 |
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Il était une fois... Le dernier tango à Paris | Self (archive footage) | 2004-12-03 |
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004-08-29 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-03 |
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Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-09-02 |
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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The Score | Max | 2001-07-13 |
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A Huey P. Newton Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-06-18 |
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2001-10-07 |
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Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001-11-13 |
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-01-01 |
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Free Money | Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson | 1998-12-03 |
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Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman | Self (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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The Brave | McCarthy | 1997-07-30 |
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All Power to the People! | Self (archive footage) | 1996-06-01 |
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The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Moreau | 1996-08-23 |
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage) | 1994-12-19 |
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Don Juan DeMarco | Dr. Jack Mickler | 1994-10-12 |
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One | Self (archive footage) | 1994-08-11 |
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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Don Vito Corleone | 1992-10-21 |
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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Tomas de Torquemada | 1992-08-20 |
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Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991-11-27 |
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Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-10 |
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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Don Vito Corleone (archive footage) | 1990-07-12 |
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The Freshman | Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan | 1990-07-20 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Himself | 1989-06-26 |
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Black Leather Jacket | Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
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A Dry White Season | Ian McKenzie | 1989-09-20 |
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Hello Actors Studio | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-09 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-10-24 |
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Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star | Self (archive footage) | 1987-10-07 |
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Don Vito Corleone | 1981-03-24 |
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The Formula | Adam Steiffel | 1980-12-19 |
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1980-01-01 |
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Apocalypse Now | Colonel Walter Kurtz | 1979-05-19 |
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Superman | Jor-El | 1978-12-14 |
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Raoni | Narrator | 1978-02-15 |
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The Missouri Breaks | Robert E. Lee Clayton | 1976-05-19 |
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-04-11 |
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The Nightcomers | Peter Quint | 1972-02-15 |
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The Godfather | Don Vito Corleone | 1972-03-14 |
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Ultimo tango a Parigi | Paul | 1972-12-15 |
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The Godfather: Behind the Scenes | Self | 1971-01-01 |
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
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The Night of the Following Day | Chauffeur | 1969-01-10 |
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Queimada | Sir William Walker | 1969-12-21 |
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Candy | Grindl | 1968-12-17 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Reflections in a Golden Eye | Maj. Weldon Penderton | 1967-10-13 |
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A Countess from Hong Kong | Ogden Mears | 1967-01-05 |
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Meet Marlon Brando | Self | 1966-09-16 |
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The Chase | Sheriff Calder | 1966-02-18 |
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The Appaloosa | Matt | 1966-09-15 |
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Morituri | Robert Crain | 1965-08-24 |
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Bedtime Story | Freddy Benson | 1964-06-10 |
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The Ugly American | Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite | 1963-04-02 |
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Mutiny on the Bounty | First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian | 1962-11-08 |
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One-Eyed Jacks | Rio | 1961-03-30 |
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The Fugitive Kind | Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier | 1960-04-14 |
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The Young Lions | Lt. Christian Diestl | 1958-04-02 |
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Sayonara | Major Lloyd Gruver | 1957-12-25 |
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The Teahouse of the August Moon | Sakini | 1957-07-01 |
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Operation Teahouse | Self | 1956-11-29 |
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Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | 1955-12-23 |
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Désirée | Napoleon Bonaparte | 1954-11-16 |
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On the Waterfront | Terry Malloy | 1954-06-22 |
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The Wild One | Johnny Strabler | 1953-12-30 |
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Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | 1953-06-04 |
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Viva Zapata! | Emiliano Zapata | 1952-02-07 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | 1951-09-19 |
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The Men | Ken | 1950-08-25 |
