Marlon Brando
Known for Acting · 134 credits
- Born
- 1924-04-03
- Died
- 2004-07-01
- Place of birth
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Marlon Brando Jr. · Marlon Brando Junior
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".
Known For
TV Shows (17)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Midi trente
1972
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Don Vito Corleone
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as George Lincoln Rockwell
The Sixties
2014
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
The Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self (archive footage)
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
2024
as Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
The English Programme
1976
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (117)
The Godfather
1972
as Don Vito Corleone
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Colonel Walter Kurtz
Superman
1978
as Jor-El
Superman Returns
2006
as Jor-El
Candy
1968
as Grindl
The Score
2001
as Max
Last Tango in Paris
1972
as Paul
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as Self (archive footage)
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Stanley Kowalski
On the Waterfront
1954
as Terry Malloy
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Dr. Moreau
kid 90
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
as Self
Désirée
1954
as Napoleon Bonaparte
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Rio
The Chase
1966
as Sheriff Calder
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Sky Masterson
The Freshman
1990
as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Robert E. Lee Clayton
The Men
1950
as Ken
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Ugly American
1963
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
The Young Lions
1958
as Lt. Christian Diestl
Julius Caesar
1953
as Mark Antony
Don Juan DeMarco
1994
as Dr. Jack Mickler
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Jor-El
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Wild One
1953
as Johnny Strabler
A Dry White Season
1989
as Ian McKenzie
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
as Self - Activist (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Black Leather Jacket
1989
as Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
2006
as Self (archival)
Ballybrando
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
as Self (archive footage)
Sayonara
1957
as Major Lloyd Gruver
Viva Zapata!
1952
as Emiliano Zapata
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Brave
1997
as McCarthy
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Don Vito Corleone
Always Brando
2011
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
as Ogden Mears
The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Vito Corleone
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Maj. Weldon Penderton
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Morituri
1965
as Robert Crain
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
Bedtime Story
1964
as Freddy Benson
Meet Marlon Brando
1966
as Self
Raoni
1978
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Nightcomers
1972
as Peter Quint
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Appaloosa
1966
as Matt
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Burn!
1969
as Sir William Walker
Free Money
1998
as Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Marlon Brando in Paradise
2024
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
The Formula
1980
as Adam Steiffel
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
as Self
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
as Tomas de Torquemada
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
2021
as Himself (archive footage)
The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972
2022
as Himself
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Madding Crowd
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Humpty Dumpty X
2026
as Self
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage
2025
as Self (archive) - subject
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
as Sakini
Operation Teahouse
1956
as Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
as Self(archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Censorship and Desire
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Brando
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Night of the Following Day
1969
as Chauffeur
1955, Seven Days of Fall
2005
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Power to the People!
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Shadows Of Method
2026
as Himself (archive footage)
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Flashing Images of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
2023
as Stanley Kowalski/Self
Making Montgomery Clift
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Lost in "The Thinking"
2005
as Jor-El (archive footage)
An Actor Named Brando
2006
as Self (archive footage)
About Marlon Brando
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 Stanisla… With 134 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Marlon Brando has appeared in 117 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marlon Brando Movies
- The Godfather (1972) — as Don Vito Corleone
- Apocalypse Now (1979) — as Colonel Walter Kurtz
- Superman (1978) — as Jor-El
- Superman Returns (2006) — as Jor-El
- Candy (1968) — as Grindl
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