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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage
Character:Self (archive) - subject
Release Date:09/05/2025
Marlon Brando in Paradise
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/04/2024
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2023
Flashing Images of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
Character:Stanley Kowalski/Self
Release Date:10/04/2023
The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/12/2022
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:10/10/2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/06/2021
kid 90
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/03/2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/2021
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/12/2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2019
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2019
Making Montgomery Clift
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Character:
Release Date:01/03/2018
The Madding Crowd
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2017
Listen to Me Marlon
Character:Self (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:29/07/2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Character:Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Hollywood Invasion
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2011
Ballybrando
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2009
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2008
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:22/05/2007
Brando
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2007
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Character:Jor-El
Release Date:02/11/2006
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
Character:Self (archival)
Release Date:06/08/2006
Superman Returns
Character:Jor-El
Release Date:28/06/2006
An Actor Named Brando
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/05/2006
The Godfather and the Mob
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/04/2006
Lost in "The Thinking"
Character:Jor-El (archive footage)
Release Date:29/10/2005
1955, Seven Days of Fall
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/10/2005
Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/12/2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Character:Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/08/2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/04/2003
Naqoyqatsi
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/2002
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/10/2001
The Score
Character:Max
Release Date:13/07/2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/06/2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Come vorresti che fosse il futuro?
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/2000
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Free Money
Character:Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
Release Date:03/12/1998
The Brave
Character:McCarthy
Release Date:30/07/1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Dr. Moreau
Release Date:23/08/1996
All Power to the People!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/1996
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Character:Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Release Date:19/12/1994
Don Juan DeMarco
Character:Dr. Jack Mickler
Release Date:12/10/1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/08/1994
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Character:Don Vito Corleone
Release Date:21/10/1992
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Character:Tomas de Torquemada
Release Date:20/08/1992
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/1991
Movie Tough Guys
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1990
The Freshman
Character:Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan
Release Date:20/07/1990
A Dry White Season
Character:Ian McKenzie
Release Date:20/09/1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1989
Black Leather Jacket
Character:Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1989
Hello Actors Studio
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/11/1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/10/1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1988
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/10/1987
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/1982
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Character:Don Vito Corleone
Release Date:24/03/1981
The Formula
Character:Adam Steiffel
Release Date:19/12/1980
Apocalypse Now
Character:Colonel Walter Kurtz
Release Date:19/05/1979
Superman
Character:Jor-El
Release Date:14/12/1978
Raoni
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/02/1978
The Missouri Breaks
Character:Robert E. Lee Clayton
Release Date:19/05/1976
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/04/1974
Last Tango in Paris
Character:Paul
Release Date:15/12/1972
The Godfather
Character:Don Vito Corleone
Release Date:14/03/1972
The Nightcomers
Character:Peter Quint
Release Date:15/02/1972
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
Burn!
Character:Sir William Walker
Release Date:21/12/1969
The Night of the Following Day
Character:Chauffeur
Release Date:10/01/1969
Candy
Character:Grindl
Release Date:17/12/1968
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Character:Maj. Weldon Penderton
Release Date:13/10/1967
A Countess from Hong Kong
Character:Ogden Mears
Release Date:05/01/1967
Meet Marlon Brando
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/1966
The Appaloosa
Character:Matt
Release Date:15/09/1966
The Chase
Character:Sheriff Calder
Release Date:18/02/1966
Morituri
Character:Robert Crain
Release Date:24/08/1965
Bedtime Story
Character:Freddy Benson
Release Date:10/06/1964
The Ugly American
Character:Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Release Date:02/04/1963
Mutiny on the Bounty
Character:First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
Release Date:08/11/1962
One-Eyed Jacks
Character:Rio
Release Date:30/03/1961
The Fugitive Kind
Character:Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Release Date:14/04/1960
The Young Lions
Character:Lt. Christian Diestl
Release Date:02/04/1958
Sayonara
Character:Major Lloyd Gruver
Release Date:25/12/1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Character:Sakini
Release Date:14/01/1957
Operation Teahouse
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/1956
Guys and Dolls
Character:Sky Masterson
Release Date:23/12/1955
Désirée
Character:Napoleon Bonaparte
Release Date:16/11/1954
On the Waterfront
Character:Terry Malloy
Release Date:22/06/1954
The Wild One
Character:Johnny Strabler
Release Date:30/12/1953
Julius Caesar
Character:Mark Antony
Release Date:04/06/1953
Viva Zapata!
Character:Emiliano Zapata
Release Date:07/02/1952
A Streetcar Named Desire
Character:Stanley Kowalski
Release Date:18/09/1951
The Men
Character:Ken
Release Date:25/08/1950
Television Appearances
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Sixties
Character:Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Brando: The Documentary
Character:Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:George Lincoln Rockwell
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character:Don Vito Corleone
The Hollywood Greats
Character:
The English Programme
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Midi trente
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The David Susskind Show
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
MGM Parade
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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