Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando was an American actor. Born April 3, 1924, in Omaha. Died July 1, 2004, in Los Angeles. Known for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and A Streetcar Named Desire. Educated at Actors Studio and Shattuck-Saint Mary's School. Awards include Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times), Theatre World Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (2 times).
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- Described as
- American actor (1924–2004)
- Other names
- Marlon Brando Jr.
- Born
- April 3, 1924 · 14 references
- Died
- July 1, 2004 · 14 references
- Born in
- Omaha · 2 references
- Died in
- Los Angeles · 2 references
- Buried in
- Tahiti · 1 reference; Death Valley · 1 reference
- Cause of death
- respiratory failure
- Name at birth
- Marlon Brando Junior
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor; stage actor; television actor; director · 1 reference; actor · 1 reference; activist; theatre manager · 1 reference; writer · 1 reference
- Education
- Actors Studio; Shattuck-Saint Mary's School · 1 reference; The New School · 1 reference; Stella Adler Studio of Acting; Libertyville High School · 1 reference
- Genre
- Western film; epic film; crime film; drama film; crime drama film; thriller film
- Known for
- The Godfather; Apocalypse Now; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront; One-Eyed Jacks; Last Tango in Paris; Burn!
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times) (1955, 1973) · 1 reference; Theatre World Award (1946) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (2 times) (1955, 1973) · 1 reference; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award (1996); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (1979) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; Donaldson Awards
- Spouse
- Anna Kashfi (1957–1959) · 1 reference; Movita Castaneda (1960–1968) · 1 reference; Tarita Teriipaia (1962–1972)
- Children
- Stephen Blackehart; Cheyenne Brando; Christian Brando; Simon Teihotu Brando; Rebecca Brando; Miko Castaneda Brando
- Father
- Marlon Brando, Sr.
- Mother
- Dodie Brando
- Siblings
- Jocelyn Brando
- Lived in
- Libertyville; Evanston
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Website
- https://marlonbrando.com
- Wikipedias with a page
- 159
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385107819
Marlon Brando ( ; April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, 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 performances in Candida and Truckline Cafe (1946). He returned to Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), a role he reprised in the 1951 film adaptation directed by Elia Kazan.
He made his film debut playing a wounded G.I. in The Men (1950) and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances as dockworker Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954) and crime boss Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972). He was also Oscar-nominated for playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952), Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953), an air force pilot in Sayonara (1957), an American expatriate in Last Tango in Paris (1973), and a lawyer in A Dry White Season (1989).
Brando was known for portraying rebellious characters who later became popular icons, such as Johnny Strabler in The Wild One (1953), and he came to be seen as an emblem of the era's "generation gap". He also starred in films such as Guys and Dolls (1955), The Young Lions (1958), The Fugitive Kind (1960), The Chase (1966), Burn! (1969), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Superman (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979), and The Freshman (1990). He made his directorial debut with, and also starred in, the western drama One-Eyed Jacks (1961), which performed poorly at the box office.
On television, Brando won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979), after which he took a nine-year hiatus from acting. He later returned to film with varying degrees of commercial and critical success. The last two decades of his life were marked by controversy, and his troubled private life received significant public attention, including struggles with mood disorders and legal issues. His final films included The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) and The Score (2001).
- Born, in its opening lines
- April 3, 1924
- Died, in its opening lines
- July 1, 2004
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