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Marlon Brando (1924–2004)

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Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949... See full bio »

Born:

Marlon Brando Jr.
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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2006 The Godfather (Video Game)
Don Vito Corleone (voice) (also archive footage)
 
2001 You Rock My World (TV short)
Boss
 
2001 The Score
Max
 
1998 Free Money
Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson
 
1997 The Brave
McCarthy
 
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau
Dr. Moreau
 
1994 Don Juan DeMarco
Dr. Jack Mickler
 
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Tomas de Torquemada
 
1990 The Freshman
Carmine Sabatini
 
1989 A Dry White Season
Ian McKenzie
 
1980 The Formula
Adam Steiffel, Chairman Titan Oil
 
1979 Apocalypse Now
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
George Lincoln Rockwell
– Episode #1.7 (1979) … George Lincoln Rockwell
 
1978 Superman
Jor-El
 
1978 Apocalypse Now: The Workprint (video)
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (uncredited)
 
1977 The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV mini-series)
Don Vito Corleone
– Episode #1.4 (1977) … Don Vito Corleone
– Episode #1.3 (1977) … Don Vito Corleone
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Don Vito Corleone
– Episode #1.1 (1977) … Don Vito Corleone
 
1976 The Missouri Breaks
Lee Clayton
 
1972 Last Tango in Paris
Paul
 
1972 The Godfather
Don Vito Corleone
 
1971 The Nightcomers
Peter Quint
 
1969 Burn!
Sir William Walker
 
1968 The Night of the Following Day
Bud - Chauffeur
 
1968 Candy
Grindl
 
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
Maj. Weldon Penderton
 
1967 A Countess from Hong Kong
Ogden Mears
 
1966 The Appaloosa
Matt
 
1966 The Chase
Sheriff Calder
 
1965 Morituri
Robert Crain
 
1964 Bedtime Story
Freddy Benson
 
1963 The Ugly American
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
 
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty
1st Lt. Fletcher Christian
 
1961 One-Eyed Jacks
Rio
 
1959 The Fugitive Kind
Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
 
1958 The Young Lions
Lt. Christian Diestl
 
1957 Sayonara
Major Gruver
 
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon
Sakini
 
1955 Guys and Dolls
Sky Masterson
 
1955 Omnibus (TV series)
Stanley Kowalski
– Advice to Bathers (1955) … Stanley Kowalski
 
1954 Désirée
Napoleon Bonaparte
 
1954 On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy
 
1953 The Wild One
Johnny Strabler / Narrator
 
1953 Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
 
1952 Viva Zapata!
Emiliano Zapata
 
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley
 
1950 The Men
Ken
 
1949 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– I'm No Hero (1949)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary) (performer: "I'll Know" 1950 - uncredited)
 
1955 Guys and Dolls (performer: "A Woman in Love" 1950 - uncredited, "Follow the Fold" 1950 - uncredited, "I'll Know" 1950 - uncredited, "Luck Be a Lady" 1950 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1961 One-Eyed Jacks
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2014 An Actor's Life (Less Ordinary) (dedicated to the memory of) (post-production)
 
2012 Hollow Men (video short) (very special thanks)
 
2010 Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (special thanks)
 
2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (video documentary) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
2004 The Libertine (dedicated to the memory of)
 
2004 The Merchant of Venice (special thanks)
 
2000 Echek (short) (thanks)
 
1993 In the Name of the Father (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
1996 Marlon Brando: The Wild One (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1994 Corazón, corazón (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 October 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Saturday Night with Connie Chung (TV series)
Himself
– Marlon Brando (1989) … Himself
 
1980 The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Raoni (documentary)
English narrator (voice)
 
1977 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1974 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1974 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1963-1971 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1971 The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1968 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– Marlon Brando: The Actor in Politics (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Pikkuisen hymyä (TV movie)
Himself
 
1966 Meet Marlon Brando (documentary short)
Himself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The David Susskind Show (TV series)
Himself
– The Ugly American (1963) … Himself
– Marlon Brando (1963) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in Leading Role
 
1957 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 July 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.11 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #9.21 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1956 Operation Teahouse (documentary short)
Himself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.9 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.31 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Director
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (100 titles)
2013 Marilyn Monroe: Murder on Fifth Helena Drive (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Marlon Brando tuli Suomeen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Hollywood Invasion (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Smash His Camera (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2009 Glenn Beck (TV series)
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 Tracks (TV series documentary)
 
2008 El espíritu de la democracia (TV movie)
Paul
 
2008 Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (TV documentary)
Johnny Strabler (uncredited)
 
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series)
 
2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (video)
Himself
 
2008 Blood, Sweat, & Brando
Himself
 
2007 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Legenden (TV series documentary)
 
2007 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 On the Lot (TV series)
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Larry King Live: The Greatest Interviews (video)
Himself
 
2007 The Godfather: The Don's Edition (Video Game)
Don Vito Corleone (voice)
 
2007 The Godfather: Blackhand Edition (Video Game)
Don Vito Corleone (voice)
 
2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Resurrecting Jor-El (video documentary short)
Jor-El
 
2006 The Rise of Two Legends (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Superman II (video)
Jor-El
 
2006 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Godfather: Mob Wars (Video Game)
Don Vito Corleone (voice)
 
2005-2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Curse of Superman (TV documentary)
Himself/Jor-El (uncredited)
 
2006 Superman Returns
Jor-El
 
2006 Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Don Vito Corleone (uncredited)
 
2006 The Godfather and the Mob (TV documentary)
 
2006 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2006 Voces (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Bullets Over Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2005 VM Show Vol. 2 (TV series)
 
1995-2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 La tierra de las 1000 músicas (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2005 Lost in the Thinking (video short)
Jor-El
 
2004 Larry King Live (TV series)
 
2004 Dateline NBC (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Dies de transició (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Michael Jackson: The One (TV documentary)
Himself - video 'You Rock My World'
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video)
Boss (segment "You Rock My World")
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989-2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Celebrities Uncensored (TV series)
 
2003 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (TV documentary)
Ogden Mears (uncredited)
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-2003 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
 
2003 James Dean and Marlon Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Naqoyqatsi (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Gordon Willis on Cinematography (video documentary short)
Don Vito Corleone (uncredited)
 
2001 Francis Coppola's Notebook (video documentary short)
 
2001 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Magic Behind the Cape (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (video documentary short)
Himself/Jor-El
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Århundredets vidner (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1997 Showbiz Today (TV series)
 
1997 Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 All Power to the People (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 One on One: Classic Television Interviews (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Edward R. Murrow: The Best of 'Person to Person' (video)
Himself
 
1993 Fame in the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (video)
Don Vito Corleone
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (TV documentary)
Himself/Vito Corleone
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Ian McKenzie
 
1989 The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself - 'Apocalypse Now'
 
1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1987 Apocalypse Pooh (video short)
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (uncredited)
 
1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV documentary)
 
1981 The Rebels: Marlon Brando (video documentary)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Terry Malloy/Stanley Kowalski
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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(September 5-December 14, 1946) Stage: Appeared in "A Flag is Born" on Broadway See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies  | 29 Print Biographies  | 4 Interviews  | 80 Articles  | 20 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[To his cast and crew on the set of One-Eyed Jacks ]: I've got to have clouds, not a clear sky, before we can go on shooting. See more »

Trivia:

Contrary to popular belief, Brando was not an atheist. At his son's trial, where he supposedly revealed his atheism and refused to swear upon a Bible, his actual words were, "While I do believe in God, I do not believe in the same way as others, so I would prefer not to swear on the Bible". See more »

Trademark:

The pioneering use of Method Acting See more »

Nickname:

Bud his childhood family nickname See more »

Star Sign:

Aries