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Acting

Marlon Brando

Career: Active from 1950 to 2019, with a break from 2007 to 2018, busiest in 1972 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Godfather
95/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1979 · Won · 31st Primetime Emmy Awards
Roots: The Next Generations
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1973 · Won · 30th Golden Globe Awards
The Godfather
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1973 · Won · 45th Academy Awards
The Godfather
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1955 · Won · 27th Academy Awards
On the Waterfront
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1955 · Won · 12th Golden Globe Awards
On the Waterfront
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1990 · Nominated · 62nd Academy Awards
A Dry White Season
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1974 · Nominated · 46th Academy Awards
Last Tango in Paris
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1958 · Nominated · 30th Academy Awards
Sayonara
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1954 · Nominated · 26th Academy Awards
Julius Caesar
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1953 · Nominated · 25th Academy Awards
Viva Zapata!
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1952 · Nominated · 24th Academy Awards
A Streetcar Named Desire
Source: Wikidata

Characters

10

The characters Marlon Brando played, best-known titles first.

Marlon Brando as The Godfather

Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy

Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski

Marlon Brando as Paul

Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson

Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler

Marlon Brando as Rio

Marlon Brando as Marc Antony

Marlon Brando as Ken Wilcheck

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Marlon Brando Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Wholesome
2.5, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 7
Social Commentary 7
Character Study 5
Psychological Depth 4
Historical Setting 4
Historical Drama 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Moral Dilemma 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Charming 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Character-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Michael Jackson: You Rock My World

as Boss

2010s

3 titles · average score 69

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

60

as (archive footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

77

as (archive footage)

Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!

Thanks

2000s

4 titles · average score 70

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

76

as Jor-El

Superman Returns

64

as Jor-El

Lost in "The Thinking"

as Jor-El (archive footage)

The Score

70

as Max

1990s

10 titles · average score 56

Free Money

38

as Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson

The Brave

38

as McCarthy

The Island of Dr. Moreau

34

as Dr. Moreau

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

Don Juan DeMarco

66

as Dr. Jack Mickler

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)

In the Name of the Father

86

Thanks

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

23

as Tomas de Torquemada

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

90

as Don Vito Corleone

The Freshman

75

as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

1980s

3 titles · average score 52

A Dry White Season

72

as Ian McKenzie

Black Leather Jacket

as Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage)

The Formula

32

as Adam Steiffel

1970s

8 titles · average score 74

Apocalypse Now

89

as Colonel Walter Kurtz

Roots: The Next Generations

51

TV show · as George Lincoln Rockwell

Superman

78

as Jor-El

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

90

TV show · as Don Vito Corleone

The Missouri Breaks

67

as Robert E. Lee Clayton

The Godfather

95

as Don Vito Corleone

Last Tango in Paris

73

as Paul

The Nightcomers

54

as Peter Quint

1960s

13 titles · average score 60

Burn!

76

as Sir William Walker

Candy

48

as Grindl

A Countess from Hong Kong

49

as Ogden Mears

Reflections in a Golden Eye

56

as Maj. Weldon Penderton

The Chase

72

as Sheriff Calder

The Appaloosa

46

as Matt

Morituri

72

as Robert Crain

Bedtime Story

48

as Freddy Benson

The Ugly American

67

as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

Mutiny on the Bounty

64

as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

One-Eyed Jacks

68

as Rio

The Fugitive Kind

61

as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

1950s

12 titles · average score 73

The Young Lions

73

as Lt. Christian Diestl

Sayonara

76

as Major Lloyd Gruver

The Teahouse of the August Moon

64

as Sakini

Guys and Dolls

77

as Sky Masterson

MGM Parade

TV show

On the Waterfront

89

as Terry Malloy

Désirée

42

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Julius Caesar

85

as Mark Antony

The Wild One

69

as Johnny Strabler

Viva Zapata!

62

as Emiliano Zapata

A Streetcar Named Desire

89

as Stanley Kowalski

The Men

74

as Ken