Portrait of Marlon Brando

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
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Godfather
The Godfather
GoodWatch score95/100

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

  • Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role

    1973 · Won · 45th Academy Awards

    The Godfather

    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

    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.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
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
Michael Jackson: You Rock My World

as Boss

2010s

3 titles · average score 69
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as (archive footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

as (archive footage)

Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010)

Thanks

2000s

4 titles · average score 70
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jor-El

Superman Returns
Superman Returns (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jor-El

Lost in "The Thinking"
Lost in "The Thinking" (2005)

as Jor-El (archive footage)

The Score
The Score (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

as Max

1990s

10 titles · average score 56
Free Money
Free Money (1998)
GoodWatch score 38

as Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson

The Brave
The Brave (1997)
GoodWatch score 38

as McCarthy

The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
GoodWatch score 34

as Dr. Moreau

E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show

Don Juan DeMarco
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dr. Jack Mickler

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

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

In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father (1993)
GoodWatch score 86

Thanks

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
GoodWatch score 23

as Tomas de Torquemada

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
GoodWatch score 90

as Don Vito Corleone

The Freshman
The Freshman (1990)
GoodWatch score 75

as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

1980s

3 titles · average score 52
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

as Ian McKenzie

Black Leather Jacket
Black Leather Jacket (1989)

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

The Formula
The Formula (1980)
GoodWatch score 32

as Adam Steiffel

1970s

8 titles · average score 74
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now (1979)
GoodWatch score 89

as Colonel Walter Kurtz

Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as George Lincoln Rockwell

Superman
Superman (1978)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jor-El

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Don Vito Corleone

The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
GoodWatch score 67

as Robert E. Lee Clayton

The Godfather
The Godfather (1972)
GoodWatch score 95

as Don Vito Corleone

Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
GoodWatch score 73

as Paul

The Nightcomers
The Nightcomers (1972)
GoodWatch score 54

as Peter Quint

1960s

13 titles · average score 60
Burn!
Burn! (1969)
GoodWatch score 76

as Sir William Walker

Candy
Candy (1968)
GoodWatch score 48

as Grindl

A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
GoodWatch score 49

as Ogden Mears

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
GoodWatch score 56

as Maj. Weldon Penderton

The Chase
The Chase (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sheriff Calder

The Appaloosa
The Appaloosa (1966)
GoodWatch score 46

as Matt

Morituri
Morituri (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

as Robert Crain

Bedtime Story
Bedtime Story (1964)
GoodWatch score 48

as Freddy Benson

The Ugly American
The Ugly American (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

One-Eyed Jacks
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rio

The Fugitive Kind
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
GoodWatch score 61

as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

1950s

12 titles · average score 73
The Young Lions
The Young Lions (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lt. Christian Diestl

Sayonara
Sayonara (1957)
GoodWatch score 76

as Major Lloyd Gruver

The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sakini

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls (1955)
GoodWatch score 77

as Sky Masterson

MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront (1954)
GoodWatch score 89

as Terry Malloy

Désirée
Désirée (1954)
GoodWatch score 42

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (1953)
GoodWatch score 85

as Mark Antony

The Wild One
The Wild One (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Johnny Strabler

Viva Zapata!
Viva Zapata! (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

as Emiliano Zapata

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Stanley Kowalski

The Men
The Men (1950)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ken