Marlon Brando

1924-2004

Biography: life and films

Marlon Brando was an American actor. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on 3rd April 1924 and died in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA on 1st July 2004, aged 80.

His best films as an actor include Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), Sidney Lumet's The Fugitive Kind (1960), Francis Ford Coppola's crime-thriller The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979).

Marlon Brando appeared in 45 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Elia Kazan (3 films), Sidney Lumet (2), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2), Francis Ford Coppola (2) and Arthur Penn (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), comedy (7), Thriller (7), romance (6), history (5), Documentary (5), crime-thriller (4), War (4), comedy-romance (3), Western (3), Horror (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Marlon Brando over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director

The Men (1950) [a]

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) [a]

Viva Zapata! (1952) [a]

Julius Caesar (1953) [a]

The Wild One (1953) [a]

Desirée (1954) [a]

On the Waterfront (1954) [a]

Guys and Dolls (1955) [a]

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) [a]

Sayonara (1957) [a]

The Young Lions (1958) [a]

The Fugitive Kind (1960) [a]

One-Eyed Jacks (1961) [a,d]

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) [a]

The Ugly American (1963) [a]

Bedtime Story (1964) [a]

Morituri (1965) [a]

The Appaloosa (1966) [a]

The Chase (1966) [a]

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) [a]

Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) [a]

Candy (1968) [a]

The Night of the Following Day (1968) [a]

Queimada (1969) [a]

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [a]

The Nightcomers (1971) [a]

Last Tango in Paris (1972) [a]

The Godfather (1972) [a]

America at the Movies (1976) [a]

The Missouri Breaks (1976) [a]

Raoni (1978) [a]

Superman (1978) [a]

Apocalypse Now (1979) [a]

The Formula (1980) [a]

A Dry White Season (1989) [a]

The Freshman (1990) [a]

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) [a]

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) [a]

Don Juan DeMarco (1995) [a]

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) [a]

The Brave (1997) [a]

Free Money (1998) [a]

The Score (2001) [a]

Naqoyqatsi (2002) [a]

Superman Returns (2006) [a]



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