Actor
Marlon Brando
- Born: 3 April 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Estimated net worth: $100 million
Marlon Brando was a renowned American actor known for his intense performances and unique style. He gained fame for iconic roles in films such as 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'The Godfather'. Brando's approach to acting, characterized by naturalism and…
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About Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando was a renowned American actor known for his intense performances and unique style. He gained fame for iconic roles in films such as 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'The Godfather'. Brando's approach to acting, characterized by naturalism and emotional depth, has influenced generations of actors and solidified his legacy in cinema history.
- Born
- 3 April 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Died
- 1 July 2004
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
- Spouses
- Movita Castaneda (1961-1968), Anna Kashfi (1957-1959), Wally Cox (1944-1952)
- Children
- 3 children - Christian, Rebecca, and Miko Brando
- Parents
- Marlon Brando Sr., Dorothy Julia Brando
- Estimated net worth
- $100 million
Fun facts about Marlon Brando
- Brando turned down the Academy Award for Best Actor for 'The Godfather' in 1973 in protest against Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans.
- He was known for his method acting technique, which he developed while studying at the Actors Studio.
Famous Marlon Brando quotes
“I coulda been a contender.”
“The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the guts to refuse.”
“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”
Marlon Brando filmography
Cast (133)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Humpty Dumpty X Movie | Self | |
| 2025 | Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Movie | Self (archive footage) | 8.2 |
| 2025 | Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage Movie | Self (archive) - subject | 5.5 |
| 2025 | Chaos: The Manson Murders Movie | Self - Activist (archive footage) | 6.1 |
| 2024 | Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae TV | Self (archive footage) | 8.7 |
| 2024 | Marlon Brando in Paradise Movie | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 5.9 |
| 2022 | The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972 Movie | Himself | |
| 2022 | Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man Movie | Unknown character | 5.0 |
| 2021 | Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius Movie | Himself (archive footage) | 7.1 |
| 2021 | Val Movie | Self (archive) | 7.2 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.4 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend Movie | Self (archive footage) | 5.0 |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth Movie | Self(archive footage) | 7.7 |
| 2019 | Sophia Loren, a special destiny Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 |
| 2019 | Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood Movie | (archive footage) | 5.7 |
| 2019 | Sacheen: Breaking the Silence Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Making Montgomery Clift Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 |
| 2018 | Hollywood: No Sex, Please! Movie | Unknown character | 5.5 |
| 2017 | The Madding Crowd Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Listen to Me Marlon Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 2015 | Tab Hunter Confidential Movie | Self (archive) | 7.2 |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire Movie | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 7.2 |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 |
| 2014 | The Sixties TV | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Movie | (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 2011 | Always Brando Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 2011 | Hollywood Invasion Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.0 |
| 2009 | Ballybrando Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 2009 | Hollywood sul Tevere Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2008 | The Last Days of Marlon Brando Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2007 | Brando: An Icon Is Born Movie | Himself (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2007 | Brando: The Documentary TV | Self (archive footage) | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Brando Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 2006 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Movie | Jor-El | 7.4 |
| 2006 | Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Superman Returns Movie | Jor-El | 5.8 |
| 2006 | A Streetcar in Hollywood Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 |
| 2006 | North and the Music of the South Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Desire and Censorship Movie | Self (archive footage) | 3.0 |
| 2006 | An Actor Named Brando Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2006 | A Streetcar on Broadway Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 |
| 2005 | Lost in "The Thinking" Movie | Jor-El (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Behind the scenes: Last Tango in Paris Movie | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 |
| 2004 | Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2.0 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored TV | Self | 4.9 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Naqoyqatsi Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.2 |
| 2001 | Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2001 | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies Movie | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 |
| 2001 | Michael Jackson: You Rock My World Movie | Boss | 8.8 |
| 2001 | The Score Movie | Max | 6.7 |
| 2001 | A Huey P. Newton Story Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5.4 |
| 2001 | Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2001 | Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' Movie | Self | 7.6 |
| 1999 | Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 9.0 |
| 1999 | Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity Movie | Self | 5.9 |
| 1998 | Free Money Movie | Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson | 5.4 |
| 1997 | The Brave Movie | McCarthy | 6.0 |
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau Movie | Dr. Moreau | 4.9 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story TV | Unknown character | 8.1 |
| 1996 | All Power to the People! Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.3 |
| 1995 | Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.1 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Movie | Self (archive footage) | 8.0 |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage Movie | Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage) | 9.0 |
| 1994 | Don Juan DeMarco Movie | Dr. Jack Mickler | 6.8 |
| 1994 | Marlon Brando: The Wild One Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 Movie | Don Vito Corleone | 8.9 |
| 1992 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Movie | Tomas de Torquemada | 4.8 |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Movie | Self | 7.9 |
| 1991 | Movie Tough Guys Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 1990 | Anthony Quinn: An Original Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 1990 | The Freshman Movie | Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan | 6.3 |
| 1989 | A Dry White Season Movie | Ian McKenzie | 6.7 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Movie | Self (voice) | |
| 1989 | Black Leather Jacket Movie | Johnny Strabler (segment "The Wild One") (archive footage) | 9.0 |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.0 |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.0 |
| 1988 | All-Time Movie Greats Movie | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star Movie | Self (archive footage) | 10.0 |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 1980 | The Formula Movie | Adam Steiffel | 5.5 |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now Movie | Colonel Walter Kurtz | 8.3 |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations TV | George Lincoln Rockwell | 7.5 |
| 1978 | Superman Movie | Jor-El | 7.2 |
| 1978 | Raoni Movie | Self - Narrator (voice) | 6.0 |
| 1977 | Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television TV | Don Vito Corleone | 8.6 |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats TV | Self (archive footage) | 4.7 |
| 1976 | The English Programme TV | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks Movie | Robert E. Lee Clayton | 6.5 |
| 1974 | Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.2 |
| 1972 | Last Tango in Paris Movie | Paul | 6.9 |
| 1972 | The Godfather Movie | Don Vito Corleone | 8.7 |
| 1972 | Midi trente TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 1972 | The Nightcomers Movie | Peter Quint | 5.7 |
| 1971 | The Godfather: Behind the Scenes Movie | Self | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 |
| 1969 | Burn! Movie | Sir William Walker | 6.8 |
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day Movie | Chauffeur | 5.9 |
| 1968 | Candy Movie | Grindl | 5.1 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show TV | Self - Guest | 6.8 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye Movie | Maj. Weldon Penderton | 6.5 |
| 1967 | A Countess from Hong Kong Movie | Ogden Mears | 6.0 |
| 1966 | Meet Marlon Brando Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 1966 | The Appaloosa Movie | Matt | 6.4 |
| 1966 | The Chase Movie | Sheriff Calder | 7.1 |
| 1965 | Morituri Movie | Robert Crain | 6.7 |
| 1964 | Bedtime Story Movie | Freddy Benson | 6.3 |
| 1963 | The Ugly American Movie | Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite | 6.6 |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty Movie | First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian | 7.1 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show TV | Self | 5.8 |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks Movie | Rio | 6.7 |
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind Movie | Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier | 6.9 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind Show TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 1958 | The Young Lions Movie | Lt. Christian Diestl | 6.7 |
| 1957 | Sayonara Movie | Major Lloyd Gruver | 6.7 |
| 1957 | The Teahouse of the August Moon Movie | Sakini | 6.2 |
| 1956 | Operation Teahouse Movie | Self | 6.5 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama TV | Self | 8.7 |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls Movie | Sky Masterson | 6.6 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade TV | Unknown character | 7.5 |
| 1954 | Désirée Movie | Napoleon Bonaparte | 6.6 |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront Movie | Terry Malloy | 7.8 |
| 1953 | The Wild One Movie | Johnny Strabler | 6.5 |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar Movie | Mark Antony | 7.1 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! Movie | Emiliano Zapata | 6.8 |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire Movie | Stanley Kowalski | 7.6 |
| 1950 | The Men Movie | Ken | 7.0 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show TV | Self | 6.8 |
| TBA | Horrifying Hollywood Murders Movie | Self (archive footage) |
Crew (3)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! Movie | Thanks · Crew | 2.8 |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father Movie | Thanks · Crew | 7.9 |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks Movie | Director · Directing | 6.7 |
Latest releases
- Humpty Dumpty X2026
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror2025 / TMDB 8.2
- Marlon Brando's Tahitian Mirage2025 / TMDB 5.5
- Chaos: The Manson Murders2025 / TMDB 6.1
- Marlon Brando in Paradise2024 / TMDB 5.9
- The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-19722022
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Questions about Marlon Brando
What are some of Marlon Brando's most successful films?
Some of Marlon Brando's most successful films include 'The Godfather', 'A Streetcar Named Desire', and 'On the Waterfront'. These films not only showcased his talent but also received critical acclaim and box office success.
Did Marlon Brando win any Academy Awards?
Yes, Marlon Brando won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. He received his first Oscar for 'On the Waterfront' in 1955 and his second for 'The Godfather' in 1973.
What was Marlon Brando's first film?
Marlon Brando's first film was 'The Men', released in 1950. In this film, he portrayed a paraplegic war veteran, marking the beginning of his illustrious career.
How did Brando's acting style influence the film industry?
Brando's acting style, characterized by method acting and emotional authenticity, influenced many actors and reshaped the approach to performance in film. His techniques have become foundational in acting schools worldwide.
What is Marlon Brando's estimated net worth?
Marlon Brando's estimated net worth is around $100 million. This wealth was accumulated through his successful acting career and various business ventures.
How many children did Marlon Brando have?
Marlon Brando had three children: Christian, Rebecca, and Miko Brando. His children have pursued various paths, including acting and activism.
What legacy did Marlon Brando leave in Hollywood?
Marlon Brando's legacy in Hollywood is profound, as he is often regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. His work paved the way for future generations and set new standards for acting in film.
What notable events occurred during Brando's career?
Notable events during Marlon Brando's career include his refusal of the Oscar for 'The Godfather' and his involvement in civil rights activism, particularly regarding Native American issues.