Marlon Brando, Jr. was born on April 3, 1924and died on July 1, 2004 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a two-time Academy Award-winning actor whose body of work spanned over half a century.

He was a smash hit on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947; in the early 1950s he was nominated in four consecutive years for best actor Oscars, winning once for the 1954 film On the Waterfront.

In the 1970s Brando became hot all over again, winning a second Oscar for playing Mafia kingpin Don Corleone in The Godfather. In later years Brando became famous for his reclusiveness and Orson Welles-like girth.

He also starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) and Don Juan DeMarco (1995) opposite Johnny Depp.

His last feature film was the 2001 heist thriller The Score, in which he was paired with Method-trained actors from two younger generations: Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton.

The actor died of pulmonary fibrosis in a Los Angeles hospital in 2004 at the age of 80.

Filmography

• Superman II (2006)
• The Score (2001)
• Free Money (1998)
• The Brave (1997)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
• Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
• The Freshman (1990)
• A Dry White Season (1989)
• The Formula (1980)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• "Roots: The Next Generations" (1979)
• Superman (1978)
• "The Godfather Saga" (1977)
• The Missouri Breaks (1976)
• Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
• The Godfather (1972)
• The Nightcomers (1972)
• Queimada (1969)
• The Night of the Following Day (1968)
• Candy (1968)
• Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
• Woman Times Seven (1967)
• A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
• The Appaloosa (1966)
• The Chase (1966)
• Morituri (1965)
• Bedtime Story (1964)
• The Ugly American (1963)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• The Fugitive Kind (1959)
• The Young Lions (1958)
• Sayonara (1957)
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• "Omnibus" (1 episode, 1955)
• Desirée (1954)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• Viva Zapata! (1952)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• The Men (1950)
• "Actor's Studio" (1 episode, 1949)

Awards

• Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special "Roots: The Next Generations" 1978 - 79
• Golden Globe Award World Film Favorite-Male 1973
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "Last Tango in Paris" 1973
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Last Tango in Paris" 1973
• Golden Globe Award World Film Favorite-Male 1972
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "The Godfather" 1972
• Oscar Best Actor "The Godfather" 1972
• Golden Globe Award World Film Favorite-Male 1955
• British Film Academy Award Best Foreign Actor "On the Waterfront" 1954
• Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award "On the Waterfront" 1954
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor (Drama) "On the Waterfront" 1954
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "On the Waterfront" 1954
• Oscar Best Actor "On the Waterfront" 1954
• British Film Academy Award Best Foreign Actor "Julius Caesar" 1953
• British Film Academy Award Best Foreign Actor "Viva Zapata!" 1952
• Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award "Viva Zapata!" 1952
• Theatre World Award 1946