Marlon Brando

**Marlon Brando, Jr.** (Aprile 3, 1924 – Julie 1, 2004) wis an American actor an activist. He is hailed for bringin a grippin realism tae film actin an is eften citit as ane o the greatest an maist influential actors o aw time. Brando is widely kent for his Academy Awaird-winnin performances as Terry Malloy in *[[On the Waterfront]]* (1954) an Don Vito Corleone in *[[The Godfather]]* (1972). Brando wis an activist for mony causes, notably the Ceevil Richts Muivement an various Native American movements.

He ineetially gained acclaim an an Academy Awaird nomination for reprisin the role o Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation o Tennessee Williams' play *[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]*, a role that he oreeginatit successfully on Broadway. He received forder praise for his performance as Terry Malloy in *On the Waterfront*, an his portrayal o the rebellious motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in *The Wild One* pruived tae be a lastin eemage in popular cultur. Brando received Academy Awaird nominations for playin Emiliano Zapata in *Viva Zapata!*; Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film adaptation o Shakespeare's *[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]*; an Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in *[[Sayonara]]* (1957), an adaption o James Michener's 1954 novelle. Brando wis includit in a leet o Top Ten Money Making Stars three times in the 1950s, comin in at nummer 10 in 1954, number 6 in 1955, an number 4 in 1958.

The 1960s pruived tae be a fauch decade for Brando. He directit an starned in the cult western film *[[One-Eyed Jacks]]*, a creetical an commercial flop, efter that he delivered a series o box-office failyies, beginnin wi the 1962 film adaptation o the novelle *[[Mutiny on the Bounty (novelle)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]*. Efter 10 years, in that he did nae appear in a successfu film, he wan his seicont Academy Awaird for playin Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's *The Godfather*, a role creetics conseeder amang his greatest. *The Godfather* wis then ane o the maist commercially successfu films o aw time. Wi that an his Oscar-nominatit performance in *Last Tango in Paris*, Brando re-established himsel in the ranks o tap box-office stars, placin saxt an tent in the Money Making Stars poll in 1972 an 1973, respectively. Brando teuk a fower-year hiatus afore appearin in *[[The Missouri Breaks]]* (1976). Efter this, he wis content wi bein a heichly paid chairacter actor in cameo roles, sic as in *[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]* (1978) an *[[The Formula (1980 film)|The Formula]]* (1980), afore takkin a nine-year break frae motion pictures. Accordin tae the *[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]*, Brando wis paid a record $3.7&nbsp;million ($ million in inflation-adjuistit dollars) an 11.75% o the gross profits for 13 days' wark on *Superman*. He finished out the 1970s wi his controversial performance as Colonel Kurtz in anither Coppola film, *Apocalypse Now*, a box-office hit for that he wis heichly paid an that helped finance his career layaff in the 1980s.

Brando wis ranked bi the American Film Institute as the fowert-greatest movie starn amang male movie starns that's screen debuts occurred in or afore 1950. He wis ane o anly fower professional actors, alang wi Charlie Chaplin, Ronald Reagan an Marilyn Monroe, named in 1999 bi *[[Time (magazine)|Time]]* magazine as ane o its 100 Most Important People of the Century. He dee'd o respiratory failyie on Julie 1, 2004, at age 80.

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