Marlon Brando filmography

Brando from a trailer for the film Julius Caesar (1953), for which he received his third Oscar nomination.

Filmography:
Feature films 40
Stage 7
Television series 3
Video games 1
Music videos 1

Marlon Brando (1924 – 2004) was an American actor and considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century.[1]

Having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s, he is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting, and method acting, to mainstream audiences. He gained acclaim for his role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, a role that he originated successfully on Broadway.[2] He received further praise, and a first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, for his performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, and his portrayal of the rebellious motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One proved to be a lasting image in popular culture.[3] Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952); Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara (1957), an adaptation of James A. Michener's 1954 novel.

The 1960s saw Brando's career take a commercial and critical downturn. He directed and starred in the cult western One-Eyed Jacks, a critical and commercial flop, after which he delivered a series of notable box-office failures, beginning with Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). After ten years of underachieving, he agreed to do a screen test as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). The Godfather became the highest-grossing film ever made, and alongside his Oscar-nominated performance in Last Tango in Paris (1972), Brando reestablished himself in the ranks of top box-office stars. After a hiatus in the early 1970s, Brando appeared in supporting roles such as Jor-El in Superman (1978), as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and Adam Steiffel in The Formula (1980), before taking a nine-year break from film.

Stage

Stage credits
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1944 Bobino Giraffe/Guard [4]
1944 I Remember Mama Nels Broadway debut
1946 Truckline Cafe Sage McRae
1946 A Flag is Born David
1946 Candida Eugene Marchbanks
1946 Antigone Messenger
1947 Eagle Rampant (The Eagle Has Two Heads) Stanislas [5]
1947 A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski
1953 Arms and the Man Sergius Final play

Film

Film credits
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1950 The Men Kenneth "Ken" Wilcheck / "Bud"
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski
1952 Viva Zapata! Emiliano Zapata
1953 Julius Caesar Mark Antony
1953 The Wild One Johnny Strabler
1954 On the Waterfront Terry Malloy
1954 Désirée Napoleon Bonaparte
1955 Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon Sakini
1957 Sayonara Maj. Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF
1958 The Young Lions Lt. Christian Diestl
1960 The Fugitive Kind Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier
1961 One-Eyed Jacks Rio Also director
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian
1963 The Ugly American Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
1964 Bedtime Story Freddy Benson
1965 Morituri Robert Crain
1966 The Chase Sheriff Calder
1966 The Appaloosa Matt Fletcher
1967 A Countess from Hong Kong Ogden Mears
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye Maj. Weldon Penderton
1968 Candy Grindl
1969 The Night of the Following Day Chauffeur
1969 Burn! Sir William Walker
1971 The Nightcomers Peter Quint
1972 The Godfather Don Vito Corleone
1972 Last Tango in Paris Paul
1976 The Missouri Breaks Robert E. Lee Clayton
1978 Superman Jor-El
1978 Raoni Narrator Voice
Documentary
1979 Apocalypse Now Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
1980 The Formula Adam Steiffel
1989 A Dry White Season Ian McKenzie
1990 The Freshman Carmine Sabatini
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Tomás de Torquemada
1995 Don Juan DeMarco Dr. Jack Mickler
1996 Divine Rapture Priest Unreleased
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau Dr. Moreau
1997 The Brave McCarthy
1998 Free Money Warden Sven "The Swede" Sorenson
2001 The Score Max
2004 Big Bug Man Mrs. Sour Voice
Unreleased

Television

Television credits
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1949 Actors Studio Doctor Episode: "I'm No Hero"
1950 Come Out Fighting Jimmy Brand Pilot [6][7][8][9][10]
1979 Roots: The Next Generations George Lincoln Rockwell Episode #1.7

Music video

Music video credits
Year Song Artist Role Refs.
2001 "You Rock My World" Michael Jackson The Boss

Video game

Video game credits
Year Title Voice role Notes Refs.
2006 The Godfather Don Vito Corleone Cameo; released posthumously

References

  1. ↑ "TIME 100 Persons of the Century". Time. June 6, 1999. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ Schulberg, Budd. "Marlon Brando: The King Who Would Be Man". The Hive. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jones, Dylan (August 14, 2014). Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died. The Overlook Press. ISBN 9781468310429. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Mann, William J.. The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando. First edition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2019. Print.
  5. ↑ Brando, Marlon, and Lindsey, Robert. Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me. United Kingdom, Random House, 1994.
  6. ↑ Brando, Marlon (1984). Songs My Mother Taught Me. New York: Random House. p. 104. ISBN 0-679-41013-9. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (2009). Sports on Television. Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 12. ISBN 0313351058
  8. ↑ Heimer, Mel (July 8, 1969). "Boone Takes Glum Look at TV". The Pottsdown Mercury
  9. ↑ Scott, Vernon (March 18, 1980). "TV Pioneer Mourns Loss of Half-Hour Drama". The Montreal Gazette
  10. ↑ "Television". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 18, 1950.
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