Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando in Warner Brothers' Superman: The Movie - 1978

Biography

Born 04/03/1924

An influential, eccentric stage and screen actor--perhaps the most influential and respected of his generation--Marlon Brando first made his name as an exponent of 'The Method', an acting style based on the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky. Method acting rejected the traditional...
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Awards

  • In 1979, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
  • In 1974, received New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
  • In 1974, received Golden Globe Award for World Film Favorite - Male

Highlights

  • In 2005, Collaborated with film director Donald Cammell in 1979 on a China Seas pirate story, later published into the novel Fan-Tan
  • In 2004, Starred as himself in the documentary, "Brando and Brando"
  • In 2001, Acted in "The Score" alongside Robert De Niro and Edward Norton

Family & Companions

  • Movita Castaneda: wife (Mexican; married from 1960-1962; had co-starred as Clark Gable's Tahitian love interest in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935); met while making "Viva Zapata" (1952))
  • Christina Ruiz: born c. 1958; mother of Brando's daughter Ninna

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