Age | 80 (age at death) |
Birthday | 3 April, 1924 |
Birthplace | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
Died | 1 July, 2004 |
Place of Death | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Height | 5' 9" (175 cm) |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | Brown - Dark |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Claim to Fame | his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront and his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather |
Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor with a career spanning 60 years, during which he won many accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Actor, three BAFTA Awards for Best Foreign Actor and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in 20th-century film. Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements. 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, derived from the Stanislavski system, to mainstream audiences.