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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor and film director with a career spanning 60 years, during which he won the Oscar for Best Actor twice. He is well-regarded for his cultural influence on 20th-century film. Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the civil rights movement and various Native American movements.

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Filmography

The Godfather

1972
as Don Vito Corleone

Superman

1978
as Jor-El

Apocalypse Now

1979
as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

Superman Returns

2006
as Jor-El

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996
as Dr. Moreau

Brando

2007
as Himself (archive footage)

The Young Lions

1958
as Lt. Christian Diestl

Ballybrando

2009
as Self (archive footage)

America at the Movies

1976
as Terry Malloy

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988
as Marlon Brando

On the Waterfront

1954
as Terry Malloy

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001
as Marlon Brando

Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories

2008
as Marlon Brando

The Brave

1997
as McCarthy

Meet Marlon Brando

1966
as Self

Hell's Club 2

2016
as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

Morituri

1965
as Robert Crain

The Night of the Following Day

1968
as Chauffeur

The Chase

1966
as Sheriff Calder

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962
as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian

The Missouri Breaks

1976
as Robert Clayton

Hollywood Mavericks

1990
as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001
as Marlon Brando

Last Tango in Paris

1973
as Paul

Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir

2014
as Himself (archive footage)

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

1999
as Marlon Brando

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967
as Ogden Mears

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990
as Himself

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951
as Stanley Kowalski

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006
as Jor-El

Un Américain nommé Kazan

2018
as Marlon Brando

Lost in the Thinking

2005
as Jor-El

The Nightcomers

1971
as Peter Quint

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967
as Weldon Penderton

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
as George Lincoln Rockwell

The Wild One

1953
as Johnny Strabler

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001
as Himself

You Rock My World

2001
as Boss

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

The Appaloosa

1966
as Matt

Julius Caesar

1953
as Marc Antony

Don Juan DeMarco

1994
as Dr. Jack Mickler

Broadway: The Golden Age

2003
as Himself

The Ugly American

1963
as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite

The Godfather and the Mob

2006
as Don Vito Corleone (archive footage)

Dean Martin: The One and Only

2004
as Self - Lt. Christian Diestl

Raoni

1978
as Self - Narrator (voice)

One-Eyed Jacks

1961
as Rio

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992
as Marlon Brando

Bedtime Story

1964
as Freddy Benson

A Dry White Season

1989
as Ian McKenzie

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

1991
as Marlon Brando

Viva Zapata!

1952
as Emiliano Zapata

Big Bug Man

as Mrs. Sour

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1980
as Marlon Brando

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018
as Paul (archive footage)

Burn!

1969
as Sir William Walker

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994
as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

The Formula

1980
as Adam Steiffel, Chairman Titan Oil

Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth

2020
as Marlon Brando

The Magic Behind the Cape

2001
as Marlon Brando

Candy

1968
as Grindl

The Score

2001
as Max

Sayonara

1957
as Major Lloyd Gruver

Guys and Dolls

1955
as Sky Masterson

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1992
as Tomas de Torquemada

The Men

1950
as Ken Wilcheck

Chaplin - The Legend of the Century

2014
as Self (archive footage)

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

2003
as Stanley Kowalski / Zapata / Terry Malloy (archive footage)

The Fugitive Kind

1960
as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier

Listen to Me Marlon

2015
as Himself (voice) (archive footage)

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991
as Himself

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006
as Marlon Brando

The Teahouse of the August Moon

1956
as Sakini

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001
as Self (archive footage)

The Freshman

1990
as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

Désirée

1954
as Napoleon Bonaparte

Hollywood Invasion

2011
as Marlon Brando

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990
as Self

Reel Injun

2010
as Himself (archive footage)

Free Money

1998
as Warden Sven 'The Swede' Sorenson

Director

Movie One-Eyed Jacks 1961

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Marlon Brando, Sam Cagey, Dr. Wallace Heath, Dennis Limberhand, Mervin Wright 		1973
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
(FROM LOS ANGELES) Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, Marlon Brando, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Allan Sherman 		1962
Episode The Ed Sullivan Show
Johnny Carson / June Valli / on film: Frank Sinatra; Marlon Brando 		1955
Episode The Ed Sullivan Show
Rosemary Clooney / Sophie Tucker / Anthony Newley / Modern Screen Awards 		1956
Episode Discovering Film
Discovering Marlon Brando 		2015
Episode RiffTrax
The Island of Dr. Moreau 		2006