American postcard by Classico San Francisco, no. 136-183. Photo: Steve Schapiro / The Ludlow Collection. Marlon Brando in The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972).
American film star Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time. A cultural icon, Brando is most famous for his Oscar-winning performances as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) and Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
Marlon Brando initially gained popularity for recreating the role of Stanley Kowalski in the film A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951), adapted from the Tennessee Williams play in which he became recognized as a Broadway star during its 1947–49 stage run. Then followed his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954), as well as for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One (Laslo Benedek, 1953), which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture.
Marlon Brando was nominated for the Oscar for playing Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (Elia Kazan, 1952); Mark Antony in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953); and as Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in Sayonara (Joshua Logan, 1957). Later he did influential performances in Reflections in a Golden Eye (John Huston, 1967), Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972) and Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola, 1979). Brando was also an activist, supporting many causes, notably the African-American Civil Rights Movement and various American Indian Movements.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
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