Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor who was born on April 3, 1924 and died on July 1, 2004. Considered one of the twentieth century’s most influential actors, he received numerous honors during his six-decade career, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. Brando was also an activist for a variety of causes, most notably the civil rights and Native American movements. He is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences, having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s.
He received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for reprising his Broadway role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. He received additional praise, as well as his 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 became an iconic image in popular culture. 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, all earned Brando Academy Award nominations.
Marlon Brando parents: Marlon Brando Sr., Dodie Brando
Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Marlon Brando Sr. (1895-1965), a pesticide and chemical feed manufacturer, and Dorothy Julia Pennebaker (1897–1954). Jocelyn (1919-2005) and Frances (1919-2005) were Brando’s elder sisters (1922–1994). His ancestors were mostly German, Dutch, English, and Irish.
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