American actor Marlon Brando Jr. was born on April 3, 1924.
Awarded several honors over the course of a career spanning six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award, and three British Academy Film Awards, he is regarded as one of the most significant actors of the 20th century.
In addition, Brando supported numerous causes, including the civil rights struggle and different Native American initiatives.
He is recognized as one of the first actors to introduce the Stanislavski technique of acting and method acting to general audiences after studying with Stella Adler in the 1940s.
What is Marlon Brando most famous for?
As the head of organized crime Don Vito Corleone, Brando established one of the most recognizable and frequently imitated movie roles ever.
He won another Best Actor Oscar for his performance, but he declined it in opposition to the clichéd representations of Native Americans in cinematic history.
With his leading role in Bernardo Bertolucci’s sexually graphic L’ultimo tango a Parigi, Brando furthered his actorly justification.
He only made five more movie appearances the rest of the decade, with notable supporting roles in Superman (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979), before retiring to his personal Polynesian atoll.
