Marlon Brando

1. Marlon Brando is one of the greatest actors of America and the world.
2. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3, 1924.
3. The actor grew up in Illinois and there made an attempt to study at a military academy but failed.
4. In 1942 he arrived in New York to study at Lee Strasberg’s Actors’ Studio.
5. There he studied with Stella Adler who promoted the “method approach”, which emphasizes characters’ motivation for action.
6. There he also got acquainted with the basic principles of Acting Theory.
7. Brando made his Broadway stage debut in 1944 in sentimental “I Remember Mama”and then continued to perform on Broadway.
8. In 1947, he played his greatest stage role in Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”. Later he performed his iconic role in the film version that came out in 1951.
9. He received Academy Award nominations for his performance in that very film in 1951 and two more times.
10. In 1954 he got an Oscar for his performance of longshoreman fighting the system in “On the Waterfront”.
11. In 1972 he received one more Academy Award for the Best Actor for his depiction of mafia chieftain Don Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”.
12. But he turned down the prize in protest against Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans.
13. Later he took part in the X-rated “Last Tango in Paris” that was both highly controversial and acclaimed.
14. Since then, Brando received huge fees for playing small parts in such movies as

“Superman” (1979) and “Apocalypse Now” (1979).

1. His co-stars were Johnny Depp, Matthew Broderick, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton.
2. His range of roles is a testament to his capability to explore many aspects of the human psyche.
3. As for his private life, he was married three times to three ex-actresses and had at least 11 children.
4. Brando died in a Los Angeles hospital in 2004 at the age of 80.
5. His rough masculinity, gift and skill made him one of the best performers in the world.