Marlon Ernest Brando Jr who was better known as Marlon Brando was born on April 3rd, 1924, in Nebraska. He was an American actor with one of the highest active years.
He moved to New York City to learn acting with the coach Stella and Lee Strasberg’s studio. He mainly went to the city because of her sisters. When he was learning acting, he has a methodical approach. This gave him a lot of recognition in the industry.
Marlon Brando Career
His career in Hollywood started as a paraplegic world war II Veteran. The movie was called “The Men”. It wasn’t a huge success. Thereafter, he did a role in Kowalski in 1951. It was a film version of “A streetcar named desire”. The role was a great example of method acting here. To date, it’s considered one of the greatest acts. His performance was great and he became a male sex symbol for Hollywood.
The same role also got him the academy award nomination. The nomination was for the best actor category. He then did a lot of roles in films such as Viva Zapata, On the Waterfront, etc. After On the Waterfront, few people were thinking his acting was missing something. However, it was not so as he also won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role for the film “On the Waterfront”. He did a few different roles thereafter.
From 1963 to 1971, he started thinking that acting was at the financial end as he was not up to the mark. Critics criticized him for altering the script. This was mainly due to his self-indulgence.
However, things were different in 1972 when Brando’s career was back on the perfect track. It was when he played Don Corleone in The Godfather. He received an academy award for being the best actor. He even won the Oscar for his acting in the iconic film The Godfather. However, Brando rejected the Oscar.
Marlon Brando Facts
Marlon was not very good at his studies. He was expelled from two schools. His father then sent him to the Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, Minnesota. He climbed on top of the bell tower to remove the clapper which was 150 pounds and then buried at roughly 200 years. He was never caught.
He saw the agent making the deals. The agent would talk on the phone and Marlon would sit silently to listen. During his initial days, he even turned down “On the Waterfront”. Although he won an Oscar for the same he honestly doesn’t remember what happened with that award. In 1994, when the lawyers were planning to auction it, Marlon came to know that his Oscar was missing.
Marlon bought his island called Tetiaroa. Today, people know it as “The Brando” resort.
Personal Life and Last Days
Marlon Brando was married thrice and had 11 children. He was active until the last year of his death.
Brando died of respiratory failure on July 1st, 2004. However, lawyers refused to withhold the cause of death due to privacy.
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