| + Marlon Brando filmography | |||
| Brando from a trailer for the film Julius Caesar (1953), for which he received his third Oscar nomination. | |||
| Filmography: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature films | 40 | ||
| Stage | 7 | ||
| Television series | 3 | ||
| Video games | 1 | ||
| Music videos | 1 | ||
Having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s, he is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting, and method acting, to mainstream audiences. He gained acclaim for his role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, a role that he originated successfully on Broadway.[2] He received further praise, and a 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 proved to be a lasting image in popular culture.[3] Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing 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.
The 1960s saw Brando's career take a commercial and critical downturn. He directed and starred in the cult western One-Eyed Jacks, a critical and commercial flop, after which he delivered a series of notable box-office failures, beginning with Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). After ten years of underachieving, he agreed to do a screen test as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). The Godfather became the highest-grossing film ever made, and alongside his Oscar-nominated performance in Last Tango in Paris (1972), Brando reestablished himself in the ranks of top box-office stars. After a hiatus in the early 1970s, Brando appeared in supporting roles such as Jor-El in Superman (1978), as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and Adam Steiffel in The Formula (1980), before taking a nine-year break from film.
| Title | Role | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Bobino | Giraffe/Guard | [4] | ||
| I Remember Mama | Nels | Broadway debut, original cast | |||
| 1946 | Truckline Cafe | Sage McRae | Original cast | ||
| A Flag Is Born | David | ||||
| Candida | Eugene Marchbanks | ||||
| Antigone | Messenger | ||||
| 1947 | Eagle Rampant (The Eagle Has Two Heads) | Stanislas | [5] | ||
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Original cast | |||
| 1953 | Arms and the Man | Sergius | Final play |
| Title | Role | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Men | Kenneth "Ken" Wilcheck / "Bud" | |||
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | |||
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! | Emiliano Zapata | |||
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | |||
| The Wild One | Johnny Strabler | ||||
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Terry Malloy | |||
| Désirée | Napoleon Bonaparte | ||||
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | |||
| 1956 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Sakini | |||
| 1957 | Sayonara | Maj. Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF | |||
| 1958 | The Young Lions | Lt. Christian Diestl | |||
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind | Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier | |||
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Rio | Also director | ||
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian | |||
| 1963 | The Ugly American | Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite | |||
| 1964 | Bedtime Story | Freddy Benson | |||
| 1965 | Morituri | Robert Crain | |||
| 1966 | The Chase | Sheriff Calder | |||
| The Appaloosa | Matt Fletcher | ||||
| 1967 | A Countess from Hong Kong | Ogden Mears | |||
| Reflections in a Golden Eye | Maj. Weldon Penderton | ||||
| 1968 | Candy | Grindl | |||
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day | Chauffeur | |||
| Burn! | Sir William Walker | ||||
| 1971 | The Nightcomers | Peter Quint | |||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Don Vito Corleone | |||
| Last Tango in Paris | Paul | ||||
| 1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Robert E. Lee Clayton | |||
| 1978 | Superman | ||||
| Raoni | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |||
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Colonel Walter E. Kurtz | |||
| 1980 | The Formula | Adam Steiffel | |||
| 1989 | A Dry White Season | Ian McKenzie | |||
| 1990 | The Freshman | Carmine Sabatini | |||
| 1992 | Tomás de Torquemada | ||||
| 1995 | Don Juan DeMarco | Dr. Jack Mickler | |||
| 1996 | Divine Rapture | Priest | Unreleased | ||
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Moreau | ||||
| 1997 | The Brave | McCarthy | |||
| 1998 | Free Money | Warden Sven "The Swede" Sorenson | |||
| 2001 | The Score | Max | |||
| 2004 | Big Bug Man | Mrs. Sour | Voice Unreleased |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Actors Studio | Doctor | Episode: "I'm No Hero" | ||
| 1950 | Come Out Fighting | Jimmy Brand | Pilot | [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |
| 1979 | George Lincoln Rockwell | Episode #1.7 |
| Song | Artist | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "You Rock My World" | Michael Jackson | The Boss |
| Title | Voice role | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Godfather | Don Vito Corleone | Cameo; released posthumously |