- Marlon Brando is considered one of the greatest American film actors of the 20th century.
- Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska in April 3, 1924.
- Brandon's astrological sign: Aries.
- Height. 5' 9" (1.75 m)
- Parents: Dorothy Julia and Marlon Brando, Sr.
- Brando always referred to Johnny Depp as "the most talented actor of his generation".
- Brando won the Oscar for his role of Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront.
- Marlon Brando supported John F. Kennedy's presidential bid in 1960.
- Before Brando became a star he worked as an elevator operator.
- Marlon Brando was perhaps best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), as Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952), as Mark Antony in the MGM film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar (1953), as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954), as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), as Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and as Paul in Last Tango in Paris (1972).
- Marlon Brando won the Oscar for his role as Vito Corleone in The Godfather.
- His family nicknamed him "Bud." Later, Frank Sinatra dubbed him "Mr. Mumbles."
- Brando is the grandfather of rocker/actress Courtney Love.
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