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Marlon Brando

1924 - 2004

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Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century, Brando received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and an Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marlon Brando is the 16th most popular actor (up from 22nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from United States (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Actor.

Marlon Brando is most famous for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and The Godfather.

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Among actors, Marlon Brando ranks 16 out of 13,578. Before him are Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren, and Audrey Hepburn. After him are Richard Harris, Danny DeVito, James Stewart, Richard Burton, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Patrick Swayze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Marlon Brando ranks 2. Before him is Jimmy Carter. After him are George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Truman Capote, Robert Mugabe, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Eli Cohen. Among people deceased in 2004, Marlon Brando ranks 3. Before him are Ronald Reagan, and Yasser Arafat. After him are Jacques Derrida, Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Francis Crick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marlon Brando ranks 64 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard Hughes (1905), Robert Frost (1874), Wallis Simpson (1896), James Watson (1928), Andy Warhol (1928), and Bill Clinton (1946). After him are Toni Morrison (1931), George R. R. Martin (1948), Bob Dylan (1941), Richard Nixon (1913), Bill Gates (1955), and David Lynch (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marlon Brando ranks 8. Before him are Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Marilyn Monroe (1926), Grace Kelly (1929), Bruce Lee (1940), and Robert De Niro (1943). After him are Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), Patrick Swayze (1952), Gene Hackman (1930), Morgan Freeman (1937), and Jack Nicholson (1937).

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