ACTOR

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, three British Academy Film Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlon Brando has received more than 35,197,042 page views. His biography is available in 134 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 131 in 2019). Marlon Brando is the 22nd most popular actor (down from 17th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from United States (down from 51st in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Actor.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 35M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 134

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marlon Brando ranks 22 out of 13,578. Before him are Anthony Quinn, Sarah Bernhardt, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Bette Davis, and Louis de Funès. After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jackie Chan, Sophia Loren, Danny DeVito, James Stewart, and Romy Schneider.

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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, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Robert Mugabe, Eli Cohen, Süleyman Demirel, Sarah Vaughan, and Jean-François Lyotard. Among people deceased in 2004, Marlon Brando ranks 3. Before him are Yasser Arafat, and Ronald Reagan. After him are Ahmed Yassin, Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, Juliana of the Netherlands, Francis Crick, Françoise Sagan, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Czesław Miłosz, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marlon Brando ranks 63 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Frost (1874), Henry Ford (1863), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), John Wilkes Booth (1838), George W. Bush (1946), and Bette Davis (1908). After him are Stanley Kubrick (1928), Bill Gates (1955), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), George H. W. Bush (1924), and Charles Lindbergh (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marlon Brando ranks 9. Before him are Bruce Lee (1940), Grace Kelly (1929), Al Pacino (1940), Robert De Niro (1943), Clint Eastwood (1930), and Bette Davis (1908). After him are Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), Patrick Swayze (1952), Morgan Freeman (1937), Harrison Ford (1942), and Nicolas Cage (1964).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Godfather
Don Vito Corleone
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Mar 14o 19728.69 / 10
On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy
Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave the waterfront and expose his employers.
Jun 22o 19547.92 / 10
Apocalypse Now
Colonel Walter Kurtz
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Aug 15o 19798.277 / 10