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This list includes the awards and nominations of actor Marlon Brando. He received his first prize, the Theatre World Awards, for his debut performances on the Broadway stages in New York City.[1]
Brando made a cinematic impression instantly with his debut performance in The Men (1950),[2] which he succeeded with his iconic portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).[3] He received his first of four consecutive Oscar nominations for the latter,[4] which is a record in the Best Actor category and just 1 shy of the grand total held by both Bette Davis and Greer Garson, with 5 each, in Best Actress. And both performances were recognized by the Jussi Awards, equivocal to a Finnish Oscar.
He would next receive Oscar nominations for portraying Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952);[5] Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953);[6] and finally, Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he garnered his first Academy Award and Golden Globe victory.[7] He also received three consecutive BAFTA Film Awards for Zapata, Caesar, and Waterfront, respectively, as Best Foreign Actor. He also won the Cannes Best Actor prize for Viva Zapata!.
He earned further Golden Globes attention as Best Comedy/Musical Actor for The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956),[8] but also some backlash for doing "yellowface" (white actors portraying Asian characters). Sayonara (1957) earned him his fifth Oscar nomination,[9] and third Globe recognition for a film. The Young Lions (1958) netted him his fourth BAFTA nomination.[10] And The Ugly American (1963) garnered him his fourth Golden Globe nomination for a performance.[11]
His iconic role as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) accrued nominations from all 3 awards contingents.[12] He received his second Academy Award and another Golden Globe, but controversially declined both awards.[13] At the 1973 Oscars telecast, he sent Sacheen Littlefeather in his place to announce his refusal on behalf of "Hollywood's unfavorable depiction of Native Americans".[14]
He followed that up with his highly acclaimed performance in the controversial film, Last Tango in Paris (1972), earning his seventh Academy Award nomination.[15] The Jupiter Awards honored his performance in Apocalypse Now (1979),[16] and he won an Emmy Award portraying neo-nazi George Lincoln Rockwell in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).[17] He was also nominated by the Directors Guild of America for his directorial achievement on One-Eyed Jacks (1961),[18] a film which also won him the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[19]
His career featured some critically panned performances, notably in The Formula (1980) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), both of which earned dubious distinction from the Razzie Awards and Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. He won Worst Supporting Actor for the latter film from both organizations. However, he did receive his eighth Oscar nomination, and subsequent BAFTA and Golden Globe recognition, for his supporting performance in A Dry White Season (1989).[20] These would become his final major distinctions in his six-decades-long career.[21]
In the first two years alone, a nod was given to performances by Betty Comden, Judy Holliday, and John Raitt, joined the following year by Barbara Bel Geddes, Marlon Brando, and Burt Lancaster.
'Stanley Kramer, producer of The Men, had intended on putting Marlon Brando in a good hotel, but Brando would have none of it,' Theodore Strauss wrote.
Brando should have won the Oscar that year, unquestionably, as Streetcar is a better and more influential film than On the Waterfront for which he would get an Oscar in 1954.
However, Brando still applied his revolutionary method acting approach and magnetic energy to the part and received the Oscar nomination for Lead Actor.
Brando would earn a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, (1953), and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, 1952.
Brando would get his third best acting nomination in three years for his Mark Antony.
'Oscars' went to Marlon Brando, its star, for best actor,...
Brando dressing up to be the Japanese narrator Sakini seemed racist to me, so I didn't pursue watching the film,—
...she starred opposite Marlon Brando and Red Buttons in Sayonara, playing Katsumi,...
...but Brando made this his own, as he was to do with so many roles,...
The finished product had some fans -- it won Golden Globe nominations for George Englund and Brando,
He turned down the Golden Globe belatedly, but on Oscar night, the Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather rejected the award on his behalf...
Brando would transform Vito Corleone from a typical villain into an eminent family man with a rich off-screen life and history.
Littlefeather, however, held up her right hand to decline the statuette proffered by Moore as she reached the podium and told the Chandler audience and the 85 million viewers watching at home that Brando 'very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award.'
In one shocking scene, Paul rapes Jeanne, using a stick of butter as a lubricant.
When Brando arrived, he weighed a reported 300 pounds, was incapable of memorizing his lines,...
Of eight Oscar nominations, he won twice for best actor. He also won an Emmy Award for a supporting role as George Lincoln Rockwell, the American Nazi, in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).
And perhaps the most important and impressive feature of Brando's piece is that it brings back to the Western a sense of period, a sense of community, decidedly lacking during the last few years.
GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM // SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS :: Pina Pellicer
...a particularly impressive, Oscar-nominated supporting turn by Marlon Brando, who anchors the movie's fiery, riveting courtroom scenes...
...Brando coming out of retirement for the shoot and reportedly donating his salary to an anti-apartheid organization. Euzhan Palcy shot the court-room scenes that earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination...