Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor who was perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954). He also played Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), and delivered an Academy Award-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris (1972). Brando had a significant impact on film acting. He was the foremost example of "method" acting, becoming notorious for his "mumbling" diction, and he is now considered one of the greatest American actors of the twentieth century.