Brando

American  

[bran-doh] / ˈbræn doʊ /

noun

1. Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.

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Brando British  

/ ˈbrændəʊ /

noun

1. Marlon . 1924–2004, US actor; his films include On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), for both of which he won Oscars, Last Tango in Paris (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), A Dry White Season (1989), and Don Juan de Marco (1995)

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Example Sentences

Elwes, who stars in the new Peacock crime series “M.I.A.,” also dished about the nickname Marlon Brando gave him and what he lost in the L.A. wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Years later, on the set of “The Godfather,” he did impressions of Marlon Brando.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

At a press conference at Heston’s home in Pacific Palisades, they stood together with Brando, Poitier, Newman, Garner, Carroll, Moreno and Burt Lancaster—an improbable coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

At 30, he has become the youngest man to receive three acting nominations since Marlon Brando.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Remember Terry Malloy, the tormented former boxer played by Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt