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Brando

American

[bran-doh] / ˈbræn doʊ /

noun

Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.

Brando British

/ ˈbrændəʊ /

noun

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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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

Timothée Chalamet is the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to score three Oscar nominations for acting.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

“One is Brando, who’s done his best work, and the other is Robert Duvall.”

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

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

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