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

“If we mentioned Brando once we mentioned him 25 times,” Duvall told The Times in 2014.

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

Brando was 30, the same age as Chalamet, when he got his third in 1954.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Or somebody might be singing and she’ll point to a few clouds: Look, Marlon Brando.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros