Marlon Brando

Brando was simply nothing special. He had his fans ,yes, but he was no Andy Griffith, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart or Bob Newhart on acting skills. The dude was very overrated. Bing Crosby and Buddy Ebsen were also much more talented than Brando. Still, I did enjoy a couple of movies he was in to some degree.

He was probably the best actor of his generation.  Sometimes brilliant (The Godfather), sometime awful (The Isle of Doctor Moreau), always interesting to watch.

great actor great looking guy when he was young but an even better personality. he's interesting in interviews, especially his younger ones. on the waterfront isnt acting its brando just reading words and acting like he does normally. its not great in the sense that the acting is so outrageously brilliant. but it is great because brando is being brando. Like I always say personality always wins.

Five stars for his greatest movies. He actually didn't work that much compared to other greats of his generation. I've seen most of his movies and one that was surprisingly good was in "Guys and Dolls". Brando in a musical? Go figure.

None better...ever.

He wasn't the original method actor, but he popularized the Actors Studio method. I have to admit he is one of the greatest actors, ever! He made me cringe, sometimes. He had that effect on his supporters, where they could have pulled out their hair, after hearing about his latest outrageous behavior. Such a time was when he sent a Filipina/German actress named Maria Cruz, (using the name, Sacheen Littlefeather, and dressed in Native American costume), to refuse his oscar. Many felt he was cowardly to not have done so himself. It was a huge controversy at the time! "The Men" is one of my favorites of his appearances. His personal life was a mess from the start of his film career. It was a long journey to his sad appearance as a bloated person who looked so very lonely. But these images will fade away, while his brilliant performances will always be remembered.

Five stars for all the films through '73's Last Tango In Paris, One star for the films thereafter when he became a major chubbo.

Greatest of all time. Streetcar Zapata Last Tango Godfather Ugly American Sayonara, etc. etc. Cant beat him

Best All Time. Everyone focuses on the Godfather, which was one of greatest characters ever portrayed onscreen, but just observe his other work. In Streetcar he embodies a character that will be read in high school and college literature courses forever with perfect accuracy, in On the Waterfront he creates an iconic being that could be replaced by no other actor now, then, or ever, the list of examples would be too long to elaborate on, but, Viva Zapata, Young Lions, Julius Caeser, Wild One, Guys and Dolls, Sayonara, Last Tango in Paris, APOCALYPSE NOW for crying out loud. Even if you don't like some of the films listed, they show an incredible amount of diversity and talent. And to those who say he hasn't done anything in the recent past to credit his talent: he has made numerous movies in the last ten years (Don Juan Demarco, Score, Island of Dr. Moreau, The Brave) and even if they were subpar for Brando, when is the next Jimmy Stewart movie coming out?

Brando is an aquired taste, you either love him or you don't. He was brilliant in the God Father and he did a nice job in Superman. I really have not seem him in anything else that I liked.

Awful mumbling actor that looked like he was always ready to drop off to sleep.........

possibly one of the top five of all time. anyone who disagrees does not know much about acting. you don't like brando? stop wathing.

i like Brando, but by the mid-1970's he was used up. Marlon was more interested in speed-eating Big Macs, instead of acting. too bad. he was one of the best.

One the better actors ever to grace the screen. Difficult to work with I've heard.

He IS the Godfather. May he Rest In Peace.

Best actor of all time

Quite possibly the finest actor that ever lived but i cant give hime 5 stars for reasons such as he gave up after last tango in parris.When he did care for acting and was passionate he could out preform any one in his generation and was an idol to future great actors such as Al Pacino and Robert Deniro.His most famous role was in the Godfather Part 1 where he was pure gold.If it wasnt for other personal things and tradgedys there is no telling how even more influential and great this amazing actor could of been R.I.P Don Corleone 1924-2004

He is complete shiite

By his own admission he stopped giving his best effort after Last Tango and simply went for the paycheck. Which raises the question of how to rate him. He might have been the best ever before and hasn't been worth crap since. I'll split the difference and give 'em a three.

Ok actor, but a bit overrated.

I personally think he is nasty, and has NO talent whatsoever. He isn't even cute, which can usually carry most stars. So I truly don't understand his popularity. Yuck !

Kind of iconic, which can be a bad thing. He hasn't really done anything in years that would require actual acting ability, but his legacy is too extensive to write him off based on the last twenty years. He is good in some roles, but doesn't really bring much to bad roles. Good-Apocalypse Now, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront. Bad-Island of Dr. Moreau, that DeNiro-Norton heist flick. Made me sick-Last Tango in Paris. He's just far more entertaining offscreen than onscreen. He's probably a nightmare to work with, with his refusal to learn his lines or wear pants on the set. Just a weirdo who's been coasting for far too long.

The Godfather. What more needs to be said?

Amazing actor. I consider him one of the best of all time, despite the fact that I've only seen him in four movies (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Godfather and Apocalypse Now).

He he, wow he knows his stuff. I mean look at The Godfather. Capiche? He is a stunning actor, i have nto seen 'Streetcar', but I heard he was excellent in it. And GUys and Dolls- he doesn't have a great voice, but I like it and find it charming.

Awesome!!! Simply awesome. He was evil and twisted as Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now." Who could forget Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Incredible.

Do they still need Jabba the Hutt for Star Wars???

The Godfather says enough!

arguably one of the best ever

I remember back in the mid 70's when they were trying to get Superman off the ground (pun intended), and no big star would sign up because they were all afraid the movie would bomb, and take their careers with it. Everyone was afraid it would be a cheap, cartoony movie with cheesy effects and no one took it seriously. Then, Mr. Brando signed on to play Jor-El (for a huge amount of money considering the small amount of screen time), and then suddenly everybody took the film seriously. Were it not for him the Superman movies might never have happened. Of course, Brando earned that kind of clout through years of solid work like Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. He got a little eccentric in his later years, and lost a little respect the film industry used to have for him, but all in all, he will be remembered for his impressive body of film work.

The single greatest tragedy of them all: this man gave up after Last Tango in Paris (although The Freshman is a hip little comedy). The scene in Tango where he cries over his dead wife's body is possibly the most powerful display of acting I've ever seen. I'm crying because his end is already here. After so many personal tragedies, he's got no fight left in him. We'll just have to relive Streetcar, Waterfront, and The Men and all those other great roles over and over again. He HAS to be honored. He won't show up, but the Academy, the AFI, every film and theatre organization in the world needs to honor him. They have to remind younger generations who started it all - who popularized the concept of The Rebel. Even Elvis and The Beatles would probably not exist without Marlon Brando.

Can anyone think of another actor with more animal magnatism than this man in 'Streetcar Named Desire'? Or anyone who commands more respect than this man did in 'The Godfather'? Is he the greatest actor that ever lived? Olivier fans might disagree, but the fact remains that Brando gives everything to a performance and makes lesser actors tremble from their own inadequency and audiences tremble with emotion!

More great performances than anyone I can think of.

I wanna be like the guy in BaseKetball who drank the fat sucked out of Brando's ass. "Last Tango in Paris" was an airtight virgin. "The Island of Dr. Moreu" was a bored-out gutter whore.

I can't understand. He must be before Tom Cruise or Harrison Ford!!!

HE COULD STILL BE THE WORLDS GREATEST ACTOR AFTER RALPH FIENNES BUT HE JUST DOESN'T CARE!

really sucks

Just recently watched On The Waterfront for the first time -- Brando rules!