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Brando in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he received his first Academy Award.
Totals[c]
Wins32
Nominations69
Note
  1. ^ Includes a declined award
  2. ^ Includes a declined award
  3. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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This List includes the awards and nominations of Marlon Brando.

Marlon Brando was an American actor known for his intense leading roles in film. He received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

He received his first prize, the Theatre World Awards, for his debut performances on the Broadway stages in New York City.[1] Brando made a cinematic impression instantly with his debut performance in The Men (1950),[2] which he succeeded with his iconic portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).[3] He received his first of four consecutive Oscar nominations for the latter,[4] which is a record in the Best Actor category and just 1 shy of the grand total held by both Bette Davis and Greer Garson, with 5 each, in Best Actress.

He would next receive Oscar nominations for portraying Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952);[5] Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953);[6] and finally, Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he garnered his first Academy Award and Golden Globe victory.[7] He also won the Cannes Best Actor prize for Viva Zapata!. He earned further Golden Globes attention as Best Comedy/Musical Actor for The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956),[8] but also some backlash for doing "yellowface" (white actors portraying Asian characters). Sayonara (1957) earned him his fifth Oscar nomination,[9] and third Globe recognition for a film. The Young Lions (1958) netted him his fourth BAFTA nomination.[10] And The Ugly American (1963) garnered him his fourth Golden Globe nomination for a performance.[11]

His iconic role as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) accrued nominations from all 3 awards contingents.[12] He received his second Academy Award and another Golden Globe, but controversially declined both awards.[13] At the 1973 Oscars telecast, he sent Sacheen Littlefeather in his place to announce his refusal on behalf of "Hollywood's unfavorable depiction of Native Americans".[14] He followed that up with his highly acclaimed performance in the controversial film, Last Tango in Paris (1972), earning his seventh Academy Award nomination.[15] The Jupiter Awards honored his performance in Apocalypse Now (1979),[16] and he won an Emmy Award portraying neo-nazi George Lincoln Rockwell in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).[17] He was also nominated by the Directors Guild of America for his directorial achievement on One-Eyed Jacks (1961),[18] a film which also won him the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[19]

His career featured some critically panned performances, notably in The Formula (1980) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), both of which earned dubious distinction from the Razzie Awards and Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. He won Worst Supporting Actor for the latter film from both organizations. However, he did receive his eighth Oscar nomination, and subsequent BAFTA and Golden Globe recognition, for his supporting performance in A Dry White Season (1989).[20] These would become his final major distinctions in his six-decades-long career.[21]

Major film awards

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Table key
§ Indicates a declined award
† Indicates a posthumous award

Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1951 Best Actor A Streetcar Named Desire Nominated [3][4]
1952 Viva Zapata! Nominated [5]
1953 Julius Caesar Nominated [6]
1954 On the Waterfront Won [7]
1957 Sayonara Nominated [9]
1972 The Godfather Won§[a] [12][13][14]
1973 Last Tango in Paris Nominated [15]
1989 Best Supporting Actor A Dry White Season Nominated [20][21]

BAFTA Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1953 Best Foreign Actor Viva Zapata! Won [5]
1954 Julius Caesar Won [6]
1955 On the Waterfront Won [7]
1959 The Young Lions Nominated [10]
1973 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Godfather Nominated [12][13][22]
The Nightcomers
1974 Last Tango in Paris Nominated [15]
1990 Best Actor in a Supporting Role A Dry White Season Nominated [20][21]

Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1979 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Roots: The Next Generations Won [17]

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1955 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama On the Waterfront Won [7]
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite – Male) — Nominated
1956 — Won
1957 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical The Teahouse of the August Moon Nominated [8]
1958 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Sayonara Nominated [9]
1964 The Ugly American Nominated [11]
1973 The Godfather Won§[b] [12][13][14]
Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite – Male) — Won
1974 — Won
1990 Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture A Dry White Season Nominated

International awards

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Year Awards ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1952 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Viva Zapata! Won [5]
1952 Jussi Awards Best Foreign Actor The Men Won [2][3][4]
A Streetcar Named Desire
1955 Bambi Awards Best Actor —
International 		On the Waterfront Nominated [7]
1958 David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actor Sayonara Won[c] [9]
1961 San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell
(Best Film) 		One-Eyed Jacks Won [18][19]
1973 Jussi Awards Actor of the Year N/A Won
1989 Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actor A Dry White Season Won [20][21]

Critics' awards

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Year Awards ceremony Category Nominated work Character Result Ref.
1951 New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor A Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski Runner-Up [3]
1954 On the Waterfront Terry Malloy Won [7]
1957 Sayonara Maj. Lloyd "Ace" Gruver, USAF Runner-Up [9]
1972 National Society of Film Critics Best Actor The Godfather (Don) Vito Corleone Runner-Up [23]
1973 New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Runner-Up [12]
1973 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Won[d] [24]
1974 National Society of Film Critics Last Tango in Paris Paul Won [15][23]
1974 New York Film Critics Circle Won [25]
1989 Best Supporting Actor A Dry White Season Ian McKenzie 3rd Place [20]
1990 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated [21]

Miscellaneous

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Other major industry awards
Year Awards ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1962 DGA Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement — Feature Film One-Eyed Jacks Nominated [18][19]
Various minor awards
Year Awards ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1946 Theatre World Awards Outstanding NYC Stage Debut Performance(s) Candida Recipient[e] [1]
Truckline Café
1957 Laurel Awards Top Male Comedic Performance The Teahouse of the August Moon Won [8]
1958 Top Male Dramatic Performance The Young Lions Won [10]
1967 Western Heritage Awards Bronze Wrangler The Appaloosa Won[f]
1972 Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Movie Performer Burn! Won
1980 Jupiter Awards Best International Actor Apocalypse Now Nominated [16]
1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Supporting Actor The Formula Nominated
Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male Nominated
1981 Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Nominated
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Nominated
1997 The Island of Dr. Moreau Won
Worst Screen Couple/Combo
(Shared with Nelson de la Rosa, who played Majai) 		Nominated
1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Won
Worst On-Screen Hairstyle Nominated

Special citations

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Non-specific and honorary accolades
Year Awards ceremony Category Result Ref.
1958 Laurel Awards Golden Laurel – Top Male Star Nominated
1959 Nominated
1960 Hollywood Walk of Fame Motion Picture Star Inducted [26]
1961 Laurel Awards Golden Laurel – Top Male Star 12th Place
Golden Apple Awards Sour Apple for Least Cooperative Actor Winner
1975 People's Choice Awards Favorite Motion Picture Actor Nominated
1975 Photoplay Awards Favorite Male Motion Picture Star Nominated
1976 Nominated
1978 Nominated
1980 The Golden Turkey Awards Most Ludicrous Racial Impersonation:
(As a native of Okinawa, Japan in The Teahouse of the August Moon) 		Received [27]
2000 Online Film & Television Association Film Hall of Fame: Acting Received
2004 Italian Online Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Received†
2021 Online Film & Television Association Film Hall of Fame:
[Character — (Don) Vito Corleone, The Godfather] 		Received† [12][13]

All-Time Rankings

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The following are the results from various polls.

All-Time Rankings
Rank Organisation Category Lost to Ref.
1st Film School WTF Top 100 Best Hollywood Actors Of All Time — [28]
2nd Filmsite 100 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time Peter O'Toole [29]
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Top 100 Greatest Actors of All Time (The Ultimate List) Jack Nicholson [30]
4th AMC The 50 Greatest Actors of All Time Tom Hanks [31]
American Film Institute (AFI) 100 Years...100 Stars Humphrey Bogart [32]
8th TheTopTens Top Ten Greatest Actors Johnny Depp [33]
10th Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Best Actors - Top 250 Jack Nicholson [34]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brando did not attend the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony. Instead, he boycotted it and sent actress Sacheen Littlefeather to represent him. When he was announced the winner for The Godfather, she took the stage with his prepared speech. Although unable to read it in its entirety, she summarized that he was protesting Hollywood's negative portrayal of Native Americans. (This occurred shortly after the Wounded Knee Occupation protest as well.) The vicarious speech elicited a mixture of applause and boos. Littlefeather received death threats following her appearance.
  2. ^ Brando refused the Golden Globe win, on account of U.S.A.'s "imperialism and racism".
  3. ^ Tied with Charles Laughton, for his performance in Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
  4. ^ Tied for 1st place with Stacy Keach, for his performance in Fat City (1972).
  5. ^ Brando was among several cited recipients of that theatrical season (1945-1946), including: Barbara Bel Geddes, Deep Are the Roots; Bill Callahan, Call Me Mister; Wendell Corey, The Wind Is Ninety; Paul Douglas, Born Yesterday; Mary James, Apple of His Eye; Burt Lancaster, A Sound of Hunting; Patricia Marshall, The Day Before Spring; and Beatrice Pearson, The Mermaids Singing.
  6. ^ The award was a joint prize, shared amongst Sidney J. Furie (director); James Bridges, Roland Kibbee (screenwriters); Robert MacLeod (original novel author); & Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon (actors/actress).

References

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  1. ^ a b Levy, Rose (2023-06-05). "Theatre World Award Recipients". Theatre World Awards. Retrieved 2023-10-20. In the first two years alone, a nod was given to performances by Betty Comden, Judy Holliday, and John Raitt, joined the following year by Barbara Bel Geddes, Marlon Brando, and Burt Lancaster.
  2. ^ a b Cosgrove, Ben (2014-11-05). Ronk, Liz (ed.). "Brando: Early Photos of a Legend in the Making". Life. Photography by Ed Clark. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 2023-10-21. 'Stanley Kramer, producer of The Men, had intended on putting Marlon Brando in a good hotel, but Brando would have none of it,' Theodore Strauss wrote.
  3. ^ a b c d Guild, James J. (2020-08-13). "Marlon Brando in Streetcar: The Role That Changed Cinema". Cinema & Sambal. Retrieved 2023-10-21. Brando should have won the Oscar that year, unquestionably, as Streetcar is a better and more influential film than On the Waterfront for which he would get an Oscar in 1954.
  4. ^ a b c Tibbs, Ros (2022-12-18). "Marlon Brando hated the response to his A Streetcar Named Desire role..." Far Out. Retrieved 2023-10-21. However, Brando still applied his revolutionary method acting approach and magnetic energy to the part and received the Oscar nomination for Lead Actor.
  5. ^ a b c d Breckenridge, Dominique (2018-02-13). "'I DON'T WANT TO BE THE CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD.' VIVA ZAPATA (1952) #31DAYSOFOSCAR". Dominique's Revue. Retrieved 2023-10-20. Brando would earn a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, (1953), and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, 1952.
  6. ^ a b c Sokol, Tony (2019-03-05). "Julius Caesar: Marlon Brando and the Ides of March". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2023-10-20. Brando would get his third best acting nomination in three years for his Mark Antony.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Pryor, Thomas M. (1955-03-31). Catledge, Turner (ed.). "'Waterfront,' Brando, Grace Kelly Win 'Oscars' Kazan Best Director--Eva Marie Saint and O'Brien Cited". The New York Times. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved 2023-10-21. 'Oscars' went to Marlon Brando, its star, for best actor,...
  8. ^ a b c Solis, Sydney (2020-09-27). "The Teahouse of the August Moon Revisited". Sydney in Osaka: Living the Mindful Life in Japan. Retrieved 2023-10-19. Brando dressing up to be the Japanese narrator Sakini seemed racist to me, so I didn't pursue watching the film,—
  9. ^ a b c d e Li, Shirley (2018-02-22). Goldblatt, Henry (ed.). "Why did Miyoshi Umeki, the only Asian actress to ever win an Oscar, destroy her trophy?". Entertainment Weekly. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved 2023-10-22. ...she starred opposite Marlon Brando and Red Buttons in Sayonara, playing Katsumi,...
  10. ^ a b c Burnett, Peter (2014-07-06). "Peter Burnett reviews The Young Lions (1958)". Peter Burnett's Favourite Movies. Retrieved 2023-10-22. ...but Brando made this his own, as he was to do with so many roles,...
  11. ^ a b Arnold, William (2003-05-26). "Long overlooked, The Ugly American is in film fest spotlight". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Hearst Communications. ISSN 0745-970X. OCLC 3734418. Retrieved 2023-10-22. The finished product had some fans -- it won Golden Globe nominations for George Englund and Brando,
  12. ^ a b c d e f George, Alice (2022-03-16). Monmaney, Terence; Rosenberg, Debra (eds.). "Studio Executives Did Not Want Marlon Brando for the Title Role in The Godfather". Smithsonian. ISSN 0037-7333. Retrieved 2023-10-22. He turned down the Golden Globe belatedly, but on Oscar night, the Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather rejected the award on his behalf...
  13. ^ a b c d e Madden, Caroline (2022-09-09). "Marlon Brando Built An Entire Life For The Godfather's Vito Corleone". /Film. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Brando would transform Vito Corleone from a typical villain into an eminent family man with a rich off-screen life and history.
  14. ^ a b c Sun, Rebecca (2022-10-02). Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (ed.). "Sacheen Littlefeather, Who Delivered Marlon Brando's Oscar Rejection Speech, Dies at 75". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Littlefeather, however, held up her right hand to decline the statuette proffered by Moore as she reached the podium and told the Chandler audience and the 85 million viewers watching at home that Brando 'very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award.'
  15. ^ a b c d Lewis, Isobel (2023-02-02). Greig, Geordie (ed.). "The dark story behind Last Tango in Paris's most infamous scene". The Independent. ISSN 1741-9743. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 2023-10-22. In one shocking scene, Paul rapes Jeanne, using a stick of butter as a lubricant.
  16. ^ a b Jacobs, Matthew (2015-08-04). Huffington, Arianna (ed.). "Marlon Brando's Apocalypse Now Clashes Haunt His Legacy In Listen To Me Marlon". HuffPost. ISSN 2369-3452. Retrieved 2023-10-22. When Brando arrived, he weighed a reported 300 pounds, was incapable of memorizing his lines,...
  17. ^ a b Bernstein, Adam (2004-07-03). Downie, Jr., Leonard "Len" (ed.). "Charismatic Rebel Transformed Movies". The Washington Post. Jones, Jr.; Boisfeuillet "Bo" (publ.). ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Of eight Oscar nominations, he won twice for best actor. He also won an Emmy Award for a supporting role as George Lincoln Rockwell, the American Nazi, in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979).
  18. ^ a b c McVay, Douglas (2017-06-22). Reed, Betsy; Viner, Katharine (eds.). "Western legend: Marlon Brando's One-Eyed Jacks – archive, 1961". The Guardian (published 1961-06-22). eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-10-22. And perhaps the most important and impressive feature of Brando's piece is that it brings back to the Western a sense of period, a sense of community, decidedly lacking during the last few years.
  19. ^ a b c "San Sebastián Film Festival :: One-Eyed Jacks". SSFF. Retrieved 2023-10-19. GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM // SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS :: Pina Pellicer
  20. ^ a b c d e Palcy, Euzhan (2018-12-17). "Euzhan Palcy Remembers Brando's Nerves on the Set of A Dry White Season". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2023-10-20. ...a particularly impressive, Oscar-nominated supporting turn by Marlon Brando, who anchors the movie's fiery, riveting courtroom scenes...
  21. ^ a b c d e Neophytou, Nadia (2019-09-22). "The seminal Hollywood movie on apartheid South Africa and its pioneering black female director". Quartz. Retrieved 2023-10-22. ...Brando coming out of retirement for the shoot and reportedly donating his salary to an anti-apartheid organization. Euzhan Palcy shot the court-room scenes that earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination...
  22. ^ Wehrstedt, Lisa (2020-10-14). Von Aue, Mary (ed.). "Marlon Brando's Forgotten Prequel to The Haunting of Bly Manor". (The New York) Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. OCLC 50230244. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Brando brought the character of the gardener Peter Quint both a magnetic attractiveness and a disgusting repulsion, earning himself a Best Actor BAFTA nomination...
  23. ^ a b "Past Awards". National Society of Film Critics. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2023-10-21. Actor – Marlon Brando (Last Tango in Paris)
  24. ^ "KCFCC Award Winners – 1970-79". Kansas City Film Critics Circle. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2023-10-20. Best Actor – Tie: Marlon Brando, The Godfather & Stacy Keach, Fat City
  25. ^ Weller, A. H. (1974-01-09). Rosenthal, A. M. (ed.). "Day for Night Wins Film Critics'". The New York Times. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Marlon Brando's delineation of the troubled American in the sexually explicit, French-made Last Tango in Paris, won the best actor award...
  26. ^ "Marlon Brando ~ Hollywood Walk of Fame". Walk of Fame. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Director Martin Scorsese said of him, 'He is the marker. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'.' Actor Jack Nicholson once said, 'When Marlon dies, everybody moves up one.'
  27. ^ Medved, Harry; Medved, Michael (1980). "The Golden Turkey Awards" (Document). Scribd: Penguin Group (Perigee Trade). p. 2.
  28. ^ "Top 100 Best Hollywood Actors Of All Time". Film School WTF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  29. ^ "100 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time". Filmsite. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  30. ^ "Top 100 Greatest Actors of All Time (The Ultimate List)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  31. ^ "The 50 Greatest Actors of All Time". AMC. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  32. ^ "AFI's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends". AFI. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  33. ^ "Top Ten Greatest Actors". TheTopTens. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  34. ^ "Best Actors - Top 250". IMDb. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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