Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor, film director, and activist.
He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time.
A cultural icon, Brando is most famous for his Academy Award-winning performances as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfron t (1954) and Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), as well as influential performances in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), The Wild One (1953), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Last Tango in Paris (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979).
Brando was also an activist, supporting many causes, notably the African-American Civil Rights Movement and various American Indian Movements.