3. Marlon Brando
Born April 3, 1924, and boasting a career spanning 60 years, to use the word ‘iconic’ and ‘legendary’ would be a massive understatement when describing Marlon Brando. Studying with the actress and acting coach Stellar Adler in the 1940s, Brando would be one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.
Although his career would take a slight dip in the 1960s, the role of Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather in 1972 would remind audiences of his incredible talent and garner him his second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. Despite Time magazine naming him as the “Actor of the Century” his career would again take a downturn as he was notoriously difficult to work with.
