Brando with Tom Mankiewicz
Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. He portrayed Jor-El in Superman: The Movie and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut and posthumously through archive footage in Superman Returns.
Brando made his acting debut in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). His other best known roles include Mark Antony in Julius Cesar (1953), Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979).
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- Brando's lifelong eccentricity and lifestyle were especially infamous during his time in Hollywood and though many of the issues that plagued his personal life, including multiple marriages and divorces, were largely self-created, he's nevertheless regarded as a victim of the Superman Curse, particularly when his son Christian went to prison in 1990 and his daughter Cheyenne committed suicide in 1995.
- Brando filmed scenes for Superman II, but after producers refused to pay him the same percentage he received for the first movie, he denied them permission to use the footage. It was reincorporated into the 2006 director's cut.