Brando

American

[bran-doh] / ˈbræn doʊ /

noun

Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.

Brando British

/ ˈbrændəʊ /

noun

Marlon . 1924–2004, US actor; his films include On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), for both of which he won Oscars, Last Tango in Paris (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), A Dry White Season (1989), and Don Juan de Marco (1995)

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"If we get worse conditions then we need to react," said the chair of the European Parliament's delegations for relations with the US, Brando Benifei, adding that the EU had asked the US for clarity over the tariffs.

From BBC

Years later, on the set of “The Godfather,” he did impressions of Marlon Brando.

From Los Angeles Times

“One is Brando, who’s done his best work, and the other is Robert Duvall.”

From Los Angeles Times

“If we mentioned Brando once we mentioned him 25 times,” Duvall told The Times in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times

Duvall's performance as The Godfather's Tom Hagen, the shrewd chief advisor to Marlon Brando's ageing Don Vito Corleone, earned him his first Academy Award nomination in 1973.

From BBC

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