Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, Jr. was born April 3, 1924. He was an American actor who performed for over semi a century. He was best known for his position as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and his Academy Award-winning presentation as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, together directed by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s. In middle age, his well-known roles contain his Academy Award winning presentation as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Colonel Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, both directed by Francis Ford Coppola and an Academy Award selected performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris.

Brando had a major impact on film acting. He was the leading example of the "method" acting style, and was initially parodied for his "mumbling" diction, but his mercurial performances were extremely regarded. Director Martin Scorsese said of him, "He is the indication. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'. Actor Jack Nicholson once said, "When Marlon dies, everyone moves up one." Brando was also an protester, supporting several issues, notably the American Civil Rights and various American Indian actions. He was dead on July 1, 2004.

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Jack Nicholson

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson was born April 22, 1937. He is an American actor, film director and producer. He is famous for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been selected for Academy Awards twelve times. He wins the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets. He was won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1983 film Terms of Endearment. He is attached with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor (three), and second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (four).

He is also one of only two actors voted for an Academy Award for acting in every decade since the 1960s. He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and established a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he is became a youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Famous films in which he has starred include, in chronological order, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give, and The Departed.

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