Brando's career afterward was uneven. He was paid one million dollars a week to play the iconic Colonel Kurtz in 1979's Apocalypse Now. He was supposed to show up slim, fit, and to have read the novel Heart of Darkness, but instead arrived weighing around 220 pounds (100 kg) and had not read the book. As a result, his character was shot mostly in the shadows and most of his dialogue was improvised. After his week was over, director Francis Ford Coppola asked him to stay an extra hour so that he could shoot a close up of Brando saying, "The horror, the horror." Brando agreed for an extra $75,000. After this film his weight began to limit the roles he could play.
Contemporary Actor - Sean Penn - outstanding roles.
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Daulton Lee
1988 Colors Officer Danny McGavin
1993 Carlito's Way David Kleinfeld
1995 Dead Man Walking Matthew Poncelet
1995 She's So Lovely Eddie Quinn
1997 Hurlyburly Eddie
2001 I am Sam I Am Sam Sam Dawson
2001 Mystic River Jimmy Markum
2003 21 Grams Paul Rivers
2006 All the King's Men Willie Stark
2008 Milk Harvey Milk
Penn has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times and won the award twice. The academy first recognized his work playing a racist murderer on death row in Tim Robbins' 1995 drama Dead Man Walking. Penn was noted in 1999 for his comedic performance as an egotistical jazz guitarist in the Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. He received his third nomination in 2001 after portraying a mentally-handicapped father in I am Sam. In 2003 Penn finally won for his role in Clint Eastwood's Boston crime-drama Mystic River. In 2004, he played a disturbed man bent on killing the president in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. He received his fifth nomination and second win for his role as Harvey Milk in the 2008 film Milk. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Daulton Lee
1988 Colors Officer Danny McGavin
1993 Carlito's Way David Kleinfeld
1995 Dead Man Walking Matthew Poncelet
1995 She's So Lovely Eddie Quinn
1997 Hurlyburly Eddie
2001 I am Sam I Am Sam Sam Dawson
2001 Mystic River Jimmy Markum
2003 21 Grams Paul Rivers
2006 All the King's Men Willie Stark
2008 Milk Harvey Milk
Penn has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times and won the award twice. The academy first recognized his work playing a racist murderer on death row in Tim Robbins' 1995 drama Dead Man Walking. Penn was noted in 1999 for his comedic performance as an egotistical jazz guitarist in the Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. He received his third nomination in 2001 after portraying a mentally-handicapped father in I am Sam. In 2003 Penn finally won for his role in Clint Eastwood's Boston crime-drama Mystic River. In 2004, he played a disturbed man bent on killing the president in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. He received his fifth nomination and second win for his role as Harvey Milk in the 2008 film Milk. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004
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