Marlon Brando appeared in a film.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . Marlon Brando . Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata ! On the Waterfront . It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb , Rod Steiger , Pat Henning , and , in her film debut , Eva Marie Saint . The Missouri Breaks is a 1976 American western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson . The Wild One is a 1953 American film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer .