Marlon Brando is one of my favorites. There are so many of his performances that we like..., but definitely my favorite are the characterizations of the characters of The last tango in Paris and of Apocalypse now (maybe I'll forget some), because I'm more tied to dark characters, borderlines, solitaires, etc... His appearance in Apocalypse... is very short compared to the length of the film, but when his character is shown, almost at the end, with his only presence and little text, we feel that he is the centre of this complex human conflict. I feel that there is something of Brando in those characters.
He will remain in our memory as one of the greats of cinema, no doubt.
Thank you for your post, @ladyrebecca. Greetings.