Timothy Gahan Brando Family Details
Timothy Gahan Brando is well known for being the son of Marlon Brando an American actor and activist. Timothy has always kept his life private but has been overshadowed by his family’s celebrity status. His father and brothers are in the limelight and he opted for a private life instead. His family has always been in the spotlight due to his father’s successful career and family scandals.
Timothy Gahan Brando Family Background
Timothy Gahan Brando was born on January 6, 1994. He is the sibling to Ninna Priscilla, Myles Jonathan, Christian, Rebecca, Simon Teihotu, Miko, Tarita Cheyenne, Raiatua, Maimiti, and Petra. Christian Brando the oldest pursued an acting career like his father and has been featured on roles like I Love You and Unmasked Part 25. His ex-wife sued him for assault, domestic violence, and emotional distress and killed the boyfriend of his step-sister Cheyenne. He has been in a long-term relationship with Maria Cristina Ruiz and has three children.
Who is Marlon Brando Timothy Gahan Brando’s Father?
Marlon Brando is an actor in the 20th century in films like A Streetcar Named Desire, The Godfather, and On the Waterfront. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his first film. He received two Academy Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, three British Academy Film Awards, a Prime Emmy Award, an Oscar nomination, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Marlon has been featured in films like On the Waterfront, Vito Corleone, The Godfather, The Wild One, Guys and Dolls, Mutiny on the Bounty as Fletcher Christian, Superman, Apocalypse Now as Colonel Kurtz, western drama One Eyed Jacks and the ABC miniseries Roots. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the only six actors on the list of 100 Most Important People of the Century. He helped popularize method acting as he was so good at it.
In his later life, his family drama and obesity attracted more spotlight to his family. He weighed over 140kg and was suffering from Type 2 diabetes due to stress-related overeating. He was a father to at least 11 kids. He was disinterested in fame and always wanted to be an intentional family man, shocking everyone. This was because he had a difficult relationship with his father and wanted to do better.
He married three times first to Anna Kashfi an Indian Welsh actress in 1957 and welcomed three sons Christian Brando in 1958 but unfortunately divorced in 1959. He married a Mexican actress Movita Castenada and had his son Miko born in 1961 and Rebecca in 1966. His third marriage was to Tarita Teriipaia a French Polynesian actress after meeting when filming for Mutiny. They welcomed two children Tehotu born in 1963 and Tarita in 1970 and adopted Tarita’s daughter Maimita and her niece Raiatua.
Brando adopted the daughter of his long-term assistant Petra Brando. He was in a relationship with his long-term housekeeper Maria Ruiz and had three children Ninna in 1989, Myles in 1992, and Timothy Gaham in 1994. The two had known each other for over 14 years and he gifted her a Mercedes Benz and a house worth $400,000. However, after they broke up, she filed a $100 million lawsuit for failing to support the children after separation, and after a year they settled on a settlement. Marlon died on July 1 2004 at UCLA Medical Center from pulmonary fibrosis and heart failure at the age of 80.