Al Pacino
Born 1940
Known for The Godfather Part II, Scarface, The Godfather.
Biography
Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning over five decades, he has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He is one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg, Pacino's film debut came at the age of 29 with a minor role in Me, Natalie (1969). He gained favorable notice for his first lead role as a heroin addict in The Panic in Needle Park (1971). Wide acclaim and recognition came with his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), for which he received his first Oscar nomination, and he would reprise the role in the sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). His portrayal of Michael Corleone is regarded as one of the greatest in film history. Pacino received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and ...And Justice for All (1979), ultimately winning it for playing a blind military veteran in Scent of a Woman (1992). For his performances in The Godfather, Dick Tracy (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and The Irishman (2019), he earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations. Other notable portrayals include Tony Montana in Scarface (1983), Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way (1993), Benjamin Ruggiero in Donnie Brasco (1997), and Lowell Bergman in The Insider (1999). He has also starred in the thrillers Heat (1995), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Insomnia (2002), and appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). On television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including Angels in America (2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic You Don't Know Jack (2010), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for each. Pacino currently stars in the Amazon Video web television series Hunters (2020–present). He has also had an extensive career on stage. He is a two-time Tony Award winner, in 1969 and 1977, for his performances in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. Pacino made his filmmaking debut with Looking for Richard (1996), directing and starring in this documentary about Richard III; Pacino had played the lead role on stage in 1977. He has also acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film adaptation and 2010 stage production of The Merchant of Venice. Pacino directed and starred in Chinese Coffee (2000), Wilde Salomé (2011), and Salomé (2013). Since 1994, he has been the joint president of the Actors Studio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie Credits
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star (2020)
Paterno (2018)
Hangman (2017)
Danny Collins (2015)
Manglehorn (2014)
The Humbling (2014)
Wilde Salomé (2013)
Stand Up Guys (2012)
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
88 Minutes (2007)
Two for the Money (2005)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Insomnia (2002)
People I Know (2002)
S1m0ne (2002)
Chinese Coffee (2000)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Insider (1999)
City Hall (1996)
Looking for Richard (1996)
Heat (1995)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
The Local Stigmatic (1990)
Sea of Love (1989)
Revolution (1985)
Scarface (1983)
Author! Author! (1982)
Cruising (1980)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Serpico (1973)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Knox Goes Away (2024)
Becoming Al Pacino (2022)
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021)
The Irishman (2019)
Phil Spector (2013)
Jack and Jill (2011)
The Son of No One (2011)
Righteous Kill (2008)
The Recruit (2003)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Two Bits (1995)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Scarecrow (1973)
The Godfather (1972)
The Ritual (2025)
House of Gucci (2021)
Misconduct (2016)
Salomé (2013)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
The Irishman: In Conversation (2019)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
The Godfather Legacy (2012)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
Heat 2
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness (2024)
Frank Serpico (2017)
We're No Animals (2013)
Dead Man's Wire (2026)
Gigli (2003)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Pitch (1997)
In the Hand of Dante (2026)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Sly (2023)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
Casting By (2012)
