Al Pacino
ActingAlfredo 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
Known For
The Godfather
Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part II
Don Michael Corleone
Scarface
Tony Montana
Heat
Lt. Vincent Hanna
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Marvin Schwarz
The Godfather Part III
Michael Corleone
The Devil's Advocate
John Milton
Scent of a Woman
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
The Irishman
Jimmy Hoffa
The Ritual
Father Theophilus Riesinger
Filmography — Acting
The Godfather
Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part II
Don Michael Corleone
Scarface
Tony Montana
Heat
Lt. Vincent Hanna
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Marvin Schwarz
The Godfather Part III
Michael Corleone
The Devil's Advocate
John Milton
Scent of a Woman
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
The Irishman
Jimmy Hoffa
The Ritual
Father Theophilus Riesinger
Dead Man's Wire
M.L. Hall
Carlito's Way
Carlito Brigante
Ocean's Thirteen
Willy Bank
Serpico
Officer Frank Serpico
Jack and Jill
Al Pacino
Any Given Sunday
Tony D'Amato
Donnie Brasco
Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Insomnia
Will Dormer
Dog Day Afternoon
Sonny
House of Gucci
Aldo Gucci
Glengarry Glen Ross
Ricky Roma
Sea of Love
Frank Keller
Knox Goes Away
Xavier Crane
Dick Tracy
Big Boy Caprice
Cruising
Steve Burns
The Insider
Lowell Bergman
Righteous Kill
Rooster
S1m0ne
Viktor Taransky
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two for the Money
Walter Abrams
Danny Collins
Danny Collins
...And Justice for All
Arthur Kirkland
The Panic in Needle Park
Bobby
The Recruit
Walter Burke
City Hall
Mayor John Pappas
Gigli
Starkman
Frankie and Johnny
Johnny
88 Minutes
Dr. Jack Gramm
Misconduct
Charles Abrams
Hangman
Detective Archer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Revolution
Tom Dobb
You Don't Know Jack
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Author! Author!
Ivan Travalian
The Merchant of Venice
Shylock
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Don Michael Corleone
Breakdown: 1975
Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Stand Up Guys
Valentine "Val"
Looking for Richard
Self / Richard III
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Michael Corleone
In the Hand of Dante
Uncle Carmine
Salomé
King Herod
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Paterno
Joe Paterno
How to Rob a Bank
Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
Scarecrow
Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
James Laughlin
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
People I Know
Eli Wurman
The Son of No One
Detective Charles Stanford
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Casting By
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self
Bobby Deerfield
Bobby
The Pirates of Somalia
Seymour Tolbin
The Humbling
Simon Axler
Me, Natalie
Tony
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Billy Knight
Billy Knight
Heat 2
Manglehorn
A.J. Manglehorn
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Maurice Gangnat
Brando
Self
Two Bits
Gitano Sabatoni
Maserati: The Brothers
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self (archive footage)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Pitch
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
The Making of 'Scarface'
Self
Lear Rex
King Lear
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Irishman: In Conversation
Self
Chinese Coffee
Harry Levine
Assassination
Sniff
Harvey Stride
Easy's Waltz
The Making of 'Heat'
Self
The Godfather Legacy
Self
St. Vincent
Jonas in the Desert
Self
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
Self
Serpico: From Real to Reel
Self (archive footage)
The Local Stigmatic
Graham
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Irishman'
Self
Becoming Al Pacino
Self (archive footage)
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Self (archive footage)
We're No Animals
The Agent
Killing Castro
Robert Maheu
Captivated
Saro Mammoliti
Internet Love
Self (uncredited)
Father Joe
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Self
Inside 'Serpico'
Self (archive footage)
Wilde Salomé
Self / King Herod
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
Self
The History of 'Cruising'
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Self
Frank Serpico
Self (voice)
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
Babbleonia
Self
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
(archive footage)
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self (archive footage)
Cruising Electric (1980)
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