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