Al Pacino
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
Known For
Tony Montana
Scarface
Don Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part II
Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part III
Willy Bank
Ocean's Thirteen
Will Dormer
Insomnia
Lt. Vincent Hanna
Heat
Sonny
Dog Day Afternoon
Harvey Stride
Sniff
Walter Burke
The Recruit
Michael Corleone
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
John Milton
The Devil's Advocate
Dr. Jack Gramm
88 Minutes
Johnny
Frankie and Johnny
Shylock
The Merchant of Venice
Mayor John Pappas
City Hall
Carlito Brigante
Carlito's Way
Self (archive footage)
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'Serpico'
Self (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
Eli Wurman
People I Know
Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
Scarecrow
Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
Self (archive footage)
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Starkman
Gigli
Frank Keller
Sea of Love
Lowell Bergman
The Insider
Officer Frank Serpico
Serpico
Easy's Waltz
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Scent of a Woman
Ricky Roma
Glengarry Glen Ross
Viktor Taransky
S1m0ne
Tony D'Amato
Any Given Sunday
Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Donnie Brasco
Bobby
The Panic in Needle Park
Tom Dobb
Revolution
Rooster
Righteous Kill
Walter Abrams
Two for the Money
Steve Burns
Cruising
Gitano Sabatoni
Two Bits
Bobby
Bobby Deerfield
Ivan Travalian
Author! Author!
Self / Richard III
Looking for Richard
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
You Don't Know Jack
Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Arthur Kirkland
...And Justice for All
Harry Levine
Chinese Coffee
Self
Casting By
Self
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Maurice Gangnat
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Assassination
Self
Pitch
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Al Pacino
Jack and Jill
Self / King Herod
Wilde Salomé
Graham
The Local Stigmatic
Detective Charles Stanford
The Son of No One
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Michael Corleone
The Godfather
Self
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Valentine "Val"
Stand Up Guys
Tony
Me, Natalie
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
archive
Cruising Electric / '80
King Herod
Salomé
Simon Axler
The Humbling
A.J. Manglehorn
Manglehorn
Danny Collins
Danny Collins
Uncle Carmine
In the Hand of Dante
Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Self
The Making of 'Heat'
Robert Maheu
Killing Castro
Self
The Godfather Legacy
Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
Billy Knight
Billy Knight
Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Xavier Crane
Knox Goes Away
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Father Theophilus Riesinger
The Ritual
Charles Abrams
Misconduct
Saro Mammoliti
Captivated
Seymour Tolbin
The Pirates of Somalia
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
How to Rob a Bank
Self
Brando
Jimmy Hoffa
The Irishman
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather and the Mob
Self
The Making of 'Scarface'
Detective Archer
Hangman
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Himself
Babbleonia
Joe Paterno
Paterno
Big Boy Caprice
Dick Tracy
Marvin Schwarz
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Self (voice)
Frank Serpico
The Agent
No somos animales
James Laughlin
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Don Michael Corleone
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Self
Jonas in the Desert
Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir
(archive footage)
Al Pacino - Star wider Willen
Self
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
Aldo Gucci
House of Gucci
Self
Making 'The Irishman'
King Lear
Lear Rex
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self (uncredited)
Internet Love
M.L. Hall
Dead Man's Wire
St. Vincent
Himself
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Maserati: The Brothers
Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Father Joe
Lance Plot
8 Husbands
Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
121
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-25
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
آل باتشينو