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Al Pacino
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn April 25, 1940 (84 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 2025 | The Ritual · as Father Theophilus Riesinger |
| 2024 | Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness · as Maurice Gangnat |
| 2024 | How to Rob a Bank · as Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Knox Goes Away · as Xavier Crane |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Ricky Roma |
| 2021 | House of Gucci · as Aldo Gucci |
| 2021 | American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally · as James Laughlin |
| 2020 | Memories of My Father · as Tony Montana |
| 2020 | Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star · as (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Hunters (2020) (TV Series) · as Meyer Offerman |
| 2019 | The Irishman · as Jimmy Hoffa |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · as Marvin Schwarz |
| 2018 | Paterno · as Joe Paterno |
| 2017 | The Pirates of Somalia · as Seymour Tolbin |
| 2017 | Hangman · as Detective Archer |
| 2016 | Misconduct · as Charles Abrams |
| 2016 | The Sandlerverse · as Cast |
| 2015 | Danny Collins · as Danny Collins |
| 2014 | Manglehorn · as A.j. Manglehorn |
| 2014 | The Humbling · as Simon Axler |
| 2013 | No somos animales · as The Agent |
| 2013 | Salomé · as King Herod |
| 2013 | Phil Spector · as Phil Spector |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys · as Valentine "val" |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | The Son of No One · as Detective Charles Stanford |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack · as Dr. Jack Kevorkian |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill · as Detective Dave 'rooster' Fisk |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Arthur Kirkland |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen · as Willy Bank |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes · as Dr. Jack Gramm |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Michael Corleone |
| 2005 | Bullets Over Hollywood · as Cast |
| 2005 | Two for the Money · as Walter Abrams |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice · as Shylock |
| 2004 | Based on a True Story · as Cast |
| 2003 | Angels in America (TV Series) · as Roy Cohn |
| 2003 | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second · as Steve Burns |
| 2003 | Gigli · as Starkman |
| 2003 | The Recruit · as Walter Burke |
| 2002 | People I Know · as Eli Wurman |
| 2002 | S1m0ne · as Viktor Taransky |
| 2002 | Insomnia · as Will Dormer |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies · as Tony Montana |
| 2000 | Chinese Coffee · as Harry Levine |
| 2000 | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards · as Officer Frank Serpico |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Tony D'amato |
| 1999 | The Insider · as Lowell Bergman |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate · as John Milton |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco · as Benjamin 'lefty' Ruggiero |
| 1996 | City Hall · as Mayor John Pappas |
| 1995 | Heat · as Lt. Vincent Hanna |
| 1995 | Two Bits · as Gitano Sabatoni |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way · as Carlito Brigante |
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman · as Lt. Col. Frank Slade |
| 1992 | Ca détourne · as Cast |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Don Michael Corleone |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross · as Ricky Roma |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny · as Johnny |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Michael Corleone |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy · as Big Boy Caprice |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic · as Graham |
| 1989 | Sea of Love · as Frank Keller |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Hickey |
| 1985 | Revolution · as Tom Dobb |
| 1983 | Scarface · as Tony Montana |
| 1982 | Author! Author! · as Ivan Travalian |
| 1980 | Cruising · as Steve Burns |
| 1979 | And Justice for All · as Arthur Kirkland |
| 1977 | The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Don Michael Corleone |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield · as Bobby |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon · as Sonny |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Don Michael Corleone |
| 1973 | Serpico · as Officer Frank Serpico |
| 1973 | Scarecrow · as Francis Lionel 'lion' Delbuchi |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Michael Corleone |
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle Park · as Bobby |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie · as Tony |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) · as John James |
Sniff · as Harvey Stride |