
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · In the Hand of Dante as Uncle Carmine
- 2025 · Dead Man's Wire as
- 2025 · Billy Knight as Billy Knight
- 2023 · Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · The Family Stallone as Self
- 2021 · American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally as James Laughlin
- 2020 · Making 'The Irishman' as Self
- 2017 · The Pirates of Somalia as Seymour Tolbin
- 2017 · Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self
- 2015 · Manglehorn as A.J. Manglehorn
- 2014 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2012 · Stand Up Guys as Valentine "Val"
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · The Godfather Legacy as Self
- 2011 · The Son of No One as Detective Charles Stanford
- 2007 · Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Brando as Self
- 2005 · Two for the Money as Walter Abrams
- 2003 · Angels in America as Roy Cohn
- 2003 · The Making of 'Carlito's Way' as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Inside 'Serpico' as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Chinese Coffee as Harry Levine
- 1998 · Internet Love as Self (uncredited)
- 1997 · Lee Strasberg: The Method Man as Self
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self / Richard III
- 1996 · City Hall as Mayor John Pappas
- 1995 · Two Bits as Gitano Sabatoni
- 1992 · The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Don Michael Corleone
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Big Boy Caprice
- 1985 · Revolution as Tom Dobb
- Future · Killing Castro as Robert Maheu
- 1981 · The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 as Michael Corleone
- 1979 · ...And Justice for All as Arthur Kirkland
- 1967 · N.Y.P.D. as John James
- Future · Assassination as
- Future · Sniff as Harvey Stride
- 2013 · Salomé as King Herod
- Future · Lear Rex as King Lear
- 2025 · Maserati: The Brothers as
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2025 · The Ritual as Father Theophilus Riesinger
- 2024 · Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness as Maurice Gangnat
- 2024 · Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Self
- 2024 · How to Rob a Bank as Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
- 2024 · Knox Goes Away as Xavier Crane
- 2021 · House of Gucci as Aldo Gucci
- 2020 · Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star as (archive footage)
- 2020 · Hunters as Meyer Offerman
- 2020 · The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman as Self
- 2019 · The Irishman: In Conversation as Self
- 2019 · The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Marvin Schwarz
- 2018 · Paterno as Joe Paterno
- 2017 · Hangman as Detective Archer
- 2017 · Frank Serpico as Self (voice)
- 2016 · Misconduct as Charles Abrams
- 2015 · Danny Collins as Danny Collins
- 2014 · The Humbling as Simon Axler
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Cruising Electric (1980) as archive
- 2013 · Wilde Salomé as Self / King Herod
- 2013 · We're No Animals as The Agent
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Phil Spector
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Jack and Jill as Al Pacino
- 2011 · The 'Scarface' Phenomenon as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · You Don't Know Jack as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · Righteous Kill as Rooster
- 2007 · The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Ocean's Thirteen as Willy Bank
- 2007 · Brando: The Documentary as Self
- 2007 · 88 Minutes as Dr. Jack Gramm
- 2006 · The Godfather and the Mob as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2006 · The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' as Self
- 2005 · Babbleonia as Himself
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- 2005 · Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation as Self
- 2004 · The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
- 2003 · Gigli as Starkman
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · The Recruit as Walter Burke
- 2002 · Serpico: From Real to Reel as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · People I Know as Eli Wurman
- 2002 · S1m0ne as Viktor Taransky
- 2002 · Insomnia as Will Dormer
- 1999 · Any Given Sunday as Tony D'Amato
- 1999 · The Insider as Lowell Bergman
- 1998 · The Making of 'Scarface' as Self
- 1997 · The Devil's Advocate as John Milton
- 1997 · Pitch as Self
- 1997 · Donnie Brasco as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
- 1995 · Heat as Lt. Vincent Hanna
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Jonas in the Desert as Self
- 1993 · Carlito's Way as Carlito Brigante
- 1993 · Late Show with David Letterman as Himself
- 1992 · Scent of a Woman as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
- 1992 · Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma
- 1991 · Frankie and Johnny as Johnny
- 1991 · Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
- 1990 · The Godfather Part III as Michael Corleone
- 1990 · The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self
- 1990 · Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self
- 1990 · The Local Stigmatic as Graham
- 1989 · Sea of Love as Frank Keller
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1983 · Scarface as Tony Montana
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1982 · Author! Author! as Ivan Travalian
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1980 · Cruising as Steve Burns
- 1977 · Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television 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
- 1973 · On the Road with: Scarecrow as Himself
- 1972 · The Godfather as Michael Corleone
- 1971 · The Panic in Needle Park as Bobby
- 1971 · The Godfather: Behind the Scenes as Self
- 1969 · Me, Natalie as Tony
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Honoree
- Future · Captivated as Saro Mammoliti
- Future · St. Vincent as