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
- 2024 · Knox Goes Away as Xavier Crane
- 2023 · Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Making 'The Irishman' as Self
- 2020 · Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star as (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Irishman: In Conversation as Self
- 2019 · Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler as Serpico (from "Serpico") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Hangman as Detective Archer
- 2017 · Frank Serpico as Self (voice)
- 2017 · Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self
- 2014 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2013 · Salomé as King Herod
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · The Godfather Legacy as Self
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2007 · Brando as Self
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Chinese Coffee as Harry Levine
- 1998 · The Making of 'Scarface' as Self
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self / Richard III
- 1995 · Two Bits as Gitano Sabatoni
- 1990 · The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self
- 1985 · Revolution as Tom Dobb
- 1982 · Author! Author! as Ivan Travalian
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic as Michael Corleone
- 1977 · Bobby Deerfield as Bobby
- Future · In the Hand of Dante as
- 1969 · Me, Natalie as Tony
- Future · A Lesser Man as 'Clem'
- Future · Billy Knight as Billy Knight
- Future · Easy’s Waltz as
- Future · Modi as Maurice Gangnat
- 2023 · why are movies so shitty these days as Sonny Wortzik (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · The Family Stallone as Self
- 2023 · Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In as Big Boy Caprice (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Becoming Al Pacino as Self
- 2021 · House of Gucci as Aldo Gucci
- 2021 · American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally as James Laughlin
- 2020 · Hunters as Meyer Offerman
- 2020 · The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman as Self
- 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
- 2016 · Misconduct as Charles Abrams
- 2015 · Manglehorn as A.J. Manglehorn
- 2015 · Danny Collins as Danny Collins
- 2014 · The Humbling as Simon Axler
- 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 · Stand Up Guys as Valentine "Val"
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Jack and Jill as Al Pacino
- 2011 · The Son of No One as Detective Charles Stanford
- 2011 · The 'Scarface' Phenomenon as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · You Don't Know Jack as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
- 2008 · Righteous Kill as Detective Dave 'Rooster' Fisk
- 2007 · The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Exorcising '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 · The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' as Self
- 2005 · Two for the Money as Walter Abrams
- 2005 · Babbleonia as Himself
- 2005 · The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- 2005 · Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation as Self
- 2004 · The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
- 2003 · Angels in America as Roy Cohn
- 2003 · The Making of 'Carlito's Way' as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Gigli as Starkman
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · The Recruit as Walter Burke
- 1997 · Pitch as Himself
- 1990 · Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self
- 1990 · The Local Stigmatic as Graham
- Future · The Ritual as
- Future · Lear, Rex as King Lear
- 2002 · Inside 'Serpico' as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · The Godfather: Behind the Scenes as Self
- Future · Sniff as Harvey Stride
- Future · Assassination as
- 1997 · Lee Strasberg: The Method Man as Self
- 1994 · Jonas in the Desert as Self
- Future · Killing Castro as
- 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
- 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
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Carlito's Way as Carlito Brigante
- 1993 · Late Show with David Letterman as Himself
- 1992 · Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
- 1992 · Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma
- 1991 · Frankie and Johnny as Johnny
- 1991 · Charlie Rose as Self (Archive footage, Frankie and Johnny)
- 1991 · Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
- 1990 · The Godfather Part III as Michael Corleone
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Big Boy Caprice
- 1989 · Sea of Love as Frank Keller
- 1983 · Scarface as Antonio 'Tony' Montana
- 1981 · The Godfather Epic: 1901-1959 as Don Michael Corleone
- 1980 · Cruising as Steve Burns
- 1979 · ...And Justice for All as Arthur Kirkland
- 1977 · Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Don Michael Corleone
- 1975 · Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik
- 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
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1967 · N.Y.P.D. as John James
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self