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Birthday:
April 25, 1940
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Ritual | Father Theophilus Riesinger |
| 2025 | Maserati: The Brothers | |
| 2024 | Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Maurice Gangnat |
| 2024 | Knox Goes Away | Xavier Crane |
| 2024 | How to Rob a Bank | Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Bad Bunny: Most Wanted Tour | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Interviewee |
| 2023 | Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally | James Laughlin |
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Aldo Gucci |
| 2021 | Val | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star | (archive footage) |
| 2020 | The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman | Self |
| 2020 | Making 'The Irishman' | Self |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Jimmy Hoffa |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | Marvin Schwarz |
| 2019 | The Irishman: In Conversation | Self |
| 2018 | Paterno | Joe Paterno |
| 2017 | The Pirates of Somalia | Seymour Tolbin |
| 2017 | Hangman | Detective Archer |
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self |
| 2017 | Frank Serpico | Self (voice) |
| 2016 | Misconduct | Charles Abrams |
| 2015 | Manglehorn | A.J. Manglehorn |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Danny Collins |
| 2014 | Cruising Electric (1980) | archive |
| 2014 | The Humbling | Simon Axler |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Wilde Salomé | Self / King Herod |
| 2013 | Phil Spector | Phil Spector |
| 2013 | Salomé | King Herod |
| 2013 | We're No Animals | The Agent |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Valentine "Val" |
| 2012 | The Godfather Legacy | Self |
| 2011 | The 'Scarface' Phenomenon | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Jack and Jill | Al Pacino |
| 2011 | The Son of No One | Detective Charles Stanford |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Dr. Jack Kevorkian |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Rooster |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Willy Bank |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | Dr. Jack Gramm |
| 2007 | Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The History of 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Brando | Self |
| 2007 | The History of and Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' | Self |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Walter Abrams |
| 2005 | Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation | Self |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Heat' | Self |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self |
| 2005 | Babbleonia | Himself |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock |
| 2003 | The Recruit | Walter Burke |
| 2003 | The Making of 'Carlito's Way' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Gigli | Starkman |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Will Dormer |
| 2002 | Inside 'Serpico' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Serpico: From Real to Reel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | People I Know | Eli Wurman |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Viktor Taransky |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Chinese Coffee | Harry Levine |
| 1999 | The Insider | Lowell Bergman |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Tony D'Amato |
| 1998 | The Making of 'Scarface' | Self |
| 1998 | Internet Love | Self (uncredited) |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | John Milton |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero |
| 1997 | Lee Strasberg: The Method Man | Self |
| 1997 | Pitch | Self |
| 1996 | City Hall | Mayor John Pappas |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self / Richard III |
| 1995 | Heat | Lt. Vincent Hanna |
| 1995 | Two Bits | Gitano Sabatoni |
| 1994 | Jonas in the Desert | Self |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Carlito Brigante |
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman | Lt. Col. Frank Slade |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Ricky Roma |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Don Michael Corleone |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Johnny |
| 1991 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | Self |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III | Michael Corleone |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | Graham |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Big Boy Caprice |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Frank Keller |
| 1985 | Revolution | Tom Dobb |
| 1983 | Scarface | Tony Montana |
| 1982 | Author! Author! | Ivan Travalian |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Michael Corleone |
| 1980 | Cruising | Steve Burns |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Arthur Kirkland |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Bobby |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Sonny |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Don Michael Corleone |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi |
| 1973 | Serpico | Officer Frank Serpico |
| 1973 | On the Road with: Scarecrow | Himself |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Michael Corleone |
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle Park | Bobby |
| 1971 | The Godfather: Behind the Scenes | Self |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Tony |
| Sniff | Harvey Stride | |
| Easy's Waltz | ||
| Assassination | ||
| In the Hand of Dante | ||
| Killing Castro | ||
| Billy Knight | Billy Knight | |
| Captivated | Saro Mammoliti | |
| Lear Rex | King Lear | |
| Dead Man's Wire | ||
| St. Vincent |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Family Stallone | Self |
| 2020 | Hunters | Meyer Offerman |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2007 | Brando: The Documentary | Self |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Roy Cohn |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Himself |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose | Self (Archive footage, Frankie and Johnny) |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self |
| 1977 | Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television | Don Michael Corleone |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. | John James |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Honoree |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |