Al Pacino
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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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Celebrities Uncensored
The Emmy Awards
60 Minutes
Late Show with David Letterman
The Family Stallone
Val
How to Rob a Bank
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Hunters
Ocean's Thirteen
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Angels in America
The Irishman: In Conversation
Inside 'Serpico'
House of Gucci
Misconduct
Serpico: From Real to Reel
The Devil's Advocate
Knox Goes Away
The Godfather
Righteous Kill
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Donnie Brasco
The Irishman
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Jack and Jill
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Carlito's Way
Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part III
The Insider
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Heat
...And Justice for All
Insomnia
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Godfather Part II
Sniff
Serpico
Scent of a Woman
Scarface
Frankie and Johnny
Any Given Sunday
Danny Collins
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