Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth:
4/25/1940
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
Scarface
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
Ocean's Thirteen
Insomnia
Heat
Dog Day Afternoon
Sniff
The Recruit
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
The Devil's Advocate
88 Minutes
Frankie and Johnny
The Merchant of Venice
City Hall
Carlito's Way
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Inside 'Serpico'
Serpico: From Real to Reel
People I Know
Scarecrow
The History of 'Cruising'
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Gigli
Sea of Love
The Insider
Serpico
Easy's Waltz
Scent of a Woman
Glengarry Glen Ross
S1m0ne
Any Given Sunday
Donnie Brasco
The Panic in Needle Park
Revolution
Righteous Kill
Two for the Money
Cruising
Two Bits
Bobby Deerfield
Author! Author!
Looking for Richard
You Don't Know Jack
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
...And Justice for All
Chinese Coffee
Casting By
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Assassination
Pitch
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Jack and Jill
Wilde Salomé
The Local Stigmatic
The Son of No One
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Godfather
Becoming Al Pacino
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Stand Up Guys
Me, Natalie
Phil Spector
Cruising Electric (1980)
Salomé
The Humbling
Manglehorn
Danny Collins
In the Hand of Dante
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
The Making of 'Heat'
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
Killing Castro
The Godfather Legacy
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
Billy Knight
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Knox Goes Away
Sly
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
The Ritual
Misconduct
Captivated
The Pirates of Somalia
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
How to Rob a Bank
Brando
The Irishman
Bad Bunny: Most Wanted Tour
The Godfather and the Mob
The Making of 'Scarface'
Hangman
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Babbleonia
Paterno
Dick Tracy
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Frank Serpico
We're No Animals
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Jonas in the Desert
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Irishman: In Conversation
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
House of Gucci
Making 'The Irishman'
Lear Rex
Night of 100 Stars
Internet Love