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Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Actor · b. 1940 · New York City, New York, USA

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

Movies24

  • Movie8.7

    The Godfather

    1972 · 23K votes

  • Movie8.6

    The Godfather Part II

    1974 · 14K votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie7.4

    The Godfather Part III

    1990 · 7.1K votes

  • Movie8.2

    Scarface

    1983 · 13K votes

  • Movie7.9

    Heat

    1995 · 8.7K votes

  • Movie7.5

    The Devil's Advocate

    1997 · 7K votes

  • Movie7.6

    The Irishman

    2019 · 7.7K votes

  • Movie7.8

    Scent of a Woman

    1992 · 4.1K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Ocean's Thirteen

    2007 · 7.1K votes

  • Movie6.6

    House of Gucci

    2021 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie7.9

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Ritual

    2025 · 300 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Insomnia

    2002 · 5.5K votes

  • Movie7.8

    Carlito's Way

    1993 · 3.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Donnie Brasco

    1997 · 5K votes

  • Movie4.4

    Jack and Jill

    2011 · 2.3K votes

  • Movie5.9

    Righteous Kill

    2008 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie7.5

    The Insider

    1999 · 2.2K votes

  • Movie6.0

    Stand Up Guys

    2012 · 1K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Dead Man's Wire

    2026 · 223 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Recruit

    2003 · 2K votes

  • Movie5.8

    88 Minutes

    2007 · 1.2K votes

Series18

  • TV5.8
  • TV6.5
  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV6.5

    60 Minutes

    1968 · 85 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV5.7

    Goldene Kamera

    1984 · 3 votes

  • TV5.1

    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

  • TV7.1

    Hunters

    2020 · 645 votes

  • TV8.6
  • TV7.6

    Angels in America

    2003 · 264 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Emmy Awards

    1949 · 9 votes

  • TV6.6

    N.Y.P.D.

    1967 · 5 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Family Stallone

    2023 · 46 votes

  • TV4.5
  • TV
  • TV4.9

    Celebrities Uncensored

    2003 · 7 votes