Al Pacino
Acting • Born 1940-04-25
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
141 credits
Scarface
Movie • 1983
Tony Montana
The Godfather Part II
Movie • 1974
Don Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part III
Movie • 1990
Michael Corleone
Ocean's Thirteen
Movie • 2007
Willy Bank
Insomnia
Movie • 2002
Will Dormer
Heat
Movie • 1995
Lt. Vincent Hanna
Dog Day Afternoon
Movie • 1975
Sonny
Sniff
Movie
Harvey Stride
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Movie • 2016
Michael Corleone
The Recruit
Movie • 2003
Walter Burke
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
John Milton
88 Minutes
Movie • 2007
Dr. Jack Gramm
Frankie and Johnny
Movie • 1991
Johnny
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 2004
Shylock
City Hall
Movie • 1996
Mayor John Pappas
Carlito's Way
Movie • 1993
Carlito Brigante
Inside 'Serpico'
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
People I Know
Movie • 2002
Eli Wurman
Scarecrow
Movie • 1973
Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Gigli
Movie • 2003
Starkman
Sea of Love
Movie • 1989
Frank Keller
The Insider
Movie • 1999
Lowell Bergman
Serpico
Movie • 1973
Officer Frank Serpico
Easy's Waltz
Movie • 2025
Scent of a Woman
Movie • 1992
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Glengarry Glen Ross
Movie • 1992
Ricky Roma
S1m0ne
Movie • 2002
Viktor Taransky
Any Given Sunday
Movie • 1999
Tony D'Amato
Donnie Brasco
Movie • 1997
Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
The Panic in Needle Park
Movie • 1971
Bobby
Revolution
Movie • 1985
Tom Dobb
Righteous Kill
Movie • 2008
Rooster
Two for the Money
Movie • 2005
Walter Abrams
Cruising
Movie • 1980
Steve Burns
Two Bits
Movie • 1995
Gitano Sabatoni
Bobby Deerfield
Movie • 1977
Bobby
Author! Author!
Movie • 1982
Ivan Travalian
Looking for Richard
Movie • 1996
Self / Richard III
You Don't Know Jack
Movie • 2010
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie • 2009
Self
...And Justice for All
Movie • 1979
Arthur Kirkland
Chinese Coffee
Movie • 2000
Harry Levine
Casting By
Movie • 2012
Self
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Movie • 1997
Self
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Movie • 2024
Maurice Gangnat
Assassination
Movie
Pitch
Movie • 1997
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Movie • 2006
Self
Jack and Jill
Movie • 2011
Al Pacino
Wilde Salomé
Movie • 2013
Self / King Herod
The Local Stigmatic
Movie • 1990
Graham
The Son of No One
Movie • 2011
Detective Charles Stanford
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
The Godfather
Movie • 1972
Michael Corleone
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Movie • 1991
Self
Stand Up Guys
Movie • 2012
Valentine "Val"
Me, Natalie
Movie • 1969
Tony
Phil Spector
Movie • 2013
Phil Spector
Cruising Electric (1980)
Movie • 2014
archive
Salomé
Movie • 2013
King Herod
The Humbling
Movie • 2014
Simon Axler
Manglehorn
Movie • 2015
A.J. Manglehorn
Danny Collins
Movie • 2015
Danny Collins
In the Hand of Dante
Movie • 2025
Uncle Carmine
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
Movie • 2005
Self
The Making of 'Heat'
Movie • 2005
Self
Killing Castro
Movie
Robert Maheu
The Godfather Legacy
Movie • 2012
Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1990
Self
Billy Knight
Movie • 2025
Billy Knight
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1971
Self
Knox Goes Away
Movie • 2024
Xavier Crane
Sly
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Ritual
Movie • 2025
Father Theophilus Riesinger
Misconduct
Movie • 2016
Charles Abrams
Captivated
Movie
Saro Mammoliti
The Pirates of Somalia
Movie • 2017
Seymour Tolbin
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie • 1990
Self
How to Rob a Bank
Movie • 2024
Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
The Irishman
Movie • 2019
Jimmy Hoffa
The Godfather and the Mob
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Scarface'
Movie • 1998
Self
Hangman
Movie • 2017
Detective Archer
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Movie • 2017
Self
Babbleonia
Movie • 2005
Self
Paterno
Movie • 2018
Joe Paterno
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1990
Big Boy Caprice
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Movie • 2019
Marvin Schwarz
Frank Serpico
Movie • 2017
Self (voice)
We're No Animals
Movie • 2013
The Agent
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
Movie • 2021
James Laughlin
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie • 1992
Don Michael Corleone
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Movie • 2006
Self
Jonas in the Desert
Movie • 1994
Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
Movie • 2019
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
Movie • 2020
Self
House of Gucci
Movie • 2021
Aldo Gucci
Making 'The Irishman'
Movie • 2020
Self
Lear Rex
Movie
King Lear
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Internet Love
Movie • 1998
Self (uncredited)
Dead Man's Wire
Movie • 2026
M.L. Hall
St. Vincent
Movie
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Movie • 1973
Self
Maserati: The Brothers
Movie
The History of 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
Father Joe
Movie
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Movie • 1999
Self
Breakdown: 1975
Movie • 2025
Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Becoming Al Pacino
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Despicable Me 2
Movie • 2013
Eduardo / El Macho (voice) (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Angels in America
TV • 2003
Roy Cohn
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
The Family Stallone
TV • 2023
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self
N.Y.P.D.
TV • 1967
John James
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
TV • 1977
Don Michael Corleone
Hunters
TV • 2020
Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Brando: The Documentary
TV • 2007
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Honoree
10 самых...
TV • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest