Acting
Al Pacino
EN, FR, DE, HU cinema · 122 credits
Born
25 April 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Alfredo James Pacino
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
Known for
Filmography
Sniff
Sniff
as Harvey Stride
Lear Rex
Lear Rex
as King Lear, Producer
In the Hand of Dante
as Uncle Carmine
Killing Castro
2026
Killing Castro
as Robert Maheu
Billy Knight
as Billy Knight
Dead Man's Wire
as M.L. Hall
Maserati: The Brothers
as Vincenzo Vaccaro
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self (archive footage)
The Ritual
as Father Theophilus Riesinger
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
as Maurice Gangnat, Producer
Knox Goes Away
as Xavier Crane
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Al Pacino
as Self (archive footage)
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
as James Laughlin
House of Gucci
as Aldo Gucci
Val
as Self (archive)
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
as (archive footage)
The Irishman
as Jimmy Hoffa
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Marvin Schwarz
Paterno
as Joe Paterno
The Pirates of Somalia
as Seymour Tolbin
Hangman
as Detective Archer
Frank Serpico
as Self (voice)
Misconduct
as Charles Abrams
Manglehorn
as A.J. Manglehorn
Danny Collins
as Danny Collins
The Humbling
as Simon Axler, Producer
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Wilde Salomé
as Self / King Herod, Director, Screenplay
Phil Spector
as Phil Spector
Salomé
as King Herod, Director, Writer
We Are Not Animals
as The Agent
Casting By
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Stand Up Guys
as Valentine "Val"
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
as Self (archive footage)
Jack and Jill
as Al Pacino
The Son of No One
as Detective Charles Stanford
You Don't Know Jack
as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Righteous Kill
as Rooster
Ocean's Thirteen
as Willy Bank
88 Minutes
as Dr. Jack Gramm
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
Brando
as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
Two for the Money
as Walter Abrams
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Babbleonia
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
The Recruit
as Walter Burke
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
as Self (archive footage)
Gigli
as Starkman
Insomnia
as Will Dormer
Inside 'Serpico'
as Self (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
as Self (archive footage)
People I Know
as Eli Wurman
S1m0ne
as Viktor Taransky
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Chinese Coffee
as Harry Levine, Director
The Insider
as Lowell Bergman
Any Given Sunday
as Tony D'Amato
Internet Love
as Self (uncredited)
The Devil's Advocate
as John Milton
Donnie Brasco
as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Pitch
as Self
City Hall
as Mayor John Pappas
Looking for Richard
as Self / Richard III, Writer, Director, Producer
Heat
as Lt. Vincent Hanna
Two Bits
as Gitano Sabatoni
Carlito's Way
as Carlito Brigante
Scent of a Woman
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Ricky Roma
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Don Michael Corleone
Frankie and Johnny
as Johnny
The Godfather Part III
as Michael Corleone
The Local Stigmatic
as Graham, Producer
Dick Tracy
as Big Boy Caprice
Sea of Love
as Frank Keller
Revolution
as Tom Dobb
Scarface
as Tony Montana
Author! Author!
as Ivan Travalian
Cruising
as Steve Burns
...And Justice for All
as Arthur Kirkland
Bobby Deerfield
as Bobby
Dog Day Afternoon
as Sonny
The Godfather Part II
as Don Michael Corleone
Scarecrow
as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
Serpico
as Officer Frank Serpico
The Godfather
as Michael Corleone
Me, Natalie
as Tony