Al Pacino
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-25 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Al Pacino
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
Acting
Lear Rex
as King Lear
Billy Knight
as Billy Knight
Sniff
as Harvey Stride
Captivated
as Saro Mammoliti
(2025)
The Ritual
as Father Theophilus Riesinger
(2024)
Knox Goes Away
as Xavier Crane
(2024)
How to Rob a Bank
as Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
(2024)
Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
as Maurice Gangnat
(2024)
Bad Bunny: Most Wanted Tour
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Al Pacino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Interviewee
(2023)
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Becoming Al Pacino
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
House of Gucci
as Aldo Gucci
(2021)
Val
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
as James Laughlin
(2020)
Making 'The Irishman'
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
as (archive footage)
(2019)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Marvin Schwarz
(2019)
The Irishman
as Jimmy Hoffa
(2019)
(2018)
Paterno
as Joe Paterno
(2017)
Hangman
as Detective Archer
(2017)
The Pirates of Somalia
as Seymour Tolbin
(2017)
(2017)
Frank Serpico
as Self (voice)
(2016)
Misconduct
as Charles Abrams
(2015)
Danny Collins
as Danny Collins
(2015)
Manglehorn
as A.J. Manglehorn
(2014)
The Humbling
as Simon Axler
(2014)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2014)
Cruising Electric (1980)
as archive
(2013)
Phil Spector
as Phil Spector
(2013)
Salomé
as King Herod
(2013)
Wilde Salomé
as Self / King Herod
(2013)
We're No Animals
as The Agent
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Stand Up Guys
as Valentine "Val"
(2012)
Casting By
as Self
(2012)
The Godfather Legacy
as Self
(2011)
Jack and Jill
as Al Pacino
(2011)
The Son of No One
as Detective Charles Stanford
(2011)
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
You Don't Know Jack
as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
(2009)
(2008)
Righteous Kill
as Detective Dave 'Rooster' Fisk
(2007)
Ocean's Thirteen
as Willy Bank
(2007)
88 Minutes
as Dr. Jack Gramm
(2007)
Brando
as Self
(2007)
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Two for the Money
as Walter Abrams
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Babbleonia
as Himself
(2004)
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
(2003)
Gigli
as Starkman
(2003)
The Recruit
as Walter Burke
(2003)
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Insomnia
as Will Dormer
(2002)
S1m0ne
as Viktor Taransky
(2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
People I Know
as Eli Wurman
(2002)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Inside 'Serpico'
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Chinese Coffee
as Harry Levine
(1999)
Any Given Sunday
as Tony D'Amato
(1999)
The Insider
as Lowell Bergman
(1998)
The Making of 'Scarface'
as Self
(1998)
Internet Love
as Self (uncredited)
(1997)
The Devil's Advocate
as John Milton
(1997)
Donnie Brasco
as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
(1997)
Pitch
as Self
(1997)
(1996)
City Hall
as Mayor John Pappas
(1996)
Looking for Richard
as Self / Richard III
(1995)
Heat
as Lt. Vincent Hanna
(1995)
Two Bits
as Gitano Sabatoni
(1994)
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
(1993)
Carlito's Way
as Carlito Brigante
(1992)
Scent of a Woman
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
(1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Ricky Roma
(1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Don Michael Corleone
(1991)
Frankie and Johnny
as Johnny
(1991)
Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self
(1990)
The Godfather Part III
as Michael Corleone
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Big Boy Caprice
(1990)
(1990)
The Local Stigmatic
as Graham
(1990)
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Frank Keller
(1985)
Revolution
as Tom Dobb
(1983)
Scarface
as Tony Montana
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Author! Author!
as Ivan Travalian
(1981)
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Michael Corleone
(1980)
Cruising
as Steve Burns
(1979)
...And Justice for All
as Arthur Kirkland
(1977)
Bobby Deerfield
as Bobby
(1975)
Dog Day Afternoon
as Sonny
(1974)
The Godfather Part II
as Don Michael Corleone
(1973)
Serpico
as Officer Frank Serpico
(1973)
Scarecrow
as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
(1973)
On the Road with: Scarecrow
as Himself
(1972)
The Godfather
as Michael Corleone
(1971)
The Panic in Needle Park
as Bobby
(1971)
(1969)
Me, Natalie
as Tony
Crew
Lear Rex
Producer
(2024)
(2014)
The Humbling
Producer
(2013)
Wilde Salomé
Director, Screenplay
(2013)
Salomé
Director
(2000)
Chinese Coffee
Director
(1996)
Looking for Richard
Writer, Director, Producer
(1993)
(1990)
The Local Stigmatic
Producer