Al 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 Pacinos 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 Coppolas 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 Carlitos 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 Devils 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 Dont 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 2020present He has also had an extensive career on stage He is a twotime 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