Al Pacino
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1940-04-25 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Alfredo James 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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Honoree
The Godfather
1972
as Michael Corleone
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Don Michael Corleone
TV Shows (18)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Honoree
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hunters
2020
as Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Don Michael Corleone
N.Y.P.D.
1967
as John James
The Family Stallone
2023
as Self
Angels in America
2003
as Roy Cohn
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
10 самых...
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (122)
The Godfather
1972
as Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Don Michael Corleone
Scarface
1983
as Tony Montana
Heat
1995
as Lt. Vincent Hanna
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as Marvin Schwarz
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Michael Corleone
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as John Milton
Scent of a Woman
1992
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
The Irishman
2019
as Jimmy Hoffa
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
as Willy Bank
Insomnia
2002
as Will Dormer
Carlito's Way
1993
as Carlito Brigante
Dead Man's Wire
2026
as M.L. Hall
House of Gucci
2021
as Aldo Gucci
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Sonny
The Ritual
2025
as Father Theophilus Riesinger
Jack and Jill
2011
as Al Pacino
Serpico
1973
as Officer Frank Serpico
The Insider
1999
as Lowell Bergman
Cruising
1980
as Steve Burns
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Tony D'Amato
Sea of Love
1989
as Frank Keller
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as Ricky Roma
The Recruit
2003
as Walter Burke
Dick Tracy
1990
as Big Boy Caprice
Misconduct
2016
as Charles Abrams
Gigli
2003
as Starkman
Two for the Money
2005
as Walter Abrams
Righteous Kill
2008
as Rooster
88 Minutes
2007
as Dr. Jack Gramm
Stand Up Guys
2012
as Valentine "Val"
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
City Hall
1996
as Mayor John Pappas
Hangman
2017
as Detective Archer
Knox Goes Away
2024
as Xavier Crane
...And Justice for All
1979
as Arthur Kirkland
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
S1m0ne
2002
as Viktor Taransky
Frankie and Johnny
1991
as Johnny
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Bobby
Danny Collins
2015
as Danny Collins
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Uncle Carmine
Revolution
1985
as Tom Dobb
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Michael Corleone
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Shylock
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Michael Corleone
Scarecrow
1973
as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
as Self
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021
as James Laughlin
Paterno
2018
as Joe Paterno
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Son of No One
2011
as Detective Charles Stanford
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Seymour Tolbin
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Phil Spector
2013
as Phil Spector
Bobby Deerfield
1977
as Bobby
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self
Me, Natalie
1969
as Tony
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self / Richard III
The Humbling
2014
as Simon Axler
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Manglehorn
2015
as A.J. Manglehorn
Heat 2
Brando
2007
as Self
People I Know
2002
as Eli Wurman
Two Bits
1995
as Gitano Sabatoni
Casting By
2012
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
2024
as Maurice Gangnat
Maserati: The Brothers
Billy Knight
2026
as Billy Knight
Author! Author!
1982
as Ivan Travalian
Salomé
2013
as King Herod
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Local Stigmatic
1990
as Graham
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Pitch
1997
as Self
Sniff
as Harvey Stride
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
as Self
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Easy's Waltz
2025
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
as Self
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
as Michael Corleone
Captivated
as Saro Mammoliti
Lear Rex
as King Lear
Wilde Salomé
2013
as Self / King Herod
Assassination
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self
Killing Castro
2026
as Robert Maheu
Internet Love
1998
as Self (uncredited)
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
2005
as Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
as Self
Chinese Coffee
2000
as Harry Levine
Frank Serpico
2017
as Self (voice)
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997
as Self
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Father Joe
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
as Self
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
We're No Animals
2013
as The Agent
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
Becoming Al Pacino
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998
as Self
St. Vincent
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
2020
as (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Babbleonia
2005
as Self
About 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 Laugh… With 140 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Al Pacino has appeared in 122 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Al Pacino Movies
- The Godfather (1972) — as Michael Corleone
- The Godfather Part II (1974) — as Don Michael Corleone
- Scarface (1983) — as Tony Montana
- Heat (1995) — as Lt. Vincent Hanna
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — as Marvin Schwarz
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