Al Pacino
Known for Acting · 141 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
TV Shows (19)
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
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Hunters
2020
as Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs
Angels in America
2003
as Roy Cohn
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Don Michael Corleone
The Family Stallone
2023
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
N.Y.P.D.
1967
as John James
10 самых...
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
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
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as Marvin Schwarz
Heat
1995
as Lt. Vincent Hanna
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Michael Corleone
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as John Milton
Insomnia
2002
as Will Dormer
The Irishman
2019
as Jimmy Hoffa
Dick Tracy
1990
as Big Boy Caprice
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
as Willy Bank
The Ritual
2025
as Father Theophilus Riesinger
Scent of a Woman
1992
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Dead Man's Wire
2026
as M.L. Hall
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Uncle Carmine
House of Gucci
2021
as Aldo Gucci
Jack and Jill
2011
as Al Pacino
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Sonny
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Carlito's Way
1993
as Carlito Brigante
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Tony D'Amato
Danny Collins
2015
as Danny Collins
Heat 2
The Recruit
2003
as Walter Burke
The Insider
1999
as Lowell Bergman
Stand Up Guys
2012
as Valentine "Val"
Sea of Love
1989
as Frank Keller
Cruising
1980
as Steve Burns
Serpico
1973
as Officer Frank Serpico
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Shylock
Salomé
2013
as King Herod
...And Justice for All
1979
as Arthur Kirkland
Righteous Kill
2008
as Rooster
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Bobby
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as Ricky Roma
Frankie and Johnny
1991
as Johnny
Two for the Money
2005
as Walter Abrams
88 Minutes
2007
as Dr. Jack Gramm
Knox Goes Away
2024
as Xavier Crane
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Seymour Tolbin
Gigli
2003
as Starkman
City Hall
1996
as Mayor John Pappas
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
S1m0ne
2002
as Viktor Taransky
Frank Serpico
2017
as Self (voice)
Billy Knight
2026
as Billy Knight
Misconduct
2016
as Charles Abrams
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
as Self
Me, Natalie
1969
as Tony
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self / Richard III
Scarecrow
1973
as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
The Son of No One
2011
as Detective Charles Stanford
Hangman
2017
as Detective Archer
The Humbling
2014
as Simon Axler
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Author! Author!
1982
as Ivan Travalian
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021
as James Laughlin
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
as Michael Corleone
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
People I Know
2002
as Eli Wurman
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Killing Castro
2026
as Robert Maheu
Father Joe
St. Vincent
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manglehorn
2015
as A.J. Manglehorn
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Michael Corleone
Bobby Deerfield
1977
as Bobby
Paterno
2018
as Joe Paterno
Casting By
2012
as Self
Phil Spector
2013
as Phil Spector
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Michael Corleone
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
2020
as (archive footage)
Wilde Salomé
2013
as Self / King Herod
Revolution
1985
as Tom Dobb
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
2024
as Maurice Gangnat
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
as Self
Maserati: The Brothers
Cruising Electric (1980)
2014
as archive
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
Two Bits
1995
as Gitano Sabatoni
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
as Self
The Local Stigmatic
1990
as Graham
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999
as Self
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Chinese Coffee
2000
as Harry Levine
Easy's Waltz
2025
Assassination
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998
as Self
Lear Rex
as King Lear
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self
Pitch
1997
as Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
as Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
Brando
2007
as Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
2005
as Self
Sniff
as Harvey Stride
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
We're No Animals
2013
as The Agent
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self
Internet Love
1998
as Self (uncredited)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Captivated
as Saro Mammoliti
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997
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 141 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Al Pacino has appeared in 122 films and 19 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
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — as Marvin Schwarz
- Heat (1995) — as Lt. Vincent Hanna
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