Al Pacino
Born April 25, 1940 (Age: 85)
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New York City, New York, USA
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Filmography
Lear Rex
Unknown
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as King Lear
Dead Man's Wire
2026
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as M.L. Hall
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Age: 85
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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as Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
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Age: 85
The Ritual
2025
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as Father Theophilus Riesinger
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Age: 84
House of Gucci
2021
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as Aldo Gucci
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Age: 81
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021
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as James Laughlin
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Age: 81
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
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as Michael Corleone
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Age: 80
The Irishman
2019
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as Jimmy Hoffa
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Age: 79
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
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as Marvin Schwarz
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Age: 79
Hangman
2017
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as Detective Archer
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Age: 77
Misconduct
2016
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as Charles Abrams
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Age: 75
Manglehorn
2015
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as A.J. Manglehorn
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Age: 75
Danny Collins
2015
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as Danny Collins
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Age: 74
Despicable Me 2
2013
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as Eduardo / El Macho (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Stand Up Guys
2012
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as Valentine "Val"
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Age: 72
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 72
Jack and Jill
2011
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as Al Pacino
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Age: 71
The Son of No One
2011
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as Detective Charles Stanford
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Age: 71
You Don't Know Jack
2010
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as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
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Age: 70
Righteous Kill
2008
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as Rooster
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Age: 68
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
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as Willy Bank
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Age: 67
88 Minutes
2007
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as Dr. Jack Gramm
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Age: 66
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
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as Self
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Age: 65
Two for the Money
2005
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as Walter Abrams
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Age: 65
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 64
The Merchant of Venice
2004
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as Shylock
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Age: 64
Gigli
2003
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as Starkman
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Age: 63
The Recruit
2003
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as Walter Burke
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Age: 62
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
People I Know
2002
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as Eli Wurman
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Age: 62
S1m0ne
2002
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as Viktor Taransky
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Age: 62
Insomnia
2002
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as Will Dormer
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Age: 62
Chinese Coffee
2000
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as Harry Levine
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Age: 60
Any Given Sunday
1999
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as Tony D'Amato
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Age: 59
The Insider
1999
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as Lowell Bergman
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Age: 59
The Devil's Advocate
1997
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as John Milton
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Age: 57
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997
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as Self
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Age: 57
Donnie Brasco
1997
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as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
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Age: 56
Looking for Richard
1996
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as Self / Richard III
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Age: 56
City Hall
1996
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as Mayor John Pappas
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Age: 55
Heat
1995
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as Lt. Vincent Hanna
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Age: 55
Carlito's Way
1993
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as Carlito Brigante
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Age: 53
Scent of a Woman
1992
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as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
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Age: 52
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
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as Ricky Roma
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Age: 52
Frankie and Johnny
1991
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as Johnny
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Age: 51
The Godfather Part III
1990
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as Michael Corleone
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Age: 50
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
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as Self
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Age: 50
Dick Tracy
1990
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as Big Boy Caprice
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Age: 49
Sea of Love
1989
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as Frank Keller
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Age: 49
Revolution
1985
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as Tom Dobb
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Age: 45
Scarface
1983
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as Tony Montana
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Age: 43
Author! Author!
1982
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as Ivan Travalian
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Age: 42
Cruising
1980
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as Steve Burns
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Age: 39
...And Justice for All
1979
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as Arthur Kirkland
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Age: 39
Bobby Deerfield
1977
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as Bobby
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Age: 37
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
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as Sonny
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Age: 35
The Godfather Part II
1974
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as Don Michael Corleone
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Age: 34
Serpico
1973
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as Officer Frank Serpico
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Age: 33
Scarecrow
1973
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as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
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Age: 32
The Godfather
1972
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as Michael Corleone
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Age: 31
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
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as Bobby
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Age: 31
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
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as Self
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Age: 30