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, 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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Movies (122)
Father Joe
2027
Killing Castro
2026 · Robert Maheu
Maserati: The Brothers
2026 · Vincenzo Vaccaro
Billy Knight
2026 · Billy Knight
El Manuscrito De Dante
2026 · Uncle Carmine
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Self (archive footage)
La negociación
2026 · M.L. Hall
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · (archive footage)
Easy's Waltz
2025
Exorcismo: El ritual
2025 · Father Theophilus Riesinger
Modigliani: Tres días en Montparnasse
2024 · Maurice Gangnat, Producer
El Plan Del Asesino
2024 · Xavier Crane
Sly
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming Al Pacino
2022 · Self (archive footage)
La Casa Gucci
2021 · Aldo Gucci
Val
2021 · Self (archive)
Traidora americana: El juicio a Axis Sally
2021 · James Laughlin
Making 'The Irishman'
2020 · Self
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
2020 · (archive footage)
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020 · Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019 · Self
El irlandés
2019 · Jimmy Hoffa
Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion
2019
Había una vez en Hollywood
2019 · Marvin Schwarz
Paterno
2018 · Joe Paterno
El Verdugo
2017 · Detective Archer
Piratas de Somalia
2017 · Seymour Tolbin
Frank Serpico
2017 · Self (voice)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017 · Self
Mala conducta
2016 · Charles Abrams
Manglehorn
2015 · A.J. Manglehorn
Directo al corazón
2015 · Danny Collins
The Humbling
2014 · Simon Axler, Producer
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cruising Electric (1980)
2014 · archive
Wilde Salomé
2013 · Self / King Herod, Screenplay, Director
We Are Not Animals
2013 · The Agent
Salomé
2013 · King Herod, Director, Writer
Phil Spector
2013 · Phil Spector
Por los viejos tiempos
2012 · Valentine "Val"
Casting By
2012 · Self
The Godfather Legacy
2012 · Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Jack y Jill
2011 · Al Pacino
Policías de Queens
2011 · Detective Charles Stanford
El Fenómeno Scarface
2011 · Self (archive footage)
No Conoces A Jack
2010 · Dr. Jack Kevorkian
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self
Frente a frente
2008 · Rooster
The History of 'Cruising'
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Ahora son 13
2007 · Willy Bank
Brando
2007 · Self
88 minutos
2007 · Dr. Jack Gramm
The Godfather and the Mob
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 · Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006 · Self
Dos por el dinero
2005 · Walter Abrams
Babbleonia
2005 · Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
2005 · Self
The Making of Heat
2005 · Self
El mercader de Venecia
2004 · Shylock
Unseen + Untold: Scarface
2003
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Gigli: Una relación peligrosa
2003 · Starkman
El Discipulo
2003 · Walter Burke
Inside 'Serpico'
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002 · Self (archive footage)
People I Know
2002 · Eli Wurman
Simone
2002 · Viktor Taransky
Insomnia
2002 · Will Dormer
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Chinese Coffee
2000 · Harry Levine, Director
Any Given Sunday
1999 · Tony D'Amato
The Insider
1999 · Lowell Bergman
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999 · Self
Internet Love
1998 · Self (uncredited)
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998 · Self
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · John Milton
Pitch
1997 · Self
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997 · Self
Donnie Brasco
1997 · Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Looking for Richard
1996 · Self / Richard III, Director, Writer, Producer
City Hall
1996 · Mayor John Pappas
Heat
1995 · Lt. Vincent Hanna
Two Bits
1995 · Gitano Sabatoni
Jonas in the Desert
1994 · Self
In the Name of the Father
1993 · Thanks
Carlito's Way
1993 · Carlito Brigante
Scent of a Woman
1992 · Lt. Col. Frank Slade
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Don Michael Corleone
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Ricky Roma
Frankie and Johnny
1991 · Johnny
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991 · Self
The Godfather Part III
1990 · Michael Corleone
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Self
Dick Tracy
1990 · Big Boy Caprice
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990 · Self
The Local Stigmatic
1990 · Graham, Producer
Sea of Love
1989 · Frank Keller
Revolution
1985 · Tom Dobb
Scarface
1983 · Tony Montana
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
Author! Author!
1982 · Ivan Travalian
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Cruising
1980 · Steve Burns
...And Justice for All
1979 · Arthur Kirkland
Bobby Deerfield
1977 · Bobby
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Sonny
El Padrino II
1974 · Don Michael Corleone
Serpico
1973 · Officer Frank Serpico
Scarecrow
1973 · Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973 · Self
The Godfather
1972 · Michael Corleone
The Panic in Needle Park
1971 · Bobby
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971 · Self
Me, Natalie
1969 · Tony
Sniff
· Harvey Stride
Assassination
Lear Rex
· King Lear, Producer
St. Vincent
TV shows (19)
La Familia Stallone
2023 · Self
Hunters
2020 · Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs
10 самых...
2016 · Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007 · Self
Ángeles en América
2003 · Roy Cohn
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Don Michael Corleone
Film '72
1971 · Self
60 Minutes
1968 · Self
N.Y.P.D.
1967 · John James
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Honoree