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Al Pacino
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Al Pacino attending the Venice Film Festival in September 2004
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Alfredo James Pacino
April 25, 1940 New York City, New York, United States
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| Occupation | Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. He has won an Academy Award for Best Actor, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. He is probably best known for his roles as Tony Montana in the movie Scarface and as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. He is also in Carlito's Way.
Pacino is currently co-president, along with Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel, of the Actors Studio.
Personal life
Pacino has three children. The eldest, Julie Marie (born 1989), is his daughter with acting coach Jan Tarrant. He also has twins, son Anton James and daughter Olivia Rose (born 2001), with actress Beverly D'Angelo. They had a relationship from 1996 until 2003. Pacino had a relationship with Diane Keaton, his co-star in the Godfather Trilogy. Other women he has had relationships with include Tuesday Weld, Marthe Keller, Kathleen Quinlan and Lyndall Hobbs. Pacino has never married.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Tony | Movie debut |
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle Park | Bobby | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Michael Corleone | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi | |
| Serpico | Frank Serpico | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
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| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Michael Corleone | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Sonny Wortzik | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Bobby Deerfield | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Arthur Kirkland | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1980 | Cruising | Steve Burns | |
| 1982 | Author! Author! | Ivan Travalian | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1983 | Scarface | Tony Montana | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1985 | Revolution | Tom Dobb | |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Frank Keller | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | Graham | Filmed in 1985 |
| Dick Tracy | Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
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| The Godfather Part III | Michael Corleone | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Johnny | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Ricky Roma | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| Scent of a Woman | Frank Slade | Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
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| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Carlito 'Charlie' Brigante | |
| 1995 | Two Bits | Gitano Sabatoni | |
| Heat | Lt. Vincent Hanna | ||
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Director / Narrator / Richard III | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries |
| City Hall | John Pappas | ||
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero | |
| The Devil's Advocate | John Milton | ||
| 1999 | The Insider | Lowell Bergman | |
| Any Given Sunday | Tony D'Amato | ||
| 2000 | Chinese Coffee | Harry Levine | Also director; filmed in 1997 |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Will Dormer | |
| S1m0ne | Viktor Taransky | ||
| People I Know | Eli Wurman | ||
| 2003 | The Recruit | Walter Burke | |
| Gigli | Starkman | ||
| Angels in America | Roy Cohn | TV Miniseries Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
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| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Walter Abrams | |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Willie Bank | |
| 88 Minutes | Dr. Jack Gramm | ||
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Det. David "Rooster" Fisk | |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Dr. Jack Kevorkian | TV Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2011 | Jack and Jill | Himself | |
| The Son of No One | Det. Stanford | ||
| Wilde Salome | Director | ||
| 2012 | Untitled Phil Spector Biopic | Phil Spector | TV Film |
| 2013 | King Lear | King Lear | |
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| Gotti | Aniello Dellacroce |
Awards and nominations
Pacino has been nominated and has won many awards during his acting career. These include eight Oscar nominations (winning one), 15 Golden Globe nominations (winning four), five BAFTA nominations (winning two), two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television, and two Tony Awards for his work on the stage. In 2007, the American Film Institute awarded Pacino with a lifetime achievement award. In 2003 British television viewers voted Pacino as the greatest movie star of all time in a poll for Channel 4.
Images for kids
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Al Pacino in the play The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1971)
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Pacino in 2014