Al Pacino

"Pacino" redirects here. For the medieval Italian painter, see Pacino di Buonaguida. For the American football player, see Pacino Horne.

Al Pacino
Pacino in 2016
Born
Alfredo James Pacino

(1940-04-25) April 25, 1940 (age 84)
New York City, U.S.
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OccupationActor
Years active1967–present
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Partner(s)Beverly D'Angelo (1997–2003)
Lucila Polak (2008–2018)
Children4
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Alfredo James Pacino (/pəˈtʃiːnoʊ/ pə-CHEE-noh; Italian: [paˈtʃiːno]; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century, Pacino has received many accolades including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, achieving the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also received four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2007, the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.[1][2][3][4]

A method actor, Pacino studied at HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg. Pacino went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Scent of a Woman (1992). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), ...And Justice for All (1979), Dick Tracy (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and The Irishman (2019). His other notable roles include The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Scarecrow (1973), Cruising (1980), Scarface (1983), The Godfather Part III (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), Heat (1995), Donnie Brasco, The Devil's Advocate (both 1997), The Insider, Any Given Sunday (both 1999), Insomnia (2002), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and House of Gucci (2021).

On television, Pacino has acted in multiple 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 starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Hunters (2020–23). He has also had an extensive career on stage. He is a two-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actor in a Play in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969) and Best Actor in a Play for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1977).

Pacino made his directing debut with the documentary Looking for Richard (1996); 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.

  1. ^ "Ready for My deMille: Profiles in Excellence – Al Pacino, 2001". Golden Globe Awards. June 2020. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Pacino 'overwhelmed' by AFI honor". The Hollywood Reporter. June 11, 2007. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Al Pacino accepts National Medal of Arts at White House". BBC News. February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kennedy Center Honors: Al Pacino, The Eagles, James Taylor Among Those Feted". The Hollywood Reporter. December 4, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.