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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Acted in
The Ritual
2025
Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
2024
as Maurice Gangnat
Bad Bunny: Most Wanted Tour
2024
as Self (archived footage)
How to Rob a Bank
2024
as Lt. Vincent Hanna (archive footage)
Knox Goes Away
2024
as Xavier Crane
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Family Stallone
2023
as Self
Becoming Al Pacino
2022
as Self (archive footage)
House of Gucci
2021
as Aldo Gucci
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021
as James Laughlin
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
as Self
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
2020
as (archive footage)
Hunters
2020
as Meyer Offerman
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
as Self
The Irishman
2019
as Jimmy Hoffa
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as Marvin Schwarz
Paterno
2018
as Joe Paterno
Hangman
2017
as Detective Archer
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
as Seymour Tolbin
Frank Serpico
2017
as Self (voice)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self
Misconduct
2016
as Charles Abrams
Manglehorn
2015
as A.J. Manglehorn
Danny Collins
2015
as Danny Collins
The Humbling
2014
as Simon Axler
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cruising Electric (1980)
2014
as archive
Wilde Salomé
2013
as Self / King Herod
We're No Animals
2013
as The Agent
Salomé
2013
as King Herod
Phil Spector
2013
as Phil Spector
Stand Up Guys
2012
as Valentine "Val"
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Son of No One
2012
as Detective Charles Stanford
Jack and Jill
2011
as Al Pacino
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011
as Self (archive footage)
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Righteous Kill
2008
as Detective Dave 'Rooster' Fisk
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
as Willy Bank
Brando
2007
as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
88 Minutes
2007
as Dr. Jack Gramm
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
Two for the Money
2005
as Walter Abrams
Babbleonia
2005
as Himself
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
2005
as Self
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Shylock
Angels in America
2003
as Roy Cohn
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Gigli
2003
as Starkman
The Recruit
2003
as Walter Burke
Inside 'Serpico'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Serpico: From Real to Reel
2002
as Self (archive footage)
People I Know
2002
as Eli Wurman
S1m0ne
2002
as Viktor Taransky
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Insomnia
2002
as Will Dormer
Chinese Coffee
2000
as Harry Levine
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Tony D'Amato
The Insider
1999
as Lowell Bergman
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998
as Self
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as John Milton
Pitch
1997
as Self
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997
as Self
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self / Richard III
City Hall
1996
as Mayor John Pappas
Heat
1995
as Lt. Vincent Hanna
Two Bits
1995
as Gitano Sabatoni
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
Carlito's Way
1993
as Carlito Brigante
Scent of a Woman
1992
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Michael Corleone
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as Ricky Roma
Frankie and Johnny
1991
as Johnny
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
as Self
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Michael Corleone
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
as Self
Dick Tracy
1990
as Big Boy Caprice
The Local Stigmatic
1990
as Graham
Sea of Love
1989
as Frank Keller
Revolution
1985
as Tom Dobb
Scarface
1983
as Tony Montana
Author! Author!
1982
as Ivan Travalian
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1981
as Michael Corleone
Cruising
1980
as Steve Burns
...And Justice for All
1979
as Arthur Kirkland
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Don Michael Corleone
Bobby Deerfield
1977
as Bobby
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Sonny
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Don Michael Corleone
Serpico
1973
as Officer Frank Serpico
Scarecrow
1973
as Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
The Godfather
1972
as Michael Corleone
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Bobby
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
Me, Natalie
1969
as Tony
N.Y.P.D.
1967
as John James
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Sniff
as Harvey Stride
Easy's Waltz
Assassination
In the Hand of Dante
Killing Castro
Billy Knight
as Billy Knight
Captivated
as Saro Mammoliti
Lear Rex
as King Lear