Al Pacino

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 25, 1940 (85 years old)

Al Pacino

Known For

Maserati: The Brothers
Movie 2025

Maserati: The Brothers

A biopic about the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lamborghini, Italy is known for.

The Ritual
1h 38m
Movie 2025

The Ritual

Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.

Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
1h 50m
Movie 2024

Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness

A seventy-two-hour whirlwind in the life of bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi to his friends, follows a chaotic series of events through the streets of war torn Paris in 1916. On the run from the police, his desire to end his career and leave the city is dismissed by fellow artists Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine and Modi’s muse, Beatrice Hastings. Modi seeks advice from his art dealer and friend, Leopold Zborowski — however, after a night of hallucinations, the chaos in Modi’s mind reaches a crescendo when faced with an American collector, Maurice Gangnat, who has the power to change his life.

How to Rob a Bank
1h 27m
Movie 2024

How to Rob a Bank

In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.

Knox Goes Away
1h 54m
Movie 2024

Knox Goes Away

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.

Sly
1h 37m
Movie 2023

Sly

His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.

Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
0h 54m
Movie 2023

Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

Robert De Niro is famous for his award-winning portrayals of gangsters, criminals and socially disturbed men who show surprising traces of vulnerability. By analyzing his astonishing roles in iconic films through the years, the documentary reveal the complex actor behind these extreme characters. Because the public knows little about the man who is largely silent about his own life and emotions, this film tries to unwraps one of the most fascinating and enigmatic American actors of all time for the audience. For this the filmakers use clips from his feature films, archive footage of his sparse interviews and probe into his background to illustrate De Niro’s methods for becoming the characters he plays and the reasons he’s able to do so. All of this culminates in a rare exposé of the genesis of the hidden pain that enables the masterful actor to bring such intensity to the big screen.

Becoming Al Pacino
0h 53m
Movie 2022

Becoming Al Pacino

A journey through the meteoric rise and tempestuous story of the legendary American actor Al Pacino, from the Bronx of New York to worldwide stardom.

House of Gucci
2h 38m
Movie 2021

House of Gucci

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

Val
1h 49m
Movie 2021

Val

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

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

Acting

2025
Maserati: The Brothers
2025
The Ritual
2024
Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
2024
How to Rob a Bank
2024
Knox Goes Away
2023
Sly
2023
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
2022
Becoming Al Pacino
2021
House of Gucci
2021
Val
2021
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2020
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
2020
Hunters
2020
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
2019
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019
The Irishman
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2018
Paterno
2017
Hangman
2017
The Pirates of Somalia
2017
Frank Serpico
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2016
Misconduct
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Cruising Electric (1980)
2013
We're No Animals
2013
Salomé
2013
Phil Spector
2012
The Godfather Legacy
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2011
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2008
Righteous Kill
2007
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
Brando: The Documentary
2007
Brando
2006
The Godfather and the Mob
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2005
Two for the Money
2005
Babbleonia
2005
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
2003
Angels in America
2003
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
1999
Any Given Sunday
1999
The Insider
1998
Internet Love
1998
The Making of 'Scarface'
1997
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1996
Looking for Richard
1996
City Hall
1995
Heat
1994
Jonas in the Desert
1992
Scent of a Woman
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
1991
Frankie and Johnny
1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1990
The Godfather Part III
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
The Local Stigmatic
1985
Revolution
1972
The Godfather

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