Al Pacino
Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
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BIO
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), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), 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), Lowell Bergman in The Insider (1999), and Jimmy Hoffa in The Irishman (2019). He has also starred in the thrillers Heat (1995), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Insomnia (2002), and appeared in the comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
On television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including the miniseries 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. 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. A Shakespeare enthusiast, Pacino directed and starred in Looking for Richard (1996), a documentary about the play Richard III, the lead role of which Pacino had earlier portrayed 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. Having made his filmmaking debut with Looking for Richard, Pacino directed and starred in the films 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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Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Al Pacino, Jerry Herman, Burgess Meredith, Susan Strassberg, Angela lansbury, Lillian Gish, Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Princess Grace Kelly and Ellen Burstyn at the Theatre Hall Of Fame Awards held on March 28, 1982 at the UFrom: Photo Flashback: Inside the 1982 Theatre Hall Of Fame Awards
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STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Awards and Nominations
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Al Pacino, American Buffalo
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Al Pacino, The Basic Training of Pavl Hummel
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Al Pacino, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
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Al Pacino, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
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Al PacinoThe Indian Wants the Bronze
Videos
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Celine Dion Musical Comedy TITANIQUE To Play Off-Broadway This Summerby Robert Diamond - Mar 29, 2022
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Al Pacino has appeared on Broadway in 12 shows.
Al Pacino has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Merchant of Venice, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Merchant of Venice, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for American Buffalo, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Basic Training of Pavl Hummel, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? , Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and Best Actor (Obie Awards) for The Indian Wants the Bronze.
Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, and Best Actor (Obie Awards) for The Indian Wants the Bronze.
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