Al Pacino on stage and screen
Al Pacino is an American screen and stage actor. His film debut was in 1969 with the comedy drama film Me, Natalie. He had his first lead role in the 1971 drama film The Panic in Needle Park. The following year, he played Michael Corleone in the crime film The Godfather, a role he reprised in the sequels The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III. For his performance in the 1973 film Serpico, in which he played Frank Serpico, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. He received Academy Award nominations for Dog Day Afternoon and ...And Justice for All. In 1983, he starred as Tony Montana in the drama film Scarface, a cult classic which is considered to be one of the greatest gangster films.
In the 1990s, Pacino starred in numerous films, including Dick Tracy, Frankie and Johnny with Michelle Pfeiffer, Glengarry Glen Ross, Scent of a Woman with Chris O'Donnell, Carlito's Way with Sean Penn, Heat with Robert De Niro, Donnie Brasco with Johnny Depp, The Devil's Advocate with Keanu Reeves, and Any Given Sunday with Cameron Diaz. For his performance in Scent of a Woman, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
Since the early 2000s, he has co-starred in films such as Insomnia opposite Robin Williams, Simone with Catherine Keener, and the thriller film 88 Minutes. In 2007, he was cast as Willie Bank in the heist comedy film Ocean's Thirteen, the third installment in the Ocean's franchise, and the final film in the Ocean's Trilogy. The following year, he appeared in the action thriller film Righteous Kill, again with De Niro. In 2019, he had a minor role in Quentin Tarantino's comedy drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he portrayed Jimmy Hoffa in The Irishman, the fourth film on which he and De Niro worked together. In 2021, he portrayed Aldo Gucci in the biographical crime drama film House of Gucci directed by Ridley Scott.
Pacino's television work includes the 2003 HBO miniseries Angels in America, in which he played American lawyer and prosecutor Roy Cohn, and the 2010 made-for-television biopic You Don't Know Jack, in which he played American pathologist and euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian. For both roles, he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, making it his third and fourth Golden Globe Award. He also co-starred in the conspiracy drama streaming television series Hunters.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Tony | ||
| 1971 | ' | Bobby | ||
| 1972 | ' | Michael Corleone | ||
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi | ||
| 1973 | Serpico | NYPD Police Detective Frank Serpico | ||
| 1974 | ' | Michael Corleone | ||
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Sonny Wortzik | ||
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Bobby Deerfield | ||
| 1979 | ' | Arthur Kirkland | ||
| 1980 | Cruising | Steve Burns | ||
| 1982 | Author! Author! | Ivan Travalian | ||
| 1983 | Scarface | Tony Montana | ||
| 1985 | Revolution | Tom Dobb | ||
| 1989 | Sea of Love | NYPD Detective Frank Keller | ||
| 1990 | ' | Graham | ||
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice | ||
| 1990 | ' | Michael Corleone | ||
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Johnny | ||
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Richard "Ricky" Roma | ||
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman | Frank Slade | ||
| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Carlito "Charlie" Brigante | ||
| 1995 | Two Bits | Grandpa | ||
| 1995 | Heat | LAPD Lieutenant Vincent Hanna | ||
| 1996 | City Hall | John Pappas | ||
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero | ||
| 1997 | ' | John Milton / Satan | ||
| 1999 | ' | Lowell Bergman | ||
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Tony D'Amato | ||
| 2000 | Chinese Coffee | Harry Levine | Also director | |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Will Dormer | ||
| 2002 | Simone | Viktor Taransky | ||
| 2002 | People I Know | Eli Wurman | ||
| 2003 | ' | Walter Burke | ||
| 2003 | Gigli | Starkman | ||
| 2004 | ' | Shylock | ||
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Walter Abrams | ||
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | Dr. Jack Gramm | ||
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Willie Bank | ||
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Det. David "Rooster" Fisk | ||
| 2011 | ' | Detective Charles Stanford | ||
| 2011 | Jack and Jill | Himself | ||
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Val | ||
| 2013 | Salomé | King Herod | Also director and writer | |
| 2014 | Manglehorn | A.J. Manglehorn | ||
| 2014 | ' | Simon Axler | Also producer | |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Danny Collins | ||
| 2016 | Misconduct | Abrams | ||
| 2017 | ' | Seymour Tolbin | ||
| 2017 | Hangman | Detective Ray Archer | ||
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Marvin Schwarz | ||
| 2019 | ' | Jimmy Hoffa | ||
| 2021 | American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally | James Laughlin | ||
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Aldo Gucci | ||
| 2023 | Knox Goes Away | Xavier | ||
| 2024 | Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Maurice Gangnat | Also producer | |
| 2025 | Father Theophilus Riesinger | |||
| 2025 | Billy Knight | Billy Knight | ||
| 2025 | Dead Man's Wire | M.L. Hall | ||
| 2025 | In the Hand of Dante | Uncle Carmine | ||
| 2025 | Easy's Waltz | Mickey Albano | ||
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Documentaries
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1991 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | Himself | ||
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Himself / Richard III | Also director, writer and producer | |
| 1997 | Pitch | Himself | ||
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Himself | ||
| 2007 | Brando | Himself | ||
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You | Himself | ||
| 2011 | Wilde Salomé | Himself / King Herod / Oscar Wilde | Also director and writer | |
| 2012 | Casting By | Himself | ||
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Himself | ||
| 2017 | Frank Serpico | Himself |