Al Pacino Highlights

  • 2008: Played a college professor and forensics expert, hunted by a serial killer in "88 Minutes"
  • 2008: Again teamed with Robert De Niro as cops on the hunt of a serial killer in "Righteous Kill"
  • 2007: Joined the cast of Soderbergh's "Ocean's Thirteen" as a sleazy hotel and casino operator
  • 2006: Portrayed King Herod Antipas in Oscar Wilde's "Salome" at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles
  • 2005: Cast as sports bookie, opposite Matthew McConaughey in "Two for the Money"
  • 2004: Starred in "The Merchant of Venice" a Shakespearian adaptation, set in 16th century Venice
  • 2003: Played a press agent reportedly modeled after real-life flak Bobby Zarem in "People I Know"
  • 2003: Appeared as a manipulative CIA trainer in "The Recruit" opposite Colin Farrell
  • 2003: Cast as Roy Cohn in the HBO adaptation of "Angels in America" directed by Mike Nichols
  • 2002: Portrayed a sleep-deprived detective in "Insomnia"
  • 1999: Played an aging football coach in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday"
  • 1999: Starred as "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman in Mann's "The Insider"
  • 1997: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame
  • 1997: Delivered a delicious, pull-out-the-stops portrayal of a 1990s Satan in "The Devil's Advocate"
  • 1997: Played a small-time mobster in Mike Newell's "Donnie Brasco"
  • 1996: Directed and starred in the Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie"
  • 1996: Feature directorial debut with the quasi-documentary "Looking for Richard"; also co-wrote narration
  • 1995: Played a grandfather in the Depression-era "Two Bits"; role was Pacino's tribute to his beloved grandfather who raised him
  • 1995: Portrayed a cop tracking criminal Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's "Heat"
  • 1993: Reteamed with De Palma for "Carlito's Way"
  • 1992: Earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for "Glengarry Glen Ross"; adapted from the Mamet play and directed by James Foley
  • 1992: Won first Best Actor Academy Award for his role as a blind veteran in Martin Brest's "Scent of a Woman"
  • 1990: Earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as Big Boy Caprice in Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy"
  • 1990: Feature co-directing (with David Wheeler) and producing debut, "The Local Stigmatic"; a 52-minute film shot in 16mm; screened at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC
  • 1990: Once again played Michael Corleone in Coppola's "The Godfather, Part III"
  • 1989: Returned to films after a four-year absence in Harold Becker's "Sea of Love" playing a dectective investigating a murder
  • 1988: Starred in "Julius Caesar" in a limited engagement at New York's Public Theater
  • 1985: Was miscast in Hugh Hudson's Colonial drama "Revolution"
  • 1983: Portrayed Cuban drug kingpin Tony Montana in Brian De Palma's remake of "Scarface"; film scripted by Oliver Stone
  • 1982: Starred as a playwright in the romantic comedy "Author! Author!"; written by Israel Horovitz
  • 1980: Portrayed Walter Cole in David Mamet's "American Buffalo" in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions; also toured in the US and England
  • 1979: Performed the title role in "Richard III" for a record run on Broadway
  • 1979: Received fourth Best Actor Oscar nomination, playing a crusading lawyer in "…And Justice for All"
  • 1977: Reprised role in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" for the Broadway production; won second Tony Award
  • 1975: Earned third Best Actor Oscar nomination for Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon"; film re-teamed him with Cazale as bank robbers
  • 1974: Reprised role of Michael Corleone for Coppola's very successful sequel, "The Godfather, Part II"; earned second Academy Award nomination as Best Actor
  • 1973: Reteamed with Schatzberg for "Scarecrow" co-starring Gene Hackman
  • 1973: Earned First Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Sidney Lumet's "Serpico"
  • 1972: Joined David Wheeler's Experimental Theatre Company for the production of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"
  • 1972: Earned first Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather"; Cazale played older brother Fredo
  • 1971: First leading role in a film, "Panic in Needle Park"; directed by Jerry Schatzberg
  • 1970: Directed first stage production (also acted), "Rats" at the Charles Playhouse in Boston; written by Horovitz
  • 1969: Made feature acting debut in "Me, Natalie"
  • 1969: Broadway debut, "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"; received first Tony Award
  • 1968: Off-Broadway debut in the one-act play "The Indian Wants the Bronx"; written by Israel Horovitz and co-starred John Cazale
  • 1967: Acted in "America Hurrah" and "Awake and Sing" at the Charles Playhouse in Boston
  • 1966: Appeared in the New Theatre Workshop presentation of "The Peace Creeps"
  • Worked in the mail room at Commentary magazine
  • Worked as an actor at New York's Cafe La Mama and Living Theatre; also worked as a comedy writer
  • Raised in NYC's South Bronx, living with mother in her Sicilian parents' home after father left them
  • Born in Manhattan's East Harlem
  • Off-off Broadway debut at Caffe Cino in "Hello Out There"; directed by best friend Charlie Laughton

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