The Irishman
2019
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Alfredo James Pacino was born in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on April 25, 1940, the only child of Sicilian Italian-American parents Rose ( née Gerardi) and Salvatore Pacino. [5] : xix [6] : 2 His parents divorced when he was two years old. [7] [6] : 2 He then moved with his mother to the South Bronx to live with ...
Al Pacino. Actor: Serpico. Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi) and Sal Pacino.
- Actor, Director, Producer
- April 25, 1940
- 2 min
- Who Is Al Pacino?
- Quick Facts
- Early Life and Stage Work
- 'The Godfather'
- More Acclaim with 'Serpico'
- 'The Godfather: Part II,' 'Dog Day Afternoon'
- 'Scarface'
- 'Dick Tracy,' 'Scent of A Woman'
- 'Donnie Brasco,' 'Any Given Sunday'
- 'Insomnia,' 'Angels in America'
Al Pacino began studying acting in his teens and eventually made his way from the stage to the big screen. During his career he has brought a brooding seriousness and explosive rage to gritty roles, including those of gangster Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and drug lord Tony Montana in Scarface(1983). A versatile performer, he has starre...
FULL NAME: Alfredo James Pacino BORN: April 25, 1940 BIRTHPLACE: New York City, NY CHILDREN: Julie Marie Pacino, Olivia Pacino, Anton James Pacino, Roman Pacino ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Taurus
Alfredo James Pacino was born in New York City on April 25, 1940. He was the only child of Italian immigrants from Sicily who separated when he was a toddler. After they split, Pacino’s father moved to California and Pacino was raised by his mother and grandparents in the Bronx. Though somewhat shy as a child, in his early teens Pacino developed an...
But it would be Pacino’s performance in a little-known 1971 movie called The Panic in Needle Park that would set his career on a path to new heights. Pacino’s portrayal of a heroin addict caught the eye of Francis Ford Coppola, who was in the midst of casting for his upcoming picture The Godfather, based on the novel by Mario Puzo. Although he had ...
In the wake of The Godfather’s success, Pacino quickly became a sought-after leading man. Following a co-starring role with Gene Hackman in Scarecrow (1973), Pacino starred in three successive hit films, each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1974 he starred in Serpico, the true story of police officer Frank Serpico...
That same year, he appeared again as Corleone in The Godfather: Part II, which also starred Robert De Niro and received as many accolades as its predecessor. And in 1975 Pacino starred in Dog Day Afternoon, playing a much more unusual role as John Wojtowicz, who in 1972 attempted to rob a bank in Brooklyn to pay for his boyfriend's sex change. The ...
Given his dazzling success during the 1970s, Pacino’s film-acting career experienced a relative lull in the decade that followed. With the exception of his role as crazed drug dealer Tony Montana in the Brian De Palma–directed hit Scarface (1983), Pacino’s other films from this era were significantly less successful and his roles less memorable. Cr...
In 1990, Pacino appeared in two films—The Godfather: Part III and Dick Tracy. His role in the latter earned him his first Academy Award nomination in more than a decade and marked the first in a steady string of roles in hit movies in the years to come. In the first half of the 1990s, Pacino earned favorable reviews for his work in outings such as ...
In the latter half of the decade, parts in such films as Michael Mann’s Heat (1995), gangster film Donnie Brasco (1997), supernatural thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997), Oliver Stone’s football classic Any Given Sunday (1999) and the Academy Award–winning The Insider (1999) helped keep Pacino both busy and relevant. He filled in his schedule by w...
In 2000, Pacino turned 60. However, this did little to slow his prolific career. In 2002 he appeared in four films: the Christopher Nolan thriller Insomnia and the only moderately successful films People I Know, S1m0ne and The Recruit. The following year he won an Emmy Award for his role in the adaptation of the Tony Kushner play Angels in America,...
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Al Pacino. Actor: Serpico. Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi) and Sal Pacino. They divorced when he was young. His mother moved ...
- Actor, Director, Producer
- April 25, 1940
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- 'The Irishman' (2019) Director: Martin Scorcese. It might be a little slower and bleaker than something like Goodfellas or The Departed, but The Irishman can still be included among the greatest crime movies directed by Martin Scorsese.
- 'The Insider' (1999) Director: Michael Mann. Michael Mann is best known for his action and crime movies, but The Insider is a more subdued film from the director that still manages to be utterly engrossing and exciting, showing Mann's immense (and perhaps underrated) range.
- 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992) Director: James Foley. Arguably standing as one of the best-written movies of the 1990s, Glengarry Glen Ross is essentially a movie about men yelling at each other for almost two hours, but in a way that's riveting.
- 'Insomnia' (2002) Director: Christopher Nolan. Insomnia is one of Christopher Nolan's less overwhelming and confusing movies, but remains tremendously exciting, even without much by way of time manipulation or anything sci-fi/superhero-related.
4 days ago · Insomnia (2002)92%. #7. Critics Consensus: Driven by Al Pacino and Robin Williams' performances, Insomnia is a smart and riveting psychological drama. Synopsis: From acclaimed director Chris Nolan ("Memento") comes the story of a veteran police detective (Al Pacino) who is sent to...
1 day ago · Al Pacino (born April 25, 1940, New York, New York, U.S.) American actor best known for his intense, explosive acting style.. Early career. After growing up in East Harlem and the Bronx, Pacino moved at age 19 to Greenwich Village, where he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio and appeared in many Off-Broadway and out-of-town productions, including Hello, Out There (1963) and Why Is a ...
