Alfredo James Pacino (/pəˈtʃiË noÊŠ/; Italian: [paˈtʃiË no]; 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.
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.
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