Al Pacino

Alfredo James Pacino (English: Alfredo James Pacino, April 25, 1940 -), also known by his stage name Al Pacino (Al Pacino), is an American actor. Pacino's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he received many accolades and honors, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the American Film Institute's AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, the Ceci DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He is also one of the few performers to win the Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards, known as the acting Grand Slams. He is a method actor and former student of HB Studios and the Actors Studio in New York City, where he was taught by Charles Laughton and Lee Strasberg. Pacino made his film debut in a small role in "The Virgin Mary" (1969), and received critical acclaim for his role as the heroin-addicted protagonist in "The Virgin" (1971). He received international acclaim and recognition for his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Frances Copra's The Godfather (1972), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination and reprized the role in the equally successful sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). Pacino's performance as Corleone is regarded as one of the greatest film performances in film history, and has been followed by many masterpieces, such as "The Wire", "3D Lies", "The Devil's Advocate", and "The Insider". In 1992, he finally won the Best Actor Award at the 65th Academy Awards for his superb acting skills in the classic film "Scent of a Woman". In the film, he plays a grumpy, extreme retired officer who was blinded in a grenade accident, but he can rely on his sensitive nose to identify the scent of women around him. Accompanied by Charlie, a high school student hired to take care of him, he prepares to enjoy his last luxurious trip to New York. In 2003, he starred in the HBO adaptation of the TV miniseries "Angels in America", playing the notorious McCarthyist Roy Cohn in American history. His outstanding acting skills brought him the 61st Golden Globe Award and the 56th Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Television Series. In 2007, Pacino won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute