Al Pacino

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ROBERT DE NIRO AND AL PACINO WANT TO PLAY WOMEN IN MOVIE

Hollywood heavyweights ROBERT DE NIRO and AL PACINO want to dress up as women and play sisters in a movie comedy. The pair are currently starring in Righteous Kill, their first collaboration since... [more]

Pacino and Witt strike a pose

Al Pacino and Alicia Witt pose at the premiere of "88 Minutes."

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Biography

Won 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes
One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film`s greatest decades, the 70s, and has become an enduring ... [more]

Trivia

Was a longtime member of David Wheeler's Theatre Company of Boston, for which he performed in "Richard III" in Boston from Dec. 1972 to Jan. 1973 and at the Cort Theater in New York City from June 10 to July 15, 1979. He also appeared in their productions of Bertolt Brecht's "Aurturo Ui" at the Charles Theater in Boston in 1975 and later in New York and London, and in David Rabe's "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" at the Longacre Theater in New York in 1977, for which Pacino won a Tony Award. Wheeler also directed Pacino in Heathcote Williams' "The Local Stigmatic" for Joseph Papp's Public Theater in New York City in 1976. Pacino appeared in a 1989 film of "Stigmatic" (The Local Stigmatic (1990)) directed by Wheeler that was presented at the Cinémathèque in Los Angeles.
Grew up in the South Bronx, New York City

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Quotes

[quoted by Robert Osborne in "Academy Awards 1974 Oscar Annual"] I couldn`t exist just doing films. But on the other hand, there is the fame that comes with it, and the money. My problem is I still want to play Hamlet in some little theater somewhere, and time is running out.

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Snapshot

Date of Birth: 25th of April, 1940
Occupation: Actor
Height: 5' 7" (170cm)
Gender: Male
Claim to Fame: Michael Corleone on The Godfather
Nationality: United States
Ethnicity: White