# Al Pacino on stage and screen

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Al Pacino is an American screen and stage actor. His film debut was in 1969 with the comedy drama film Me, Natalie. He had his first lead role in the 1971 drama film The Panic in Needle Park. The following year, he played Michael Corleone in the crime film The Godfather, a role he reprised in the sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). For his performance in the 1973 film Serpico, in which he played Frank Serpico, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. In 1983, he starred as Tony Montana in the crime drama film Scarface, which is considered one of the greatest gangster films, and is considered a cult classic.
In the 1990s, Pacino starred in numerous films, including Frankie and Johnny with Michelle Pfeiffer (1991), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992; as Richard Roma), Scent of a Woman with Chris O'Donnell (1992), Carlito's Way with Sean Penn (1993), Heat with Robert De Niro (1995), Donnie Brasco with Johnny Depp (1997), The Devil's Advocate with Keanu Reeves (1997), and Any Given Sunday with Cameron Diaz (1999). For his performance in Scent of a Woman, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
Since the early 2000s, he has co-starred in films such as Insomnia opposite Robin Williams (2002), Simone with Catherine Keener (2002), and the thriller film 88 Minutes (2007). In 2007, he was cast as Willie Bank in the heist comedy film Ocean's Thirteen, the third installment in the Ocean's franchise, and the final film in the Ocean's Trilogy. The following year, he appeared in the action thriller film Righteous Kill, again with De Niro. In 2019, he had a minor role in Quentin Tarantino's comedy drama film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he portrayed Jimmy Hoffa in The Irishman, the fourth film on which he and De Niro worked together. In 2021, he portrayed Aldo Gucci in the biographical crime drama film House of Gucci directed by Ridley Scott.
Pacino's television work includes the 2003 HBO miniseries Angels in America, in which he played American lawyer and prosecutor Roy Cohn, and the 2010 made-for-television biopic You Don't Know Jack, in which he played American pathologist and euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian. For both roles, he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, making it his third and fourth Golden Globe Award. He also co-starred in the conspiracy drama streaming television series Hunters (2020–2023).

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Tony | |
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle Park | Bobby | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Michael Corleone | |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi | |
| 1973 | Serpico | Frank Serpico | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Michael Corleone | |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Sonny Wortzik | |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Bobby Deerfield | |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Arthur Kirkland | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Steve Burns | |
| 1982 | Author! Author! | Ivan Travalian | |
| 1983 | Scarface | Tony Montana | |
| 1985 | Revolution | Tom Dobb | |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Frank Keller | |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | Graham | |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III | Michael Corleone | |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Johnny | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Richard "Ricky" Roma | |
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman | Frank Slade | |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Carlito "Charlie" Brigante | |
| 1995 | Two Bits | Grandpa | |
| 1995 | Heat | Lieutenant Vincent Hanna | |
| 1996 | City Hall | John Pappas | |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero | |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | John Milton / Satan | |
| 1999 | The Insider | Lowell Bergman | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Tony D'Amato | |
| 2000 | Chinese Coffee | Harry Levine | Also director |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Will Dormer | |
| 2002 | Simone | Viktor Taransky | |
| 2002 | People I Know | Eli Wurman | |
| 2003 | The Recruit | Walter Burke | |
| 2003 | Gigli | Starkman | |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Walter Abrams | |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | Dr. Jack Gramm | |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Willie Bank | |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Det. David "Rooster" Fisk | |
| 2011 | The Son of No One | Detective Charles Stanford | |
| 2011 | Jack and Jill | Himself | |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Val | |
| 2013 | Salomé | King Herod | Also director and writer |
| 2014 | Manglehorn | A.J. Manglehorn | |
| 2014 | The Humbling | Simon Axler | Also producer |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Danny Collins | |
| 2016 | Misconduct | Abrams | |
| 2017 | The Pirates of Somalia | Seymour Tolbin | |
| 2017 | Hangman | Detective Ray Archer | |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Marvin Schwarz | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Jimmy Hoffa | |
| 2021 | American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally | James Laughlin | |
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Aldo Gucci | |
| 2023 | Knox Goes Away | Xavier | |
| 2024 | Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Maurice Gangnat | Also producer |
| 2025 | The Ritual | Father Theophilus Riesinger | Post-production |
| TBA | Billy Knight | Billy Knight | Post-production |
| TBA | In the Hand of Dante | | Post-production |
| TBA | Killing Castro | | Post-production |
| TBA | Easy's Waltz | | Post-production |
| TBA | Lear Rex | Rey Lear | Post-production |
| TBA | Dead Man's Wire | | Post-production |

## Documentaries

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | Himself | |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Himself / Richard III | Also director, writer and producer |
| 1997 | Pitch | Himself | |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Himself | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You | Himself | |
| 2011 | Wilde Salomé | Himself / King Herod / Oscar Wilde | Also director and writer |
| 2012 | Casting By | Himself | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | N.Y.P.D. | John James | Episode: "Deadly Circle of Violence" |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Roy Cohn | 6 episodes |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Dr. Jack Kevorkian | Television film |
| 2013 | Phil Spector | Phil Spector | Television film |
| 2018 | Paterno | Joe Paterno | Television film |
| 2020–2023 | Hunters | Meyer Offerman | 18 episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes |
| 1967 | America, Hurrah | 2nd Interviewer, Hal | Charles Playhouse | |
| 1967 | Awake and Sing! | Ralph Berger | Charles Playhouse | |
| 1968 | The Indian Wants the Bronx | Murph | Astor Place Theatre | |
| 1969 | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? | Bickham | Belasco Theatre | |
| 1969 | The Local Stigmatic | Graham | Actors Playhouse | |
| 1970 | Camino Real | Kilroy | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | |
| 1972 | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel | Pavlo Hummel | Open Circle Theater | |
| 1973 | Richard III | Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Loeb Theater | |
| 1975 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Arturo Ui | Charles Playhouse | |
| 1977 | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel | Pavlo Hummel | Longacre Theatre | |
| 1979 | Richard III | Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Cort Theatre | |
| 1980 | American Buffalo | Walter "Teach" Cole | Long Wharf Theatre | |
| 1981–1982 | American Buffalo | Walter "Teach" Cole | Circle in the Square Downtown | |
| 1983–1984 | American Buffalo | Walter "Teach" Cole | Booth Theatre | |
| 1984 | American Buffalo | Walter "Teach" Cole | Duke of York's Theatre | |
| 1988 | National Anthems | The Neighbor | Long Wharf Theatre | |
| 1988 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | The Public Theater | |
| 1992 | Chinese Coffee | Harry Levine | Circle in the Square Theatre | |
| 1992 | Salome | Herod Antipas | Circle in the Square Theatre | |
| 1996 | Hughie | Erie Smith | Long Wharf Theatre | Also director |
| 1996 | Hughie | Erie Smith | Circle in the Square Theatre | Also director |
| 1999 | Hughie | Erie Smith | Mark Taper Forum | Also director |
| 2002 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Arturo Ui | National Actors Theatre | |
| 2003 | Salome | Herod Antipas | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | |
| 2005 | Orphans | Harold | Greenway Court Theatre | |
| 2006 | Salome | Herod Antipas | Wadsworth Theatre | |
| 2010–2011 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Broadhurst Theatre | |
| 2012–2013 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Sheldon "Shelley" Levene | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | |
| 2015–2016 | China Doll | Mickey Ross | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | |
| 2017 | God Looked Away | Tennessee Williams | Pasadena Playhouse | |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Scarface: The World is Yours | Tony Montana | Likeness (also film excerpts) |