| Name |
Alfredo
James Pacino |
| Screen
Name |
Al
Pacino |
| Nick
Names |
Sonny |
| Profession |
Actor,
Director, Writer, Producer |
| Date
of Birth |
25 April 1940 |
| Birth
Place |
South Bronx, New York, New York, USA |
| Height |
5'
7" (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
American |
| Education |
*
High School of the Performing Arts (dropout )
* Actors Studio in 1966
* Harbert Bercov Studio |
| Family |
Father:
Salvatore Pacino(was an insurance agent)
Mother: Rose Gerard Pacino
Step-mother: Katherin Kovin-Pacino.
Sisters: Josette
Roberta and Paula(twins)
Desiree |
| Married |
Never
|
| Former
Girlfriends |
* Jan Tarrant
* Diane Keaton
* Beverly D'Angelo
* Penelope Ann Miller
|
| Children |
* daughter Julie Marie, with his acting teacher Jan
Tarrant,
* twins Olivia & Anton with long-time girlfriend Beverly D'Angelo.
|
| Earlier
worked as |
Usher, stand-up comic, building superintendent
|
| Acting
Coach |
Legendary Lee
Strasberg, Charles Laughton.
|
| Debut |
Me, Natalie and The Panic in Needle Park
|
| Role
model in his life |
His
grandfather James |
| Character |
Very shy |
| Godfather |
* His best role as
Michael Corleone in all the three 'The Godfather'
films.
* was called "that midget Pacino" by producers of The Godfather (1972)
who did not want him there in the first place.
* Played similar Godfather roles in Scarface and
Dick Tracy |
| Worst
film |
The
revolution (1985) |
| Influenced
him to movies |
At
fourteen, Pacino attended a performance of
Chekhov's The Seagull at Elsmere Theater
in the South Bronx, whereupon he decided to
transfer to the High School of the Performing
Arts to become an actor. |
| Trademark |
Volcanic tirade, smoke-burnished voice. |
| Arrested |
In January 1961 for carrying a concealed weapon.
|
| Refused
the role |
*
Hans Solo in 'Star Wars'
* Captain Willard in 'Apocalypse Now' |
| Smoking |
Smokes Herbal cigarettes. |
| Loves |
Opera
and Shakespeare |
| Favourite |
Actress:
Julie Christie
Color: Black
Place: New York |
| Close
friend |
Colin Farrell
|
| Production
company |
Has a production company called 'Chal Productions'
|
| Charity |
*
He has allowed pictures of himself to be used on postcards whose proceeds go to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
* He has done a public service announcement for Children's Aid Society. |
| Awards |
* Received a star in the Hollywood walk of fame.
* 2005 American Cinematheque Award
* 2004 won a Golden Globe, SAG Award and Emmy for his performance in the TV miniseries
'Angels in America '
*2003 London Film Critics Award Nomination Best Actor for 'Insomnia'
* Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996-Best Actor for 'Donnie Brasco'
* Independent Feature Project's Gotham 1996-Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2001 Golden Globe award for the film 'Scent of a Woman'
* 2001 Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field".
* 2000 Film Society of Lincoln Center award
* 1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for the film 'Donnie Brasco'
* 1997 DGA award for the film 'Looking for Richard'
* 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gotham Awards
* 1994 Lifetime Achievement Award -Venice Film Festival
(Biennale)
* 1993 Golden Globe Award for the film 'Scent of a Woman'
* 1992 Valladolid International Film Festival award for the film 'Glenarry
Glen Ross'
* 1992 Oscar award for Best Actor for the film 'Scent of a Woman'
* 1991 American Comedy Award for the film 'Dick Tracy'
*
1977 Tony Award for "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel."
* 1976 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for the film 'Dog Day
Afternoon'
* 1996 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
* 1976 BAFTA film award for the film The Godfather: Part II (1974)
* 1975 San Sebastian award for the film 'Dog Day Afternoon'
* 1975 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for the film 'Dog Day
Afternoon'
* 1974 David di Donatello Awards for 'Serpico'
* 1974 Golden Globe for the film 'Serpico'
* 1973 David di Donatello Award for 'The Godfather'
* 1973 National Board of Review, USA for 'Serpico'
* 1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA for the film 'The
Godfather'
* 1972 National Board of Review, USA for the 'The Godfather'
*
1969 Tony Award for "Does a Tiger Wear a
Necktie?"
* 1968 Best Actor Obie (awarded for the best Off-Broadway performances) for 'The Indian Wants The
Bronx'
|
| Facts |
*
For the part of Corleone in The Godfather great
actors like Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Ryan O'Neal, Robert De Niro
were initially thought for but director Francis Ford Coppola had his heart set on
him.
* His grandparents were really from
Corleone,Sicily,
Italy
* His parents got divorced when he was very
young.
* Pacino was the first male actor to have ever
been nominated for both Best Supporting
Actor and a Best Actor Oscar in the same year
for the film 'Going my way'
* Actor Alec Baldwin, wrote a 65 page final thesis on Al Pacino and method acting for his degree at NYU.
* Suffers from chronic insomnia. |
| Biography |
* Al Pacino: A Life on the Wire (book), by Andrew Yule.
* The films of Al Pacino, William Schoell, New York Carol Publishing Group
* Al Pacino.... and Me (a Tale of Two Actors) by David Sheldon and Joan McCall
|
| Wish |
'I'd like to be remembered as
the only man who lived to be 250 years old!'
|
| Dream |
'It's easy to fool the eye but
it's hard to fool the heart.'
|
