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Alfredo James Pacino (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. Pacino received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and ...And Justice for All (1979), ultimately winning it for playing a blind military veteran in Scent of a Woman (1992). For his performances in The Godfather, Dick Tracy (1990), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and The Irishman (2019), he earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations. Other notable portrayals include Tony Montana in Scarface (1983), Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way (1993), Benjamin Ruggiero in Donnie Brasco (1997), and Lowell Bergman in The Insider (1999). He has also starred in the thrillers Heat (1995), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Insomnia (2002), and appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). On television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including Angels in America (2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic You Don't Know Jack (2010), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for each. Pacino currently stars in the Amazon Video web television series Hunters (2020–present). He has also had an extensive career on stage. He is a two-time Tony Award winner, in 1969 and 1977, for his performances in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. Pacino made his filmmaking debut with Looking for Richard (1996), directing and starring in this documentary about Richard III; Pacino had played the lead role on stage in 1977. He has also acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film adaptation and 2010 stage production of The Merchant of Venice. Pacino directed and starred in Chinese Coffee (2000), Wilde Salomé (2011), and Salomé (2013). Since 1994, he has been the joint president of the Actors Studio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Pacino
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Streets of 1980s New York, Detective Franklin Sullivan is facing the biggest challenge of his life. Diagnosed with a terminal illness and desperate to provide for his family before he's gone, Jack concocts a daring plan that could save them all. His illness is rapidly progressing, leaving him with limited time to secure his family's future. Determined to leave them financially stable, Jack recruits his longtime comrades, Detective Mike "Mac" McKenzie and Detective Sarah Vega. Their plan? To pull off the heist of the century, targeting a notorious mob boss known for his vast wealth. But to succeed, they'll need more people. Jack reaches out to a motley crew of ex-cons, mercenaries, and underworld contacts. Among the recruits are Jimmy Locksmith, a master of safecracking, Marcus Razorski, Gooner, Scott Tucson, chemist, TNT expert. Rounding out the team are Lou Marsh a brilliant computer and technology whiz, Tony Cervantes a former street racer looking for last shot at redemption. Jack and his team must navigate a web of betrayal when they realized the Scott Tucson wants all the money just for himself. With time running out and the NYPD hot on their trail, they'll have to outsmart the mob and the law to save Jack's legacy. Will he be able to keep his illness hidden long enough to see his plan succed or will it catch up with him before he can secure his family's future? In the shadowy streets of 1980s New York, one cop will risk everything for one last shot at redemption.
