Al Pacino

1940-

Biography: life and films

Al Pacino is an American actor and film director. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on 25th April 1940.

His best films as an actor include Francis Ford Coppola's crime-thriller The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Godfather: Part III (1990), Michael Mann's Heat (1995) and Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco (1997), and whose best work as a film director include Looking for Richard (1996), Chinese Coffee (2000) and Salomé (2013).

Al Pacino has so far appeared in 46 films, directed 3 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Francis Ford Coppola (3 films), Sidney Lumet (2), Michael Mann (2), Martin Brest (2), Jon Avnet (2), Jerry Schatzberg (2), James Foley (2), Harold Becker (2), Brian De Palma (2) and Andrew Niccol (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (37 films), Thriller (20), crime-thriller (15), romance (4), comedy (4), comedy-romance (3), comedy-drama (3), Documentary (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Al Pacino over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Me, Natalie (1969) [a]

The Panic in Needle Park (1971) [a]

The Godfather (1972) [a]

Scarecrow (1973) [a]

Serpico (1973) [a]

The Godfather: Part II (1974) [a]

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) [a]

America at the Movies (1976) [a]

Bobby Deerfield (1977) [a]

...And Justice for All. (1979) [a]

Cruising (1980) [a]

Author! Author! (1982) [a]

Scarface (1983) [a]

Revolution (1985) [a]

Sea of Love (1989) [a]

The Godfather: Part III (1990) [a]

The Local Stigmatic (1990) [a]

Frankie and Johnny (1991) [a]

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) [a]

Scent of a Woman (1992) [a]

Carlito's Way (1993) [a]

Heat (1995) [a]

Two Bits (1995) [a]

City Hall (1996) [a]

Looking for Richard (1996) [a,d,w]

Donnie Brasco (1997) [a]

The Devil's Advocate (1997) [a]

Any Given Sunday (1999) [a]

The Insider (1999) [a]

Chinese Coffee (2000) [a,d]

Insomnia (2002) [a]

People I Know (2002) [a]

S1m0ne (2002) [a]

Gigli (2003) [a]

The Recruit (2003) [a]

The Merchant of Venice (2004) [a]

Two for the Money (2005) [a]

88 Minutes (2007) [a]

Ocean's Thirteen (2007) [a]

Righteous Kill (2008) [a]

Dali and I: The Surreal Story (2009) [a]

Rififi (2009) [a]

Jack and Jill (2011) [a]

The Son of No One (2011) [a]

Stand Up Guys (2012) [a]

Salomé (2013) [a,d]

Danny Collins (2015) [a]



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