Al Pacino
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Best films:
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) Taylor Hackford's The Devil's Advocate (1997) Brian DePalma's Scarface (1983) Sidney Lumet's Serpico (1973) Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Martin Brest's Scent of a Woman (1992) Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) | Links: |
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Al Pacino (1940), the son of Sicilian immigrants in New York, studied
acting and worked in theater before playing a drug addict in
Jerry Schatzberg's The Panic in Needle Park (1971).
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) launched his careeer.
He quickly rose in the ranks of Hollywood actors thanks to his performances in
Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow (1973),
Sidney Lumet's Serpico (1973) and especially Coppola's
The Godfather Part II (1974).
Then came
Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975),
Sydney Pollack's Bobby Deerfield (1977),
Norman Jewison's And Justice for All (1979),
William Friedkin's thriller Cruising (1980),
and
Arthur Hiller's biopic Author! Author! (1982).
His charisma was further enhanced by Brian DePalma's Scarface (1983),
but then he took a hiatus from cinema.
In the 1990s he starred in
Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990),
Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990),
Garry Marshall's Frankie and Johnny (1991),
James Foley's Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), from a David Mamet play,
and especially Martin Brest's Scent of a Woman (1992).
After Michael Mann's Heat (1995), Brian DePalma's Carlito's Way (1993) and Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco (1997) he gave another terrific performance in Taylor Hackford's The Devil's Advocate (1997). Later, he wasted his enormous talent in minor roles.
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