Al Pacino

Al Pacino (born Alfredo James Pacino the April 25th 1940 in South Bronx, New York) is a American Acteur italo- .

Al Pacino, sicilian parents , has three children. Julie Marie, born in 1989 with Jan Tarrant and of the twins, Anton James and Olivia Pink, born on January 25th 2001 with the actress Beverly d' Angelo.

Beginnings

Al Pacino lives with his/her mother in her grandparents Kate and James Gerardi, in Sicily. Irony of fate, his/her James grandfather, was born with Corleone. Later, it settles with New York, in South Bronx.

It is interested very early in the theater and takes part in small representations for its school. At 14 years, it enters to the High School off Performing Arts , which it must leave three years later, in particular because its English level is too low. It launches out then in a succession of small trades, while not losing sight of the fact the theater.

The money which it saved makes it possible him to integrate the Actor' S Studio in 1966 pennies the direction of Lee Strasberg (Hyman Roth in Godfather II), where it meets actors who will become famous thereafter, such Robert de Niro (which is called at this time Robert de Nero). Extremely from this personal success, it receives its first Obie (reward for the theater) in 1968 for The Indian Wants the Bronx . As of the following year, it receives its first Tony Award. It obtains from it a second for the play entitled Does the Tiger Wear has Necktie (1977).

Its beginnings with the cinema are noticed enough. After an appearance in Me, Nathalie of Fred Coe in 1969, it obtains the main role in Panique in Needle Park (1970) of Jerry Schatzberg, drama which is held in the drug addict medium with Manhattan. Its cinematographic career then will pack Pacino et al. connects a series of films which oscillate between the excellent one and the masterpiece.

One decade out of gold

Indeed, in 1972, whereas the producers try to impose to Robert Redford for the role of Michael Corleone in the Godfather to him, Francis Ford Coppola, after long negotiations, chooses Al Pacino, which is almost unknown at the time.

Its first meeting with Marlon Brando was for him very stressing, but remains one of the most important moments of its career as it defines it itself; it will be done at the time of the scene of the hospital, when Michael Corleone must supervise her father. The continuation is known: the film is an enormous success and lance definitively its career. The following year, it renews its collaboration with Jerry Schatzberg for the Scarecrow . Al Pacino gives the counterpart to Gene Hackman for what will be one of the most noticed duets decade. The same year, it signs its first film with Sydney Lumet: Serpico . Thanks to its interpretation of liberal and incorruptible cop, in this film which makes good performances with the Box-office, Pacino asseoit definitively its popularity.

In 1974, it takes again the role of Michael Corleone for the second shutter of the Parrain . This time, it is Robert De Niro which interprets Vito Corleone (in its youth). New immense success. This film as makes it possible Pacino to show as it can already all play. The character of Michael Corleone, silent and cold, is contrary to Frank Serpico, this unstable and coleric cop who doubt and demene within a very violent New York and of a corrupted police force.

In 1975, Pacino incarnates a new a little unstable character, a hold-up man of bank dilettante which very quickly becomes popular thanks to its inexperience, in One afternoon of dog ( Dog Day Afternoon ) of Sydney Lumet. Two years later, it launches out in the melodrama with Sydney Pollack (large scenario writer of the years 1970) which is with the orders of Bobby Deerfield (1977).

Years 1980 begin in a way remembered for Al Pacino, since he interprets homosexual in a very dark whodunnit, and probably the best film of William Friedkin, Hunting ( Cruising , 1980). In 1983, it is the meeting awaited so much with Brian De Palma which offers to him the role of Tony Montana in Scarface , remake of film of Howard Hawks (1932). For a whole generation (mainly rappeurs), character of Tony Montana is become myth and object of fascination (with all ambiguities that comprises), et al. Pacino is exceptional in this role of immigrant Cuba in which knows a phenomenal financial and social rise within the underworld while it becomes insane, so much it is made devour by the Paranoïa and the Drogue, inherent in its gangster activities.

The years 1990

Like good number of large American actors, Al Pacino will have several not very important roles in the years 1990. In 1990, he plays Michael Corleone for the third part of the Parrain . But if years 1990 are less prolific in great roles than the years 1970, they enable him to return, if not in the foreground, all at least at the stage of the unquestioned recognition. Admittedly, Al Pacino thus does not connect only masterpieces. But it is noted nevertheless that its new collaboration with Brian De Palma leads to a new success: the Dead end ( Carlito' S Way ). In this film magnificiently sinks and sad, Al Pacino touches once again the perfection with the character of Carlito Brigante.

First true cinematographic meeting between Al Pacino and Robert de Niro (the actors already had cotôyés themselves on the turning of the Parrain, 2 {{E}} left but had not played any scene together) in 1995 with police film Heat carried out by Michael Mann, reporting the play of cat and the mouse that deliver themselves a hold-up man of bank of exception (De Niro) and a tough police inspector (Pacino) which swore to make it stop. Pacino and De Niro are of very an high level and reserve to us face to face memorable. The supporting roles, held inter alia by Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore and Jon Voight, are also very convincing. The feature film will be seen devoted of an important critical and commercial success.

In 1996, Pacino passes behind the camera to testify to its fidelity to the theater, with Looking for Richard , semi-adaptation of Richard III of Shakespeare, semi-documentary on the turning of the part in film. After the Associate of the devil of Taylor Hackford (1997) and Donnie Brasco (1997) of Mike Newell, Al Pacino offers two more other excellent services of actor to us, first of all at the sides of Russell Crowe, in Révélations ( The Insider ) of Michael Mann, then in the Hell of Sunday ( Any Given Sunday ) of Oliver Stone.

The years 2000

With the film S1m0ne , comedy mild nutter of Andrew Niccol, Al Pacino prove once again to the public that it can adapt to any type of role. The following year, he plays for the first time at the sides of Robin Williams in the remake of a Norwegian film: Insomnia . The film is a success, Al Pacino is excellent in its role of tired and disillusioned cop. After Robin Williams, it is with the turn of Colin Farrell to divide the poster of the film the Recruit with Al Pacino. In 2003 leaves Influences with Kim Basinger and Tea Leoni, a film abused by the critic, but saved by the excellent Al Pacino service.

In 2003 always, Al Pacino takes part in the project of the realizer Mike Nichols, the series Angels in America , which includes/understands 6 episodes of approximately an hour each one. This milked series of the subject of homosexuality and the AIDS in the years 1980 and the difficulty of homosexual of overcoming the disease. Pacino is formidable there in the role of Roy Cohn, and it has at its sides one of the best British actresses of the moment: Emma Thompson, like Meryl Streep, Justin Kirk, or Jeffrey Wright. Anticonformist a enough style for a series very attaching. Besides the performance of Pacino will be worth to him to be rewarded by a Emmy Award.

the Merchant of Venice (2004) mark a return to the sources for Al Pacino whose theater remains its first love, it plays the part of Shylock there, a Jewish merchant. Once again the Al Pacino service is extraordinary.

In July 2006, Pacino shows us once more its very great talents of actors in film of D.J. Caruso, Two for the Money , in which he plays a Bookmaker which leads the hard life to Matthew McConaughey, an American football player forced to take an early withdrawal because of a serious wound.

In 2007, one can see it in 88 Minutes, film in which Pacino will have to do everything to avoid death that one promises to him on the telephone. It is also with the poster of Ocean' S Thirteen , the last shutter of the saga of Daniel Ocean and his accomplices. Trouble , Dali & I: The Surreal Story and Don Cornelius would have suivrent.

It is also in post-production of new documentary of the same type as that which it already carried out on Richard III of Shakespeare which this time will approach work Salome of Oscar Wilde. He will play the part of King Hérode. He will be also with the poster of a film of Jon Avnet, with which he already collaborated on 88 minutes, in which he will have as a partner Robert De Niro, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, 50 Hundred… the film, which will be called Rightous Kill, will introduce the two actors as police officers to the cases of a killer. It will be the third collaboration of the two men after Godfather II and Heat.

Anecdotes

Catalog of films

Rewards

Oscar

BAFTA Award

Emmy Award

Golden Globe

  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, the Godfather (1973)
  • Gained: Better actor - Drama, Serpico (1974)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Godfather II (1975)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, One afternoon of dog (1976)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Bobby Deerfield (1978)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Justice for all (1980)
  • Nominated: Better actor/Musical comedy, With the compliments of the author (1983)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Scarface (1984)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Melody for a murder (1990)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Picture Motion, Dick Tracy (1991)
  • Nominated: Better actor - Drama, Godfather III (1991)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Picture Motion, Glengarry (1993)
  • Gained: Better actor - Drama, the one weekend Time (1993)
  • Gained: Cecil B. DeMille Award (2001)
  • Gained: Better actor in a minisery for television, Angels in America (2004)

See too

  • Card IMDb

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