al pacino

AL PACINO

Contents:• The Greatest Actor of 21st Century:•Early life:•Stage Career:•Film Career:

• 1970's:• 1980’s:• 1990’s:• 2000’s:

• Awards and nominations:

The Greatest Actor of 21st Century:

• American stage and film

actor, director, screenwriter,

producer.

• Well known for playing

mobsters, often appeared on

the other side of the law—as a

police officer, a detective and

lawyer.

• Received seven Oscar

nominations, including one

Oscar.

Early life:•Full name: Alfred James Pacino

•D.B.: 25th of April, 1940.

•P.B.: East Harlem, New York

City.

•Hometown: Corleone , Sicily.

•Parents: Salvatore Pacino and

Rose.

•Aimed to be a baseball player.

•School drop-out, worked at

low-paying jobs.

Stage Career:

•Awake and Sing! (1967).

•The Indian Wants the Bronx

(1968)

•Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?

(1969)

• The Basic Training of Pavlo

Hummel (1970)

•American Buffalo(1982)

•Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

•Orphan (2005).

Al Pacino in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel(1971)

Film Career:

•Made his movie debut in 1969 with

a brief appearance in Me, Natalie.

•signed with the talent agency Creative Management Associates (CMA).

1970's:•“Michel Corleone” - ‘The

Godfather ‘ (1972).

•“Serpico” (1973).

•‘The Godfather Part II “ (1974).

•“Dog day afternoon” (1975)

•“Bobby Deerfield” (1977)

•“….And justice for all.”

1980's:•Career slumped in early 80’s.

•“Scarface”(1983).

•Received Golden Globe

nomination for “Scarface”.

•Personal project -The Local

Stigmatic (2007).

• Sea of Love(1989).

1990's:• Big Boy Caprice-Dick Tracy

(1990).

•Michael Corleone- Godfather

Part III (1990)

• Lieutenant Colonel Frank

Slade -Scent of a Woman

(1992)

•Heat(1995)

•Donnie Brasco (1996)

•Satan - The Devil's Advocate

(1997).

•Any Given Sunday (1999)

2000's:•Turned down “Godfather: The

Game” by EA

•“Scarface: The World is Yours”

(game).

•Insomnia(2000)

•The Recruit(2003)

•Angels in America (2003)

•Ocean’s Thirteen(2008)

•Righteous Kill (2009).

•Received an “AFI Lifetime

Achievement Award” in 2006

Awards and nominations:

•Nominated for Oscar eight

times. Won once.

•Nominated for the BAFTA

awards four times. Won once.

•Nominated For the Golden

Globe awards fifteen times. Won

three times.

•Won an Emmy Award for “Best

Actor in a Series”.

•Won a Screen Guild Award for

“Best Actor in a Series”.

•Won Two Tony Awards For “Best

Actor in a Play”

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QUESTIONS ???

Trivia:I. January 1961: Was arrested,

charged with carrying a concealed

weapon.

II. An avid fan of opera.

III. One of the few Hollywood stars

who has never married.

IV. An avid William Shakespeare fan.

V. Favorite actress is Julie Christie.

VI. Has suffered from chronic

insomnia.

VII. Boycotted the Academy Award

ceremony, insulted at being

nominated for the Supporting

Acting award.

“I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live

in Hollywood and have heart-

shaped swimming pools.”

~Al Pacino