Al Pacino is an American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who, in his career spanning five decades, has achieved the ‘Triple Crown of Acting’: the ‘Oscar’, ‘Emmy’ and ‘Tony Award’. Starting his film career with ‘Me, Natalie’ (1969) and ‘The Panic in Needle Park’ (1971), he achieved breakthrough as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's ‘The Godfather’ (1972), one of the top grossing movies of all time. One of his best roles, he reprised it in the successful sequels in 1974 and 1990.
His other critically acclaimed performances of the time were in ‘Serpico’ (1973), ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975), ‘...And Justice for All’ (1979), ‘Dick Tracy’ (1990) and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ (1992). His portrayal of blind Lieutenant Colonel Slade in ‘Scent of a Woman’ (1992) earned him his first ‘Academy Award’. His diverse filmography also includes other notable movies like ‘Scarface’ (1983), ‘Carlito's Way’ (1993), ‘Heat’ (1995), ‘Donnie Brasco’ (1997), ‘The Insider’ (1999) and ‘Insomnia’ (2002).
He earned two ‘Emmy Awards’ for the HBO miniseries ‘Angels in America’ (2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic ‘You Don't Know Jack’ (2010). His two ‘Tony Award’-winning performances were in the plays ‘Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?’ and ‘The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel’.
