"October 2012 to January 20, 2013. In January 2016, he starred on Broadway in ""China Doll"", a play written for him by Mamet. This was in a limited run of 87 performances following the acclaimed reviews of four performances in October 2015. Pacino found acting enjoyable and realized he had a gift for it while studying at The Actors Studio. However, his early work was not financially rewarding. After his success on stage, Pacino made his film debut in 1969 with a brief appearance in ""Me, Natalie"", an independent film starring Patty Duke. In 1970, Pacino signed with the talent"
"Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker. Pacino has had a career spanning more than five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. He is one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony"
"investors such as New York real estate magnate Lewis Rudin, Bregman moved successfully into personal management, eventually representing such stars as Al Pacino, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda and Bette Midler. Bregman discovered Pacino in an Off Broadway play, and helped to support the actor as he built his stage and then film career, among other things working to land Pacino the actor's first film role in 1971's ""Panic in Needle Park"", winning out over then unknown actor Robert De Niro. Bregman ventured into film producing in 1973, building projects around Pacino, initially with the Sidney Lumet"
"Al Capone, or Al Pacino and his surname was taken from a death row prisoner who wrote a best selling book. Cliver made his acting debut in 1974 in ""Il Saprofita"". He has starred is erotic, adventure and crime movies, but he is mostly memorable for starring in exploitation and horror films such as Lucio Fulci's ""Zombi 2"", ""The Black Cat"", ""The Beyond"" and ""Demonia"", and Jesús Franco's ""Mondo Cannibale"" and ""Devil Hunter"". Cliver was born Pierluigi Conti in Alexandria, Egypt. From 1975 to 1978, he was in a relationship with French actress Annie Belle and has acted alongside her"
"a 'masterpiece'. Revolution (1985 film) Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon, and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War. ""Revolution"" received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box office bomb; its release was delayed in Pacino's native New York City. Due to the disappointment, Pacino took a four-year hiatus from films until 1989's ""Sea of Love"". Fur trapper Tom Dobb unwillingly"
"role of Grace Bolton. Her father would send the couple money each month to help with finances. On February 25, 1969, Pacino made his Broadway debut in Don Petersen's ""Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"" at the Belasco Theater, produced by A&P Heir Huntington Hartford. It closed after 39 performances on March 29, 1969, but Pacino received rave reviews and won the Tony Award on April 20, 1969. Pacino continued performing onstage in the 1970s, winning a second Tony Award for ""The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"" and performing the title role in ""Richard III"". In the 1980s, Pacino again"
"completed Al read them and liked them, especially the character of Carlito. Inspiration for the novels came from Torres' background, things that were most familiar to him: the East Harlem barrio where he was born and raised in an atmosphere of racial gangs, drugs and poverty. In 1989, Pacino faced a $6 million lawsuit from producer Elliott Kastner. Kastner claimed Pacino had gone back on an agreement to star in his version of a Carlito movie with Marlon Brando as criminal lawyer David Kleinfeld. The suit was dropped and the project was abandoned. Pacino went to producer Martin Bregman with"
"for Pacino blamed his former business manager Kenneth Starr for the discrepancy. Pacino has been nominated and has won many awards during his acting career, including eight Oscar nominations (winning one), 17 Golden Globe nominations (winning four), five BAFTA nominations (winning two), two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television, and two Tony Awards for his stage work. In 2007, the American Film Institute awarded Pacino with a lifetime achievement award and, in 2003, British television viewers voted Pacino as the greatest film star of all time in a poll for Channel 4. Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (;"
"Revolution (1985 film) Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon, and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War. ""Revolution"" received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box office bomb; its release was delayed in Pacino's native New York City. Due to the disappointment, Pacino took a four-year hiatus from films until 1989's ""Sea of Love"". Fur trapper Tom Dobb unwillingly participates in"
"debut with ""Looking for Richard"", Pacino has also directed and starred in the independent film ""Chinese Coffee"" (2000), and the films ""Wilde Salomé"" (2011) and ""Salomé"" (2013), about the play ""Salomé"" by Oscar Wilde. Since 1994, Pacino has been the joint president of the Actors Studio with Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel. In 2016, he received the Kennedy Center Honor. Pacino was born in East Harlem, New York City, to Italian American parents Salvatore and Rose (née Gerardi) Pacino. His parents divorced when he was two years old. His mother took him to The Bronx where they lived with her"
"and wide-spread commercial success. It quickly became Soderbergh's highest-grossing movie to date, grossing more than $183 million domestically and more than $450 million worldwide. ""Rolling Stone"" credited the movie with ""[spawning] a new era of heist movies"". In the same year, Soderbergh made ""Full Frontal"", which was shot mostly on digital video in an improvisational style that deliberately blurred the line between which actors were playing characters and which were playing fictionalized versions of themselves. A year later, he was asked by executives at Warner Bros Studios to direct the psychological thriller ""Insomnia"" (2002), starring Academy Award winners Al Pacino,"
"Pacino was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable roles include Tony Montana in ""Scarface"" (1983), Carlito Brigante in ""Carlito's Way"" (1993), Lieutenant Vincent Hanna in ""Heat"" (1995), Benjamin Ruggiero in ""Donnie Brasco"" (1997), Lowell Bergman in ""The Insider"" (1999), and Detective Will Dormer in ""Insomnia"" (2002). In television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including the miniseries ""Angels in America"" (2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic ""You Don't Know Jack"" (2010); he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for each role. In addition to"
"the plot played fast and loose with the rules of whodunits."" A sequence in ""Sea of Love"" was selected in a scientific study as one of two sequences that were most able to produce surprise in viewers. Sea of Love (film) Sea of Love is a 1989 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Harold Becker, written by Richard Price and starring Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin and John Goodman. The story concerns a New York City detective trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. It was Pacino's first film following a four-year"
"Seville"", 1929. ""The Outsider"", 1931. ""Sally in Our Alley"", 1931. ""The Water Gipsies"", 1932. ""Nine till Six"", 1932. ""Forbidden Territory"", 1934. ""The Passing of the Third Floor Back"", 1935. ""It's in the Bag"", 1945. ""The Ring"", 1927. ""Juno and the Paycock"", 1929. ""Murder"", 1930. ""The Skin Game"", 1931. ""Rich and Strange"", 1931. ""Number Seventeen"", 1932. ""Waltzes from Vienna"", 1934. ""The 39 Steps"", 1935. ""The Secret Agent"", 1936. ""Sabotage"", 1936. ""Young and Innocent"", 1937. ""The Lady Vanishes"", 1938. ""Jamaica Inn"", 1939. ""Suspicion"", 1941. ""Shadow of a Doubt"", 1943. ""The Paradine Case"", 1947. ""Stage Fright"", 1950. ""I Confess"", 1953 Alma Reville Alma"
"with regional theatre, making his professional debut in the play ""The Rose Tattoo"" during 1965. In 1968, Sarandon moved to New York City, where he obtained his first television role as Dr. Tom Halverson for the series ""The Guiding Light"" (1973–1974). He appeared in the primetime television movies ""The Satan Murders"" (1974) and ""Thursday's Game"" before obtaining the role of Al Pacino's transgender wife in ""Dog Day Afternoon"" (1975), a performance which earned him nominations for Best New Male Star of the Year at the Golden Globes and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarandon appeared in the Broadway"
"Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its own country, it later gained cult status. Two vagabonds, Max Millan, a short-tempered ex-convict, and Francis Lionel Delbuchi, a childlike ex-sailor, meet on the road in California and agree to become partners"
"Al Pacino. The success of the film and its allegedly negative characterization of ""60 Minutes"" correspondent Mike Wallace and producer Don Hewitt, led to Bergman's virtual blacklisting from the show, according to Bergman himself. An early adopter and advocate of the multimedia model, Bergman forged an alliance between ""The New York Times"" and ""Frontline"" after leaving network news in the late 1990s. The collaboration resulted in a series of stories including California's energy crisis; the country's war on drugs; the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; the roots of 9/11; the credit card and gold industries; the post-9/11 hunt for ""sleeper cells"""
"described the film's retelling of the Sandusky scandal as ""messy."" Paterno (film) Paterno is a 2018 American television drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Al Pacino as former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and his career leading up to his dismissal following the university's child sex abuse scandal in 2011. Riley Keough, Kathy Baker, Greg Grunberg and Annie Parisse also star. The film premiered on HBO on April 7, 2018. As Joe Paterno enters an MRI machine in November 2011 he recalls events in his life. On October 29, 2011 Paterno wins his 409th game as head"
"and computer worker Lion reuniting, and Lion learning his son is alive. The film sequel was made difficult, if not impossible, by the studio's lack of support and Hackman's retirement from acting. Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its"
"in the equally successful sequels ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974) and ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990). Pacino's performance as Michael Corleone in these films is regarded as one of the greatest screen performances in film history. Pacino received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for ""Serpico"" (1973); he was also nominated for ""The Godfather Part II"", ""Dog Day Afternoon"" (1975) and ""...And Justice for All"" (1979), and won the award in 1993 for his performance as blind Lieutenant Colonel Slade in ""Scent of a Woman"" (1992). For his performances in ""The Godfather"", ""Dick Tracy"" (1990), and ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" (1992),"
"notably ""Scent of a Woman"" starring Al Pacino, where he appears in the famous Tango Scene with The Tango Project which he is a founding member and television shows. He received a Composers' Citation from The American Accordionists' Association in honor of his composition, ""The Spring Street Ritual"", which was the test piece for the 1979 Coupe Mondiale World Competition. He received The Confederations Internationale Association Merit Award for his contributions as a composer, performer and philosopher on the international accordion scene. He received a Merit Award from the American Accordionists' Association for his contributions spanning fifty years plus the"
"critic site Rotten Tomatoes. For the next few years, Goldman contributed uncredited work to many scripts including Miloš Forman's ""Ragtime"" (1981) starring James Cagney and Donald O'Connor, ""The Flamingo Kid"" (1984) starring Matt Dillon, and Warren Beatty's ""Dick Tracy"" (1990). He followed this with ""Scent of a Woman"" (1992) receiving his second Golden Globe Award and third Academy Award nomination. In the film Al Pacino plays Frank Slade, a blind, retired army colonel—a character Goldman said he based on someone he ""knew from his days in the army."" After being nominated seven times for roles as varied as Michael Corleone"
"""Johnny Oro"" (1966) and both ""official"" and ""unofficial"" Sartana sequels ""I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death"" (1969) and ""Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End"" (1970). Aldo Sambrell, another early spaghetti western star, had appeared in ""Gunfighters of Casa Grande"" (1964), ""Fistful of Dollars"" (1964), ""For a Few Dollars More"" (1965), ""Navajo Joe"" (1966), ""A Bullet for the General"" (1966), ""The Hellbenders"" (1967), ""Once Upon a Time in the West"" (1968) and ""A Fistful of Dynamite"" (1971). American character actor Geoffrey Lewis had previously appeared in Sergio Leone's ""My Name is Nobody"" (1973). Sven Valsecchi was a well-known"
"the city center (""Il re degli Amici"", the king of friends) until he was noticed by an assistant of the director Mario Monicelli, who invited him to the studio for an audition after which he was given the part. Since originally his first movie was called ""The Madame""—before the censorship imposed the change of title to ""Big Deal on Madonna Street""—he did not even know the film in which he starred was already in the theatres. He had found himself a job at a construction site at Ponte Milvio, when the production team miraculously tracked him down to give him"
"achieved critical success on stage while appearing in David Mamet's ""American Buffalo,"" for which Pacino was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Since 1990, Pacino's stage work has included revivals of Eugene O'Neill's ""Hughie"", Oscar Wilde's ""Salome"" and in 2005 Lyle Kessler's ""Orphans"". In 1983, Pacino became a major donor for The Mirror Theater Ltd, alongside Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman, matching a grant from Laurence Rockefeller. The men were inspired to invest by their connection with Lee Strasberg, as Lee's daughter-in-law Sabra Jones was the founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Mirror. In 1985, Al offered the company"
"that will appeal to Al. Leo obsession turns to insanity. Scene Two is several years later and Leo was released from the mental institution. It shows how the two friends' lives have taken turns, not necessarily unpredictable, but turns nonetheless. Scene Three is where Frank Rose Jr. enters, and is a nightmarish mirror of Leo's fantasy life. He is Mr. Pacino's bodyguard. Scene Four is the redemption, where friends and friends, and the optimism leaves you with the feeling something good is about to happen. The 1991 production was in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's marathon. The artistic director was Curt"
"film went on to be nominated for eight Academy Awards and win one. Weston then co-produced ""For Love of Ivy,"" the first major studio production to star two black actors (Sidney Poitier and Abbey Lincoln). In 1968, Weston returned to New York to produce the Broadway play ""Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"", which launched the career of a then-unknown Al Pacino. The actor went on to win a Tony Award for his performance, even though the play ran for only 39 performances. Probably his most well-known and acclaimed film, ""Lady Sings the Blues"" came in 1972. Starring Diana Ross"
"Crossing"" (1990), ""Loose Cannons"" (1990), ""The Public Eye"" (1992) and ""Falling Down"" (1993). His last role, in 2005, was on an episode of ""Joan of Arcadia"". He taught acting for over 30 years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and wrote for television. Mancini was married and divorced twice, and he died of Alzheimer's disease on the day before his 75th birthday in London, Ohio. Al Mancini Alfred Benito ""Al"" Mancini (November 13, 1932 – November 12, 2007) was an American stage, television and film actor, born in Steubenville, Ohio. He was a 1950 graduate of London High School in London,"
"– or not."" His debut film, ""Twelve Angry Men"", was an acclaimed picture in its day, representing a model for liberal reason and fellowship during the 1950s. The film and Lumet were nominated for Academy Awards, and he was nominated for the Director's Guild Award, with the film widely praised by critics. The ""Encyclopedia of World Biography"" states that his films often featured actors who studied ""Method acting"", noted for portraying an earthy, introspective style. A leading example of such ""Method"" actors would be Al Pacino, who, early in his career, studied under Method acting guru Lee Strasberg. Lumet also"
"was directed by Sidney Lumet, who had directed him in ""Serpico"" a few years earlier, and Pacino was again nominated for Best Actor. In 1977, Pacino starred as a race-car driver in ""Bobby Deerfield"", directed by Sydney Pollack, and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his portrayal of the title role. His next film was the courtroom drama ""...And Justice for All"". Pacino was lauded by critics for his wide range of acting abilities, and nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for a fourth time. He lost out that year to Dustin Hoffman"
"Pacino's performance were well received, gaining a favorable rating of 93 percent on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. The film did moderately well at the box office, taking in $113 million worldwide. His next film, ""S1m0ne"", did not gain much critical praise or box office success. He played a publicist in ""People I Know"", a small film that received little attention despite Pacino's well-received performance. Rarely taking a supporting role since his commercial breakthrough, he accepted a small part in the box office flop ""Gigli"", in 2003, as a favor to director Martin Brest. ""The Recruit"", released in 2003,"
"War II. Brown earned both his bachelor's degree and his master's degree in theatre arts from UCLA. Brown, who adopted the name Victor Millan during his acting career, had over eighty separate television and film credits, in addition to his theater work. Some of his earliest roles included the 1952 film, ""The Ring"", which was directed by Kurt Neumann, as well as ""Walk the Proud Land"", ""Touch of Evil"", and ""The FBI Story"". Millan's later film credits included """" in 1975, and the 1983 film, ""Scarface"" starring Al Pacino, in which Millan played Ariel Bleyer. Millan was an active member"
"Me, Natalie Me, Natalie is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe about a homely young woman from Brooklyn who moves to Greenwich Village and finds romance with an aspiring painter. The screenplay by A. Martin Zweiback is based on an original story by Stanley Shapiro. Patty Duke, who starred in the title role, won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. The film also starred James Farentino, Salome Jens, Elsa Lanchester, Martin Balsam and Nancy Marchand. It marked Al Pacino's film debut. From childhood, Brooklyn teenager, Natalie Miller, who has upper front teeth that are slightly bucked,"