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Al Pacino
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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Tony Montana in the film Scarface and as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. It was the 1971 film The Panic in Needle Park, in which he played a heroin addict, that would showcase his talents and bring him to the attention of director Francis Ford Coppola. Pacino's rise to fame came after portraying Michael Corleone in Coppola's blockbuster 1972 Mafia film The Godfather and Frank Serpico in the eponymous 1973 movie. Although numerous established actors, including Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, and a then unknown Robert De Niro, were vying to portray Michael Corleone, Coppola selected the relatively unknown Pacino, much to the dismay of studio executives. His performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1973 Pacino starred in the very successful Serpico and the less popular Scarecrow alongside Gene Hackman. In 1974 he reprised his role as Michael Corleone in the sequel The Godfather Part II which was very successful and was critically acclaimed for being arguably as good as the original. In 1975, Pacino reached the first height of his popularity when Dog Day Afternoon was released. The film was based on the true story of a bank robber John Wojtowicz. Other minor works to close out the decade include Bobby Deerfield and ...And Justice for All. Pacino in Dog Day A
