Acting Appreciation
Born in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on April 25, 1940, Al Pacino is one of the most iconic actors of our time with a career spanning over five decades. He's been nominated for countless awards, and has won an Oscar, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
He was raised in the South Bronx with his grandparents who were Italian emigrants from Corleone. In his teenage years, Pacino left home after an argument between him an his mother about his enrollment in a High School of Performing Arts. To finance his acting studies, Pacino took on low-paying jobs.
Pacino got into occasional fights and was considered somewhat of a troublemaker at school. Despite facing a difficult upbringing and dropping out of school at age 17, Pacino was determined to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He attended numerous auditions and eventually landed his first role in a one-act play called Hello Out There!, in 1963.
Pacino was cast in several Off-Broadway productions, but it was his Broadway debut in the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, which earned him a Tony Award nomination and launched his acting career.
Pacino's breakthrough role came in 1972 when he starred in The Godfather as Michael Corleone, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in the crime drama Serpico, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
In 1975, he played Sonny Wortzik, a man who robs a bank in order to pay for his lover's sex change operation in Dog Day Afternoon. He then starred in a legal comedy-drama ...And Justice for All, which he was again nominated for an Academy Award for Best Leading Actor.
In 1983, he then played Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant who rises to power in the drug trade in Miami, in Scarface. The film has since become a cult classic, and Pacino's catchphrase "Say hello to my little friend!" is one of the most iconic lines in cinema history.
In Scent of a Woman, Pacino played Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a blind retired Army officer who hires a young prep school student (Chris O'Donnell) to be his aide for a weekend trip to New York City. An iconic moment in the film was Pacino's tango with the young Gabrielle Anwar. His performance as the cantankerous yet vulnerable Slade earned him his first and only Academy Award.
He then starred in numerous roles playing gangsters, detectives, a football coach, a film director, a lawyer, a writer, and even the devil. Al Pacino has had an incredible career. He has become a cinematic icon, and his influence on the industry cannot be overstated.
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