Prolific author of horror novels, including Devil's Advocate, made into a movie starring Al Pacino.

This can be seen as early as 1989 in the song " Road to the Riches " where he makes a reference to Al Pacino ( who plays mobster Tony Montana in the 1983 crime drama movie Scarface ) – this was long before albums such as Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx … ( 1995 ), and Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt ( 1996 ) made such references popular.

In 1980, director William Friedkin made the movie Cruising, starring Al Pacino.

Another multi-layered Star Trek reference is made in an episode where Stiller runs through multiple episodes of satire, playing Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, but having hijacked The Enterprise, speaking through Uhura with Leon ( played by Jeff Kahn ) who is his boyfriend who needs an alien change operation.

Cazale made his feature film debut, alongside his old friend Al Pacino, playing the role of Fredo Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.

The film broke box office records and made Pacino, Cazale and several previously unknown co-stars famous, and earned Cazale a Golden Globe nomination.

She moved to the United States in 1996 and made her first appearance in a major English-language film in 1997 as Christabella Andreoli in The Devil's Advocate, starring opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves.

Carteris ' major motion picture work includes a very small role in " Jacknife ", starring Al Pacino, Charles S. Dutton, and Ed Harris, and a slightly larger role opposite John Lithgow in 1992's " Raising Cain ".

In 1982, Meyers landed her first major role as the stepdaughter of Al Pacino in the movie Author!

Subsequently, Madsen was cast in a variety of major studio films, including Free Willy, Mulholland Falls, Wyatt Earp, Species and with Johnny Depp and Al Pacino in the critically acclaimed Donnie Brasco.

Keaton's breakthrough role came two years later when she was cast as Kay Adams, the girlfriend and eventual wife of Michael Corleone ( played by Al Pacino ) in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 blockbuster The Godfather.

Her breakthrough movie was … And Justice for All ( 1979 ) with Al Pacino.

Spacey is well known in Hollywood for his impressions as when he appeared on Inside the Actors Studio he imitated, at host James Lipton's request: James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon.

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

Pacino was born in East Harlem, New York City to Italian American parents Salvatore Pacino and Rose, who divorced when he was two years old.

He reprised this role in February 2011, when he replaced Al Pacino in the Public Theater's production.

" Pacino, who seems to have been the love of Keaton's life, never agreed to her marriage ultimatums, and their lengthy relationship ended when her father was dying of brain cancer.

One of the felons asks Pacino when the Yankees are due to arrive, and Pacino responds with, " What ... you don't recognize me ?...

One of her most memorable moments on screen came in 1992's Scent of a Woman, when she danced a tango with Al Pacino, whose character was blind.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was filming in a nearby studio, and Garry Marshall arranged for the actors William Shatner ( James T. Kirk ) and Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) to appear fully costumed, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene in order to elicit genuine surprise from Al Pacino when he opened it.

They also retain the story's fundamental wariness about romance, even when everything about Ms. Pfeiffer and Mr. Pacino has the audience wondering why they don't simply fall into each other's arms.

According to the featurettes Pacino, DeNiro and the Conversation and The Making of Heat: True Crime, included in the special edition DVD, which includes a taped interview with Adamson, the scene of McCauley and Hanna in the restaurant was also based on a real life event.

In 1972, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Al Pacino also did not participate, and his likeness was replaced with a different depiction of Michael Corleone.

Her nephew, George Clooney, was a pallbearer at her funeral, which was attended by numerous stars, including Al Pacino.

During the time of his audition, Azaria was doing a play in which he had the part of a drug dealer, basing his voice on actor Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon.

Another notable example is the 1932 film Scarface which was remade in 1983 starring Al Pacino ; whereas the setting of 1932 version is the illegal alcohol trade, the characters in the 1983 version are involved in cocaine smuggling.

* The movie Donnie Brasco, which starred Johnny Depp and Al Pacino, was filmed partially in Clifton in 1996.

After Pacino turned it down, Ray Liotta was considered for the role of Rome, which was given to Robert Patrick.

Coppola successfully managed to get Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Talia Shire to return to the franchise, but Robert Duvall refused to reprise his role as Tom Hagen over salary disagreements.

Pacino, who had worked with Mann previously in Heat, was more than willing to take on the role.

Pacino suggested Mann to cast Christopher Plummer in the role of Mike Wallace.

Marshall had initially considered Christopher Reeve for the role of Lewis, and Al Pacino turned it down.

Pacino went as far as doing a casting reading with Roberts before turning the leading role down.

... And Justice For All received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Actor in a Leading role ( Pacino ) and for Best Original Screenplay ( Curtin and Levinson ).

The role garnered Downey an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards 65th ceremony, losing to Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman.

Pacino had played the role on stage 15 years earlier.

Spacey had played the role of Richard's henchman, the Duke of Buckingham, in the Pacino film.

Adam Sandler's 2011 film " Jack & Jill " features Al Pacino reprising his role of Richard III, although the movie scenes are modified as Pacino interacts with the audience in a heavily comedic way.

During pre-production, Al Pacino was considered for the Somerset role, but he decided to do City Hall.

Although De Niro declined the role, Pacino had already accepted.

In the initial Broadway production, the role was created by Ron Liebman ; in the 2010 Off-Broadway revival by the Signature Theatre Company in Manhattan, the role was reprised by Frank Wood ; in the HBO miniseries version of Kushner's play, Cohn was played by Al Pacino.

The lead cast includes Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright ( repeating his Tony-winning Broadway role ), Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, and Mary-Louise Parker.

Michael Douglas took on the role of Nick Curran after Peter Weller, Tom Berenger, Richard Dean Anderson, Don Johnson, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Harrison Ford, Eric Roberts, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Liam Neeson, Anthony Edwards, John Heard, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Charlie Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ray Liotta, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Martin Sheen, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Quaid, Richard Gere, Jeff Bridges and John Travolta all turned down the role.

In 1974, at the suggestion of his former student Al Pacino, Strasberg acted in a key supporting role alongside Pacino in Godfather II and again in ... And Justice for All ( 1979 ).