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 made his major breakthrough when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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.

Alfredo James " Al " Pacino (; born April 25, 1940 ) is an American film and stage actor and director.

* Al Pacino, raised in the South Bronx, born in East Harlem

* Al Pacino ( born 1940 ), actor and director

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power stars Jay Hernandez as Carlito Brigante, the character played by Al Pacino in the first film, and chronicles Brigante's rise as a heroin drug czar in 1960s Harlem, New York.

Pacino attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York.

The main storyline, following the events of the first film, centers on Michael Corleone ( Pacino ), the new Don of the Corleone crime family, trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 to 1959 ; the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone ( De Niro ), from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City.

Olivier won the New York Film Critics award for Best Actor as a compromise selection after the voters became deadlocked in a choice between Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather after Stacey Keach in Fat City won a plurality in initial voting and rules were changed requiring a majority.

City Hall ( 1996 ) starred Al Pacino as an idealistic mayor and John Cusack as his deputy mayor, who leads an investigation with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences into the accidental shooting of a boy in New York.

He is commanded to kidnap the mentally challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to save New York-based mob boss Starkman ( Al Pacino ) from prison.

From his base in New York, he trained several generations of theatre and film's most illustrious talents, including Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and director Elia Kazan.

When it was decided to make the movie about his life called Serpico, Al Pacino invited Serpico to stay with him at a house that Pacino had rented in Montauk, New York.

Cazale moved to New York City and worked as a messenger at Standard Oil, where he met Al Pacino, another aspiring actor.

The film's screenwriter, Frank Pierson, said " the film had been cast with many of the actors that Al Pacino had worked with in New York, including John Cazale, who was a close friend and collaborator in The Godfather.

In 1980, Greaves was honored alongside Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando, Arthur Penn, Sally Field, Rod Steiger, Al Pacino, Shelley Winters, Dustin Hoffman, Estelle Parsons, and Ellen Burstyn with the The Actors Studio in New York ’ s first ever Dusa Award.

New York natives and visitors alike have been enjoying free Shakespeare in Central Park since performances began in 1954. Notable productions in recent years include: The Merchant of Venice in 2010, featuring Al Pacino as Shylock ; Twelfth Night in 2009, with Anne Hathaway ; the 40th anniversary production of Hair in 2008 ; and Mother Courage And Her Children, with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.

The film stars Al Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War.

" The New York Times wrote that " Mr. Pacino has not been this uncomplicatedly appealing since his Dog Day Afternoon days, and he makes Johnny's endless enterprise in wooing Frankie a delight.

He spent a year in Vienna, moving again, in 1976, to New York City where he studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, a school for the performing arts frequented by famous actors such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Angelina Jolie.

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

She also appeared in the feature film City Hall with Al Pacino.

* The ( fictional ) Major Crimes Unit of the Gotham City Police Department in the Batman series of comic books ; and the agency of the Chicago Police Department in the TV Series Crime Story ; the term recurred again in the movie Heat, as the Unit from which Lt. Vincent Hanna ( Al Pacino ) takes down Neil McCauley ( Robert De Niro ) and his crew

* Gracie Mansion was also seen in the movie City Hall, featuring Al Pacino and John Cusack.

She also acted in the feature film City Hall, with Al Pacino.

Tunie worked twice with Al Pacino ; she portrayed his press secretary in the 1996 film City Hall and the possessed wife of a partner in his law firm in the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate.

* City Hall ( film ), a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker starring Al Pacino and John Cusack

Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for the fictional City Hall ( 1996 ), starring Al Pacino.

Impressed by her performance in David Mamet's The Cryptogram ( 1994 ), Al Pacino asked Duncan to play the role of his wife in City Hall ( 1996 ) by Harold Becker.

Brightlight recently produced its sequel, White Noise 2: The Light, starring Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff with Gold Circle Films ; In the Name of the King, starring Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds and John Rhys-Davies ; 88 Minutes, starring Al Pacino and Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage both for Nu Image / Millennium Films and Emmett Furla Films as well as the TV series Saved for TNT with Fox 21, Slither ; Postal, based on the video game of the same name and American Venus, directed by Bruce Sweeney and starring Rebecca De Mornay ; which recently screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, along with the psychological thriller They Wait, starring Sin City ’ s Jaime King and directed by Ernie Barbarash.

: Many Italian Americans actors became well known in movies and TV, such as: Don Ameche, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anne Bancroft ( Anna Italiano ), Ernest Borgnine ( Ermes Borgnino ), Robert Alda, Alan Alda, Lou Costello, Frank Langella, Frankie Avalon ( Avallone ), Annette Funicello, James Darren ( Ercolani ), Jimmy Durante, Anthony Franciosa, Sal Mineo, Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Aldo Ray ( DaRe ), Richard Conte, Bernadette Peters ( Lazzara ), Connie Stevens ( Concetta Ingoglia ), Richard Crenna, Dom DeLuise, Armand Assante, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Joe Mantegna, John Travolta, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Paul Sorvino, Mira Sorvino, Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Rene Russo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicolas Cage ( Coppola ), Stanley Tucci, Marissa Tomei, John Turturro and Sylvester Stallone.

He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of both The Shining and Batman ; he is the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino.

* 1940 – Al Pacino, American actor

* April 25 – Al Pacino, American actor

Pacino has received numerous lifetime achievement awards, including one from the American Film Institute.

The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime epic that Francis Ford Coppola produced, directed, and co-wrote with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Robert De Niro.

Michael Corleone, as portrayed by Pacino, was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some critics consider Michael Corleone to be a tragic hero.

" As a teacher and acting theorist, he revolutionized American actor training and engaged such remarkable performers as Kim Hunter, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, and Al Pacino.

The Recruit is a 2003 American spy thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, and Bridget Moynahan.

The list of Stella Adler's and Group Theatre founder Lee Strasberg's students, mostly Gentiles, reads like a Who's Who of American acting: Marlon Brando, Jill Clayburgh, James Dean, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Eva Marie Saint, to name just a few.

Frankie and Johnny is a 1991 American film directed by Garry Marshall, and starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in their first film together since Scarface ( 1983 ).

The same year, she landed the role of Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone in American motion picture The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan and Diane Keaton.

The movie later got an American re-make, also named Insomnia, starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams.

In the 1983 American epic crime film Scarface, Tony Montana ( Al Pacino ) sees the Goodyear blimp showing the words " The World Is Yours.