Biography
Alfredo James Pacino is an American actor. He was born on 25 April 1940 in New York City. He trained at HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he studied under Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg.
Pacino's film debut was a minor role in Me, Natalie (1969). His first lead role came in The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He gained wide recognition for his performance as Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972), and later appeared as Lt. Vincent Hanna in Heat (1995) and as Willy Bank in Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
Pacino has received an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the National Medal of Arts.
