Al Pacino is an American actor who caught the public's attention for his role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather film series.http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-pacino.html He went on to appear in several films including Scarface, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, The Devil's Advocate, Any Given Sunday and Ocean's Thirteen, which also starred George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. Pacino has been given awards for his acting both in films and for his stage work. During the 1960s he won an Obie award for his work in The Indian Wants The Bronx and a Drama Desk award nomination for the 1988 American Buffalo.http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-pacino.html

In 2010, Pacino portrayed assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the HBO television movie You Don't Know Jack. At the 2010 Emmy Awards, Pacino was named Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, his second win in the category, for the role.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/awards In 2011, Pacino won a Golden Globe award for the best performance by an actor in a mini-series for his Jack Kervorkian role.http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/live-blogging-the-golden-globes/?src=twrhp He beat actors Indris Elba, Ian McShane, Dennis Quaid, and Edgar Ramirez.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/15

Pacino was raised in the Bronx, New York by his divorced mother in his grandparents' home.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/bio He acted in high school dramas before moving onto the stage, and in 1966 had the opportunity to study under Lee Strasberg. His first feature films included The Panic in Needle Park and Me, Natalie.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/bio

His debut into film roles came when Francis Ford Coppola cast him as Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972.http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-pacino.html Shortly after The Godfather, he appeared in Serpico as the title character, Frank Serpico.http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/al-pacino.html The success of these two films was later matched when Pacino took the role of Tony Montana in Scarface in 1982 and then again with his work in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman, for which Pacino received an Academy Award.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/bio

In 2003, Pacino portrayed the character of Roy Cohn in HBO's Angels in America, which earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Male Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/live-blogging-the-golden-globes/?src=twrhp

In 2011, Pacino again won a Golden Globe, this time for his work as Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the HBO Films biopic You Don't Know Jack. http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/live-blogging-the-golden-globes/?src=twrhp

"Most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me."—Al Pacinohttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1632936,00.html

"When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor."—Al Pacinohttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1632936,00.html

"Well, I don’t think a lot of people can really say that they know Jack Kevorkian, especially when you get his read on things and get to know more about him. Of course, if you’re doing a movie about him, you’re apt to go further into it to find out. And, you really don’t know Jack. When you see the image that was portrayed of Jack Kevorkian during this time, you get a sense of someone quite different than the personality that I got to know. Not that I got to know him personally, mind you, but just the research and work I did, in order to get closer to who I could interpret. I think the title is apt because you don’t know this guy. And, hopefully, in the movie, you still don’t. "—Al Pacinohttp://collider.com/al-pacino-interview-you-dont-know-jack-hes-playing-dr-jack-kevorkian-for-hbo-films/20880/

• 1969: Me, Natalie

• 1971: The Panic in Needle Park

• 1972: The Godfather

• 1973: Scarecrow

• 1973: Serpico

• 1974: The Godfather: Part II

• 1980: Cruising

• 1981: Author! Author!

• 1982: Scarface

• 1990: Dick Tracy

• 1990: The Godfather: Part III

• 1992: Scent of a Woman

• 1995: Heat

• 1997: The Devil's Advocate

• 1999: Any Given Sunday

• 2003: The Recruit

• 2004: The Merchant of Venice

• 2007: 88 Minutes

• 2007: Ocean's Thirteen

• 2008: Righteous Kill

• 2011: The Son of No Onehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/filmotype