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One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film's greatest decades, the 70s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. Born on April 25th, 1940 in the South Bronx, New York, Pacino's parents (Salvatore and Rose) divorced when he was young. His mother moved them into his grandparents' house. Pacino found himself often repeating the plots and voices of characters who he had seen in the movies, one of his favorite activities. Bored and unmotivated in school, the young Al Pacino found a haven in school plays, and his interest soon blossomed into a full-time career. Starting on the stage, Pacino went through a lengthy period of depression and poverty, sometimes having to borrow bus fare to make it to auditions.
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Formerly doing odd jobs like theater guide and doorkeeper, Al Pacino sharpened his acting skills by signing to the Herbert Berghof Studio, New York City (with Charles Laughton) until he was accepted in the prestigious Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in 1966. He subsequently landed roles in several off-Broadway productions, including acting with James Earl Jones in The Peace Creeps and earning an Obie Award for starring in The Indian Wants the Bronx. Afterwards, he debuted on Broadway, portraying a sociopath drug addict in a production of Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie. His bright performance handed him a Tony Award, and Al Pacino's success path was opened.
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AICN received a tip today claiming that Al Pacino has already been cast as one of the villains in the next James Bond opus, Quantum of Solace. Now this info is not confirmed and is strictly rumor, but if true, Pacino certainly gives the new school Bond an old school kick.
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Al Pacino was recently seen in the critically acclaimed Donnie Brasco opposite Johnny Depp. Prior to that, he directed and starred in the dramatic documentary Looking For Richard, and directed and starred in the live theatical production of Eugene O'Neill's Hughie at New Heaven's Long Wharf Theater and at The Circle In The Square in New York. Al Pacino has been nominated eight times for Academy Awards and recieved the Best Actor Awardfor his role as Lt. Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman.
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Al Pacino went from success on the New York stage to almost instant stardom in the movies, thanks to his Oscar-nominated role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972... starring Marlon Brando). Pacino was a critical and popular hit during the '70s, appearing in several gritty dramas, including as real-life cop Serpico (1973, Oscar nomination), The Godfather, Part II (1974, Oscar nomination), and in Dog Day Afternoon, (1975, Oscar nomination) and ...And Justice for All (1979, Oscar nomination). In the 1980s he made only a handful of films, but in the '90s he made more than a dozen movies, including 1992's Scent of a Woman, for which he won an Oscar, and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, Oscar nomination), Heat (1995, co-starring Robert DeNiro) and The Insider (1999, with Russell Crowe). One of the most celebrated actors in movie history and still going strong, Pacino appeared with Robin Williams in 2002's Insomnia and with Colin Farrell in The Recruit (2003).
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Al Pacino's latest film 88 Minutes is expected to be released in 2008 in America, having already been released in various other countries in 2007. In his next scheduled release Righteous Kill, Pacino and Robert De Niro co-star as New York detectives searching for a serial killer. In Rififi, a remake of the 1955 French original based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton, Pacino plays a career thief just out of prison who finds his wife has left him; in his anger, he starts planning a heist.[14] Also Pacino is set to play surrealist Salvador Dalí in the film Dali & I: The Surreal Story,[15][16] and the leader of the mysterious organisation in the 22nd James Bond film Quantum of Solace [17]
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