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Al Pacino

Al Pacino
Born 25 April 1940, in South Bronx, New York

Wise words: "The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm Talking about."


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Al Pacino - news / articles


  • De Niro & Pacino team up again - for lawsuit - 5 March 2009
    -Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have joined forces to sue the makers of their recent movie Righteous Kill - in a dispute over a watch featured in the film.- -The shot of Pacino wearing a Tutima timepiece in the 2008 drama has already sparked a legal battle between th


  • Rourke's Pacino ambitions - 11 February 2009
    -Mickey Rourke aspired to be as successful as movie legend Al Pacino - but ended up paying the price for his dreams.- -The Wrestler star looked up to the legendary actor and director when he was starting out in movies, wanting to become as big as Pacino.- - But th


  • Robert De Niro vs. Al Pacino - 22 September 2008
    0 auto; } .list-title h2 {display: none;} .archive {height:150px;} - -This week, acting legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino square off in the cop thriller Righteous Kill. It's the third time they've shared a credit, although in The Godfather Part II t

Al Pacino - what members say


  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Dog Day Afternoon review by from Blackburn, Lancs
    Rated - 4 stars Best film you've never heard of! 17 September 2004
    ...nd this all quite amusing, in a Keystone Kops kind of way. Its not your typicAl Pacino character, he isnt in control in this film. Despite the fact a bank is being r...  
  • Devil's Advocate
  • Devil's Advocate review by elliottburton from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Unexpected revelation 20 April 2004
    ...ed amazement. This film is superb and would rate in my top 5 films of all time. Al Pacino is at his stunning best, and Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron also put in excel...  
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Donnie Brasco review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Donnie Brasco 4 February 2004
    ...ho infiltrates the mafia of New York, by befriending Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggerio (Al Pacino) under the moniker of Donnie Brasco. He gets himself in with the mafia faction ...  

Al Pacino - filmography


  • Dali & I - The Surreal Story (2011)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From the 1960s to the 1980s, after most of his great work is behind him, Dali becomes more flamboyant and forms a mentor-protege relationship with Stan Lauryssens, a young art dealer.
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  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 21,309 members
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  • 88 Minutes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Alicia Witt,  Leelee Sobieski
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 88 MINUTES, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based college professor and forensic psychiatrist, is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. The threat is linked to Gramm's role in putting a convicted serial killer (Neal McDonough) behind bars nearly a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 11,626 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Meryl Streep,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,302 members
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  • Gigli on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez,  Ben Affleck,  Al Pacino
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Real-life couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez star in this quirky romantic comedy with a twist. Small-time gangster Larry Gigli (Affleck) is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor, as a favour to his mob boss Louis (Lenny Venito)...read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 36% from 2,796 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robin Williams,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 17,177 members
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  • People I Know on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Kim Basinger,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Daniel Algrant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Al Pacino transforms himself into former all-star publicist Eli Wurman in Dan Algrant's PEOPLE I KNOW. Wurman is a southern-born one-time mover and shaker who is at the end of his rope--and his career. His last major client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), is an Oscar-winning actor who has Wurman clean ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 2,704 members
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  • Simone on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Benjamin Salisbury,  Winona Ryder
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A showbiz satire with a science fiction feel, Simone is also a post-modern stab at the Frankenstein story. When a temperamental A-list star (Winona Ryder, in a canny cameo) walks off the set of his new movie because her contractually stipulated "longest trailer on the lot" isn't also the tallest, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,873 member
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  • Flix Mix - Ultimate Fights on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tsui Hark,  Jackie Chan,  Brad Pitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A compendium of some of the most exciting fight scenes in recent motion picture history, ULTIMATE FIGHTS provides a whole new perspective on scenes from films such as BLADE, SNATCH, SCARFACE, THE KILLER, FIRST BLOOD, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, and THE KILLER.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 102 members
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Cameron Diaz,  Dennis Quaid
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miama Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 7,063 members
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  • Donnie Brasco on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Johnny Depp,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 21,770 members
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  • Pitch on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Matt Dillon,  Roger Ebert
    Director: Spencer Rice,  Kenny Hotz
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Canadian comedy team Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice are childhood friends who will stop at nothing to sell their script (which is about a mob boss who checks into a hospital and is accidentally given a sex-change operation). This outrageous documentary tracks their progress as they attend the 1996 ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 157 members
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  • City Hall on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  John Cusack,  Bridget Fonda
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this urban thriller the accidental shooting of a six-year-old during an altercation between cops and a drug dealer shakes a New York City mayor's office to its core, as the resulting investigation unveils the seamy truths behind political power-brokering and backroom deals.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,637 member
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  • Heat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 38,875 members
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  • Dick Tracy on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Madonna,  Charlie Korsmo
    Director: Warren Beatty
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Once again, director Beatty assembles an all-star cast. Dick Tracy, America's top crimestopper, goes up against a mob of colourful gangsters in this rich production. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Supporting Actor--Al Pacino. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Makeup, Best Art ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2,348 members
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  • Sea Of Love on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Ellen Barkin,  John Goodman
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two detectives, one from New York, the other from Long Island join forces to track down a bizarre serial killer. Convinced of a beautiful suspect's innocence, the New York detective starts an affair with her, despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,344 members
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  • Revolution (1985)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Al Pacino,  Nastassja Kinski
    Director: Hugh Hudson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set against the American War of Independence, this film deals with a romance between a trapper and a woman of wealth and also depicts an English soldier's life amongst the arrogant British ranks.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 20 members
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  • Cruising on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Paul Sorvino,  Karen Allen
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on murders that took place between 1962 and 1979 in New York city, Cruising follows the story of police detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino)as he tries to solve a number of brutal murder cases in the gay community. Cruising received a multitude of publicity when it was released due to the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 859 members
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  • And Justice For All on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jack Warden,  John Forsythe
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Pacino balances a performance between comedy and bleak despair when he adds a thoroughly detestable judge accused of rape to his already miserable client list. Maybe intended as satire, maybe not. Lahti's debut film role. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Al Pacino.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,267 member
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  • Scarecrow (1973)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Al Pacino,  Eileen Brennan
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Former photographer Jerry Schatzberg follows up his explosive directorial debut THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK with SCARECROW, which captured the Grand Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Opening on a desolate highway, two drifters stumble into each other, and decide to hitchhike together across the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 48 members
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  • Serpico on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  John Randolph,  Jack Kehoe
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Shot on location on New York's energetic and crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,587 members
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Al Pacino - watch online


  • Serpico to Watch Now (1973)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Tony Roberts,  Jack Kehoe
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £0.99
    Run time: 90 minutes
    Adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from Peter Maas's book, Sidney Lumet's drama portrays the real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system. Neophyte officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) is determined not to let his job get in the way of his individuality. Despite his ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 81% from 47 members
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Al Pacino facts

5 most recent films

Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 3 stars
Righteous Kill - 3.0 stars
Righteous Kill - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
88 Minutes - 3.0 stars
Ocean's Thirteen - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Godfather Trilogy, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Heat - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
The Godfather - 4.0 stars
The Godfather Part 2 - 4.0 stars
Carlito's Way - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dali & I - The Surreal Story - 3 stars
10 Hollywood Leading Men - 1.5 stars
Revolution - 2.0 stars
Hollywood Biographies - The Leading Men - 2.5 stars
I Knew it was You - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 13 times - show films
Alec Baldwin - 6 times - show films
Kevin Spacey - 6 times - show films
Diane Venora - 5 times - show films
Andy Garcia - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Francis Ford Coppola - 5 times - show films
James Foley - 5 times - show films
Michael Mann - 5 times - show films
Jon Avnet - 4 times - show films
Brian De Palma - 3 times - show films


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