Alfredo James Pacino is an American actor and filmmaker. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg, Pacino's film debut came at the age of 29 with a minor role in Me, Natalie. He gained favorable notice for his first lead role as a heroin addict in The Panic in Needle Park.
In the Godfather trilogy, he made his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone, and in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman, he received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his part as Frank Slade. He's also recognized for his parts in Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, Scarface, and Serpico, among others.
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