A person in "The Godfather"

Name: Al Pacino

Translated name: Al Pacino

Birthday: April 25, 1940 (Thursday)

Constellation: Taurus

Height: 170CM

Motto: On the stage, I am more alive than anywhere else, but everything I bring to the stage comes from the streets. ——Quoted from 1984, The Hollywood Reporter

Representative works:

"The Godfather" I 1972 "The Godfather"

"The Godfather" II 1974 "The Godfather part Ⅱ"

"Scarface" 1983 "Scar Face"

"The Godfather" Ⅲ 1990 "The Godfather part Ⅲ"

"Scent of a Woman" 1992 "Scent of a Woman"

"Stealing Fire" 1996 "Heat"

"City Hall" 1996 "City Hall"

Award records:

The 61st Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement (2004)

The 65th Academy Award for Best Actor (1993)

The 50th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama) (1993)

The 31st Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama) (1974)

Best Actor at the 29th British Academy Film Awards (1976)

Best Actor at the 29th British Academy Film Awards (1976)

After more than 30 years of filmmaking, he has been nominated for eight Oscars for Best Actor and four times for Best Supporting Actor

Introduction: Al Pacino was born in New York City on April 25, 1945. His parents, both Italian, divorced when he was two years old and he lived with his mother and grandparents in East Harlem. As a child, Pacino often went to the movies with his mother. After returning home, he worked hard to perform for his grandfather so that his family could share the joy of watching movies. When he was only eleven or twelve years old, the children in the neighborhood already called him an actor. From then on, he promised to develop in drama performance.

In high school, Pacino attended Manhattan High School, which was famous for its performing arts. However, he dropped out of school to work at the age of seventeen. After making enough money, he entered Herb Baker, famous for his method acting. I studied acting at Hufu Studio for two years, and after graduation I began to hone my acting skills on the Off-Broadway stage. At the age of 26, Pacino played a mentally ill patient in the Off-Broadway play "The Redskins" and won the Obie Award for Best Off-Broadway Actor for the first time. The award finally opened the door to Broadway and Hollywood for Pacino.

In 1969, Pacino made his first appearance on the movie screen, with the less successful low-cost melodrama "The Trouble with the Virgin." However, he was in the Broadway stage play "Do Tigers Wear Ties?" "" played a drug-addicted mental patient, but won a Tony Award for Best Actor. This award brought Pacino another movie role, playing a drug addict in "The Mandarin Duck"! The film, of course, was not a success, and it wasn't until The Godfather that Al Pacino truly became a rising star.

Mike Corleone, played by Pacino in "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Sequel", is an unforgettable classic character in the history of film. He changed from an innocent college student to the second-generation godfather of the Mafia. , is the main character in both films. Pacino's performance is mature and steady, but most of the real light was taken away by Marlon Brando, who made a comeback in the previous episode, and Robert De Niro, who emerged in the sequel. At the same time, Pacino's short stature is quite similar to Dustin Hoffman, who was famous for "The Graduate" and "Midnight Cowboy" at the time, so much so that some viewers mistook him for Hoffman. Man. Therefore, several outstanding works that Pacino starred in in those years, including "The Clash" and "Hot Afternoon" were all mediocre in sales, and did not achieve stardom due to the two episodes of "The Godfather". Since then, Pacino has performed in several less-than-stellar works, including: the cheesy romance film "Love at Sunset", the gay gangster film "The Tiger's Mouth", the unfunny comedy "The Enemy", and the overly vulgar film The reputation of the violent film "Scarface" is in decline. However, it was "Revolution" that really dealt him a fatal blow. This French revolutionary historical masterpiece directed by "Chariots of Fire" director Hugh Hutson can be described as a mess. The box office record for a 28 million US dollar production in the US market was less than 1 million! The lead actor, Al Pacino, therefore became a street rat in Hollywood, causing him to disappear from the screen for four years.

How did Al Pacino spend his time during this low period in his acting career? First, he made a one-hour film of his own, "Local Stain," which was only shown to a small audience at the Museum of Modern Art. He later returned to Broadway to perform in plays including "Julius Caesar," "Richard III" and the Tony Award-winning "Palloham's Basic Training."

After four years of hiatus and adjustment, Al Pacino finally made a comeback with the thrilling murder romance film "The Passionate Executioner" (89). Actress Ellen Barkin's charming and passionate performance in the film attracted many young audiences, and also gave veteran Al Pacino the opportunity to make him known to a new generation of movie audiences. Then, Pacino wore makeup to play the villain leader Big Kid in the comic book movie "Dick Tracy". He also received warm applause from critics and audiences, surpassing Dustin Hoffman who also performed in makeup in the film. . Then, director Coppola announced the filming of "The Godfather Part III" in order to make money to pay off debts, finally pushing the fifty-year-old Al Pacino back into the spotlight. Although the film's sales were not as good as expected, Pacino has firmly established himself as a superstar.

The 1990s became the era when Al Pacino once again shined on the screen. After "Sex, Love, Hamburgers" hit a home run with the literary film, "Tycoo Game" hit a second base, and "Scent of a Woman" was a powerful home run, winning the Oscar in one fell swoop. The crown of the best actor.

In recent years, as Hollywood's "old-young pairing" has increasingly become a box-office guarantee, Al Pacino is obviously becoming more popular as he gets older, and he regards "acting" as his job. Al's attitude of eternal career has not only earned him respect from the film industry, but has also become an object of imitation and admiration for the new generation of actors.