An American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning over 5 decades, he has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Emmy Awards. He is one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting. A method actor who 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 (1969). He gained favourable notice for his first lead role as a heroin addict in The Panic in Needle Park (1971). Wide acclaim and recognition came with his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), for which he received his first Oscar nomination, and he reprised the role in the sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and ...And Justice for All (1979), ultimately winning it for playing a blind military veteran in Scent of a Woman (1992). Other notable portrayals include Tony Montana in Scarface (1983), Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way (1993), Benjamin Ruggiero in Donnie Brasco (1997), and Lowell Bergman in The Insider (1999). He has also starred in the thrillers Heat (1995), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Insomnia (2002), and appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He has also had an extensive career in television and on stage, winning 2 Tony Awards. He made his filmmaking debut with Looking for Richard (1996), directing and starring in this documentary about Richard III;