Al Pacino Pacino was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable roles include Tony Montana in "Scarface" (1983), Carlito Brigante in "Carlito's Way" (1993), Lieutenant Vincent Hanna in "Heat" (1995), Benjamin Ruggiero in "Donnie Brasco" (1997), Lowell Bergman in "The Insider" (1999), and Detective Will Dormer in "Insomnia" (2002). In television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including the miniseries "Angels in America" (2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic "You Don't Know Jack" (2010); he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for each role. In addition to
Al Pacino October 2012 to January 20, 2013. In January 2016, he starred on Broadway in "China Doll", a play written for him by Mamet. This was in a limited run of 87 performances following the acclaimed reviews of four performances in October 2015. Pacino found acting enjoyable and realized he had a gift for it while studying at The Actors Studio. However, his early work was not financially rewarding. After his success on stage, Pacino made his film debut in 1969 with a brief appearance in "Me, Natalie", an independent film starring Patty Duke. In 1970, Pacino signed with the talent