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
The Godfather The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity. Studio executives had trouble