| Net Worth | $165,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Name | Alfredo James Pacino |
| Date of Birth/Age | April 25, 1940 (age 79) |
| State/City of origin | New York City, U.S. |
| Height | 5'6 |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Occupation(s) | Actor,filmmaker. |
What Is Al Pacino’s Net Worth?
Al Pacino’s net worth is $165 million.
How Did Al Pacino Make His Money?
Al Pacino is an actor who has been a superstar for over five decades. Most critics and Hollywood historians rank him as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
Pacino rose to fame alongside his fellow Italian superstars, actor Robert DeNiro and filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
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Intense Acting Style
Pacino is known for his bold, intense, sometimes exaggerated acting style. As a young actor, he was also regarded as one of the best-looking actors in Hollywood who defied stereotypes about the way actors had to look.
Pacino was a successful theater actor before turning to Hollywood, and he has continued acting on stage in major roles. He has never stopped working, and he is still an unstoppable force on stage and screen.
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Awards and Nominations
Pacino has been nominated for dozens of awards. He has won:
- Academy Award.
- Two Tony Awards.
- Four Golden Globes.
- British Acting, Film and Television (BAFTA) Award.
- Two Primetime Emmy Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
- National Medal of the Arts.
- Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Acting.
- The so-called Triple Crown of acting, meaning that he has an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony for acting.
- Greatest Film Actor of All Time, British television viewers’ poll in 2003.
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Career
Pacino was born in 1940 to Salvatore and Rose Pacino. His parents divorced when he was two years old, and he and his mother moved to the Bronx to live with his grandparents.
Early Life
Pacino was unhappy at home and school. He started smoking and drinking when he was 13.
He knew he wanted to be an actor at an early age.
He auditioned at the High School for Performing Arts and was accepted, but his mother disagreed with his plans to become an actor.
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Al Pacino Quick Facts
- He was born on April 25, 1940, in New York City.
- He is 5 foot 6 inches tall.
- He has homes in Manhattan and Beverly Hills.
- His birth name is Alfredo James Pacino.
- His childhood nickname was “Sonny.”
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Life on the Streets
Pacino moved out on his own. He worked at several low-paying jobs to pay his rent and continued going to school.
He has talked about periods of being homeless, sleeping on the street or at friends’ houses and working as a messenger, busboy and janitor.
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Finding a Mentor
After being rejected by the Actors Studio, the highly respected acting school in New York, Pacino joined the Herbert Berghof studio.
This turned out to be an excellent decision. At the studio, he met acting coach Charlie Laughton. Laughton became a lifelong mentor who guided him into a successful theater career.
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Into a Tailspin
Pacino’s mother died in 1962. The following year, his grandfather James Gerardi died.
Pacino has said of that time, “I was 22 and the two most influential people in my life had gone, so that sent me into a tailspin.”
After battling through this low point in his life, Pacino became even more determined to have a successful theater career.
Success on Stage
Pacino achieved success early in his stage career. He was only 25 when he had won an Obie award, a Drama Desk Award and two Tony Awards. He traveled around the country with touring groups and worked on Broadway.
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Still Struggling
Despite his successes on stage, Pacino still struggled financially. He later recounted that he and his then-girlfriend Jill Clayburgh had to rely on financial help from her father.
That changed when he met Martin Bregman, a talent manager who saw him perform in a play. Bregman convinced Pacino to go into movies.
Pacino didn’t want to, but Bregman convinced him that doing so would give his finances and his career a much-needed boost.
The Godfather
With Bregman’s encouragement, Pacino started getting movie roles. He appeared in the 1971 movie Panic in Needle Park. This movie brought him to the attention of key Hollywood directors.
Among them was Francis Ford Coppola, who asked Pacino to star as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Coppola chose him over Warren Beatty, Robert Redford and Jack Nicholson, who all wanted the role.
This role ended up defining Pacino as an actor and a star. The movie was a box office smash. It is regularly cited as one of the greatest movies of its decade.
Pacino received his first Academy Award nomination for his work.
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Major Movie Roles
After that, he starred in several movies that were box office hits and critical successes.
Pacino’s next major, career-defining role was in Brian DePalma’s 1983 movie Scarface. He played the Cuban drug dealer Tony Montana in a role that brought him a whole new set of fans.
In 1989, he starred in Sea of Love with Ellen Barkin. This groundbreaking detective story was another huge success.
In 1993, Pacino was nominated for two Academy Awards for acting. One was for Glengarry Glenn Ross and the other was for Scent of a Woman. He won for Scent of a Woman.
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Theater Projects
Pacino never lost his love of the theater. In 2010, he played Shylock in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Merchant of Venice.
In 2012, he starred in the Broadway production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glenn Ross.
In 2016, he starred in the Broadway play China Doll, which David Mamet wrote for him.
Relationships
Pacino has never married. He has three children.
In 1967, Pacino met actress Jill Clayburgh when they were in a production together. They had a five-year romance.
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During the production of The Godfather in 1971, Pacino and his co-star Diane Keaton began a relationship. It lasted until the filming of The Godfather Part II in 1974.
In 1989, Pacino was involved with acting coach Jan Tarrant. They have a daughter named Julie Marie.
From 1996 to 2003, Pacino had a relationship with Beverly D’Angelo. They had twin children, son Anton James and daughter Olivia Rose, born in 2001.
From 2008 to 2018, Pacino was involved with Argentinian actress Lucila Polak. Polak’s daughter Camilla Marrone considers Pacino her stepfather. Marrone is a model who has dated Leonardo DiCaprio.
Current Projects
Pacino has continued working on projects of his choice. He was cast in the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He was also cast to star with Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 2019 movie The Irishman.
Favorite Quotes from Al Pacino
“Say hello to my little friend!”— Scarface
“Vanity is my favorite sin.” – The Devil’s Advocate.
“On any given Sunday, you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The question is, can you win or lose like a man?” – Any Given Sunday
“My father taught me many things in this room. The most important thing he taught me is this. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” – The Godfather
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Success Tips from Al Pacino
1.“Forget the career, do the work. If you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.”
2.“There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams. And that is something that no one can ever take away. They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. I’ve been a lavatory attendant, a theater usher, a panhandler, all for real. Now, as an actor, I can be a journalist today and a brain surgeon tomorrow. That’s the stuff my dreams are made of.
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