31 Facts About Al Pacino

1. Al Pacino had a relationship with Diane Keaton, his co-star in the Godfather trilogy.

2. Al Pacino will star with Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's biographical crime film The Irishman, which is expected to be released in 2019.

3. Al Pacino took the title role in the comedy-drama Danny Collins and this performance as an aging rock star garnered him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination.

4. Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on September 4, 2011, prior to the premiere of Wilde Salome, a 2011 American documentary-drama film written, directed by and starring Pacino.

5. The film was panned by critics, and Al Pacino "won" the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor at the 32nd ceremony.

6. Al Pacino co-starred as himself in the 2011 comedy film Jack and Jill.

7. Al Pacino starred as Shylock in Michael Radford's 2004 film adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, choosing to bring compassion and depth to a character traditionally played as a villainous caricature.

8. Al Pacino turned down an offer to reprise his role as Michael Corleone in the computer game version of The Godfather.

9. Al Pacino produced prologues and epilogues for the discs containing the films.

10. In 2000, Al Pacino released a low-budget film adaptation of Ira Lewis' play Chinese Coffee to film festivals.

11. Al Pacino starred alongside Sean Penn in the crime drama Carlito's Way in 1993, in which he portrayed a gangster released from prison with the help of his lawyer and vows to go straight.

12. In 1991, Al Pacino starred in Frankie and Johnny with Michelle Pfeiffer, who co-starred with Pacino in Scarface.

13. Al Pacino mounted workshop productions of Crystal Clear, National Anthems and other plays; he appeared in Julius Caesar in 1988 in producer Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.

14. Al Pacino starred in the play, remounting it with director David Wheeler and the Theater Company of Boston in a 50-minute film version.

15. In 1985, Al Pacino worked on his personal project, The Local Stigmatic, a 1969 Off Broadway play by the English writer Heathcote Williams.

16. Al Pacino earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Cuban drug lord Tony Montana.

17. Al Pacino lost out that year to Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer—a role that Pacino had declined.

18. Al Pacino was lauded by critics for his wide range of acting abilities, and nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for a fourth time.

19. In 1977, Al Pacino starred as a race-car driver in Bobby Deerfield, directed by Sydney Pollack, and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama for his portrayal of the title role.

20. In 1973, Al Pacino co-starred in Scarecrow, with Gene Hackman, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

21. In 1970, Al Pacino signed with the talent agency Creative Management Associates.

22. Al Pacino found acting enjoyable and realized he had a gift for it while studying at The Actors Studio.

23. Al Pacino starred in the 30th-anniversary Broadway revival of David Mamet's classic play, Glengarry Glen Ross, which ran from October 2012 to January 20, 2013.

24. In 1983, Al Pacino became a major donor for The Mirror Theater Ltd, alongside Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman, matching a grant from Laurence Rockefeller.

25. In 2010 Al Pacino was co-president, along with Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel, of the Actors Studio.

26. Al Pacino studied "method acting" under acting coach Lee Strasberg, who appeared with Pacino in the films The Godfather Part II and in.

27. Al Pacino joined the Herbert Berghof Studio, where he met acting teacher Charlie Laughton (not to be confused with the British actor Charles Laughton), who became his mentor and best friend.

28. Al Pacino acted in basement plays in New York's theatrical underground but was rejected as a teenager by the Actors Studio.

29. Al Pacino had ambitions to become a baseball player and was nicknamed "The Actor".

30. Al Pacino has acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film adaptation and a 2010 stage production of The Merchant of Venice.

31. Al Pacino is one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".