About Al Pacino
His work is praised for intense performances on stage and screen. In addition to the Academy, Tony and Emmy awards, he has received four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA, two Actor Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2007, the National Medal of Arts in 2011, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016, and the Sam Wanamaker Award in 2026. Films featuring him have earned over $3 billion worldwide.
Awards & Honors
Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
AFI Life Achievement Award
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Donostia Award
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Theatre World Award
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Goldene Kamera 2013
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
![“The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn't think I had it in me ever, and I wasn't terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties. That was the first thing I was struck by, not by the acting, not by anything else, but by the physicality.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/62d/al-pacino-1656_acting_the-physical-stamina-in-revolution-i-was_2503538.jpg)
![“When [Julia Marie Pacino] was 5 or 6 years old, we were in an Italian restaurant, and these people came by the table and they would start talking to me, asking me for my autograph and she just went under the table.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4e9/al-pacino-1656_asking_when-julia-marie-pacino-was-5-or-6-years_189067.jpg)
![“I didn't want the book [of memoirs] out, naturally - Larry [Grobel] knew that for 20 years, 15 at least, I didn't want anything written about me. Then, you know, things happen, finally it's OK and I trust Larry. Nothing about it is salacious in any way.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/591/al-pacino-1656_book_i-didn-t-want-the-book-of-memoirs-out-na_1102797.jpg)
![“The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/aa0/al-pacino-1656_art_the-interesting-thing-about-this-is-i-do_376188.jpg)
![“I once asked my oldest daughter [Julia Marie] if she thought about changing her name in school and she said, "No, I'm a Pacino. That's my name." I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she's adjusted so marvelously.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/45f/al-pacino-1656_children_i-once-asked-my-oldest-daughter-julia-ma_2196723.jpg)
