AL PACINO

Since people started to look professionalism in actors, there has been one that really stands out as, for me, one of the most talented and experienced performers in our times.

Alfredo James Pacino was born on April, 25^th in 1940 at New York City, USA. He grew up in places like East Harlem and the South Bronx. Pacino had a long distance to walk before he could get known by his passion. He had difficulties to be a good student and dropped out school at the age of seventeen. In the late sixties, he was arrested for carrying an unlicensed gun. Before dreaming about being an actor, he had several other jobs such as projectionist in a film theater or even as a stand-up comedian. Nevertheless, he got interest in Shakespeare’s plays as Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear and many others. This would be eventually an important reason for Pacino’s passion for acting. I guess we all know pretty much what followed after that: roles in films like Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface and The Godfather Trilogy leaded him as one of the top performers in cinema today, to such a point that he turned down parts in films like Star Wars, Kramer vs. Kramer, Apocalypse Now, Born on the 4^th of July, Pretty Woman and Crimson Tide. But a good project that he chose was Scent of a Woman, which gave him an Oscar.

It’s known that he had chronic insomnia, he was a smoker, and he has never been married. But he’s truly and incredible actor. He portrays characters like no one else, and I’m sure he will do it for a long time.