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RECENT CREDITS

I Knew It Was You (FILM) Jan. 16, 2009

Righteous Kill (FILM) Sep. 12, 2008

88 Minutes (FILM) Apr. 18, 2008

Ocean's 13 (FILM) Jun. 8, 2007

Two for the Money (FILM) Oct. 7, 2005

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HIGHLIGHTS

2008 Played a college professor and forensics expert, hunted by a serial killer in "88 Minutes"

2008 Again teamed with Robert De Niro as cops on the hunt of a serial killer in "Righteous Kill"

2007 Joined the cast of Soderbergh's "Ocean's Thirteen" as a sleazy hotel and casino operator

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2008 Played a college professor and forensics expert, hunted by a serial killer in "88 Minutes"

2008 Again teamed with Robert De Niro as cops on the hunt of a serial killer in "Righteous Kill"

2007 Joined the cast of Soderbergh's "Ocean's Thirteen" as a sleazy hotel and casino operator

2006 Portrayed King Herod Antipas in Oscar Wilde's "Salome" at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles

2005 Cast as sports bookie, opposite Matthew McConaughey in "Two for the Money"

2004 Starred in "The Merchant of Venice" a Shakespearian adaptation, set in 16th century Venice

2003 Played a press agent reportedly modeled after real-life flak Bobby Zarem in "People I Know"

2003 Cast as Roy Cohn in the HBO adaptation of "Angels in America" directed by Mike Nichols

2003 Appeared as a manipulative CIA trainer in "The Recruit" opposite Colin Farrell

2002 Portrayed a sleep-deprived detective in "Insomnia"

1999 Starred as "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman in Mann's "The Insider"

1999 Played an aging football coach in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday"

1997 Played a small-time mobster in Mike Newell's "Donnie Brasco"

1997 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame

1997 Delivered a delicious, pull-out-the-stops portrayal of a 1990s Satan in "The Devil's Advocate"

1996 Feature directorial debut with the quasi-documentary "Looking for Richard"; also co-wrote narration

1996 Directed and starred in the Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie"

1995 Played a grandfather in the Depression-era "Two Bits"; role was Pacino's tribute to his beloved grandfather who raised him

1995 Portrayed a cop tracking criminal Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's "Heat"

1993 Reteamed with De Palma for "Carlito's Way"

1992 Won first Best Actor Academy Award for his role as a blind veteran in Martin Brest's "Scent of a Woman"

1992 Earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for "Glengarry Glen Ross"; adapted from the Mamet play and directed by James Foley

1990 Earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as Big Boy Caprice in Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy"

1990 Once again played Michael Corleone in Coppola's "The Godfather, Part III"

1990 Feature co-directing (with David Wheeler) and producing debut, "The Local Stigmatic"; a 52-minute film shot in 16mm; screened at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC

1989 Returned to films after a four-year absence in Harold Becker's "Sea of Love" playing a dectective investigating a murder

1988 Starred in "Julius Caesar" in a limited engagement at New York's Public Theater

1985 Was miscast in Hugh Hudson's Colonial drama "Revolution"

1983 Portrayed Cuban drug kingpin Tony Montana in Brian De Palma's remake of "Scarface"; film scripted by Oliver Stone

1982 Starred as a playwright in the romantic comedy "Author! Author!"; written by Israel Horovitz

1980 - 1983 Portrayed Walter Cole in David Mamet's "American Buffalo" in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions; also toured in the US and England

1979 Received fourth Best Actor Oscar nomination, playing a crusading lawyer in "…And Justice for All"

1979 Performed the title role in "Richard III" for a record run on Broadway

1977 Reprised role in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" for the Broadway production; won second Tony Award

1975 Earned third Best Actor Oscar nomination for Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon"; film re-teamed him with Cazale as bank robbers

1974 Reprised role of Michael Corleone for Coppola's very successful sequel, "The Godfather, Part II"; earned second Academy Award nomination as Best Actor

1973 Earned First Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Sidney Lumet's "Serpico"

1973 Reteamed with Schatzberg for "Scarecrow" co-starring Gene Hackman

1972 Joined David Wheeler's Experimental Theatre Company for the production of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"

1972 Earned first Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather"; Cazale played older brother Fredo

1971 First leading role in a film, "Panic in Needle Park"; directed by Jerry Schatzberg

1970 Directed first stage production (also acted), "Rats" at the Charles Playhouse in Boston; written by Horovitz

1969 Broadway debut, "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?"; received first Tony Award

1969 Made feature acting debut in "Me, Natalie"

1968 Off-Broadway debut in the one-act play "The Indian Wants the Bronx"; written by Israel Horovitz and co-starred John Cazale

1967 Acted in "America Hurrah" and "Awake and Sing" at the Charles Playhouse in Boston

1966 Appeared in the New Theatre Workshop presentation of "The Peace Creeps"

Born in Manhattan's East Harlem

Raised in NYC's South Bronx, living with mother in her Sicilian parents' home after father left them

Worked in the mail room at Commentary magazine

Off-off Broadway debut at Caffe Cino in "Hello Out There"; directed by best friend Charlie Laughton

Worked as an actor at New York's Cafe La Mama and Living Theatre; also worked as a comedy writer