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


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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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

I Knew It Was You  2009 -Cast
Actor
Film


SaloMaybe?   -King Herod/Himself
Director, Actor
Film


Chinese Coffee   -Harry Levine
Director, Actor
Film


Mary Mother of Christ  2010 -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


King Lear   -King Lear
Actor
Film


Producer, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Rififi (Remake)   -Cast
Actor
Film


Producer, Actor
Film


The Monster of Longwood   -Napoleon Bonaparte
Actor
Film


Dali and I: The Surreal Story   -Salvador Dali
Actor
Film


Don Cornelius   -Cast
Actor
Film


You Don't Know Jack   -Jack Kervorkian
Actor
TV


Betsy and the Emperor   -Napoleon
Actor
Film


Blink   -Cast
Actor
Film


Torch   -Moe Snyder
Actor
Film


Righteous Kill  2008 -Rooster
Actor
Film


88 Minutes  2008 -Dr. Jack Gramm
Actor
Film


Ocean's 13  2007 -Willy Bank
Actor
Film


Two for the Money  2005 -Walter
Actor
Film


The 77th Annual Academy Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Merchant of Venice  2004 -Shylock
Actor
Film


E! Entertainer of the Year 2003  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Angels in America  2003 -Roy Cohn
Actor
TV


Playa's Guide to Scarface  2003 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Gigli  2003 -Starkman
Actor
Film


People I Know  2003 -Eli Wurman
Actor
Film


The Recruit  2003 -Walter Burke
Actor
Film


S1M0NE  2002 -Viktor Taransky
Actor
Film


Insomnia (Warner Bros)  2002 -Will Dormer
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Hispanic Heritage Awards  2000 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Any Given Sunday  1999 -Tony D'Amato
Actor
Film


The Insider  1999 -Lowell Bergman
Actor
Film


Lee Strasberg: The Method Man  1998 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The Devil's Advocate  1997 -John Milton
Actor
Film


Donnie Brasco  1997 -Lefty
Actor
Film


The Pitch  1997 -Himself
Actor
Film


Looking for Richard  1996 -Richard III, narration text
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Other
Film


City Hall  1996 -Mayor John Pappas
Actor
Film


Heat  1995 -Vincent Hanna
Actor
Film


Two Bits  1995 -Grandpa
Actor
Film


Inside the Actors Studio  1995 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


The 67th Annual Academy Awards  1995 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Jonas in the Desert  1994 -Himself
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Hits  1994
Special Thanks
Film


Special Thanks
Film


Carlito's Way  1993 -Carlito Brigante
Actor
Film


Scent of A Woman  1992 -Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade
Actor
Film


Glengarry Glen Ross  1992 -Ricky Roma
Actor
Film


Frankie and Johnny  1991 -Johnny
Actor
Film


The Godfather, Part III  1990 -Michael Corleone
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Dick Tracy  1990 -Big Boy Caprice
Actor
Film


Sea of Love  1989 -Frank Keller
Actor
Film


Revolution  1985 -Tom Dobb
Actor
Film


Scarface  1983 -Tony Montana
Actor
Film


Author! Author!  1982 -Travalian
Actor
Film


Cruising  1980 -Steve Burns
Actor
Film


And Justice For All  1979 -Arthur Kirkland
Actor
Film


Dog Day Afternoon  1975 -Sonny
Actor
Film


The Godfather, Part II  1974 -Michael Corleone
Actor
Film


Serpico  1973 -Serpico
Actor
Film


Scarecrow  1973 -Lion
Actor
Film


The Godfather  1972 -Michael
Actor
Film


The Panic in Needle Park  1971 -Bobby
Actor
Film


Me, Natalie  1969 -Tony
Actor
Film


Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Bobby Deerfield   -Bobby Deerfield
Actor
Film




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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
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


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