Al Pacino, a signature which has long been connected with cold-blooded murder and villainous characters in some of the most famous movies of Hollywood, is an epoch-making actor who took acting to a whole new level. He is often been counted among one of the most legendary villains of Hollywood, known for his extremely riveting portrayals of antagonists. But then, playing negative roles are not his only forte as his acting abilities know no boundaries. He is a resourceful actor who fits into the shoes of any character he is assigned to play. Be it a romantic or a comic role, he does it all with finesse.

An excellent actor with a unique style, Pacino, has set benchmarks with almost every film he has worked in. Charming and appealing, young Pacino was not one of those actors, who believed good-looks were only connected with protagonists. He chose to play characters, who were handsome, charming, and charismatic, but evil. He relates to the generation of actors who challenged the practices and changed the face of modern-day cinema through their sheer brilliance and hard work. If you wish to know more about this immensely talented actor scroll down.

Al Pacino Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Alfredo James Pacino
Nick Name	Al Sonny
Age	(as in 2023) 83 Years
Religion	Al was baptized when he was born. But his family didn’t follow Italian Catholicism strictly. Also, it seems that he has turned agnostic over the years.
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Birth Place	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Date of Birth	25 April 1940
Nationality	American
Residence	Al Pacino has a residence in Beverly Hills, California, and Palisades in New York
Home Town	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Hobbies	Not Available
Family
Mother’s Name	Rose Pacino (Died in 1962)
Father’s Name	Salvatore Pacino (Insurance salesman and restaurateur)
Brother	None
Sister	• Josette Pacino (Older) (Teacher) • Paula Pacino (Older) • Roberta Pacino (Older) • Desiree Pacino (Younger)
Others	• Alfio Pacino (Paternal Grandfather) • Giuseppa Latteri (Paternal Grandmother) • James Giacomo Gerardi (Maternal Grandfather) (Died in 1963) • Kate Gerardi (Maternal Grandmother)
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Veruschka von Lehndorff • Jill Clayburgh • Tuesday Weld (1972) • Marthe Keller • Kathleen Quinlan (1979-1981) • Diane Keaton (1971-1991) • Jan Tarrant • Lyndall Hobbs • Penelope Ann Miller • Beverly D’Angelo (1996-2003 • Lucila Solá
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Unmarried
Children	Son- Anton James Pacino Daughter- • Julie Marie Pacino • Olivia Pacino (with actress Beverly D’Angelo)
Education
School	Herman Ridder Junior High School High School of Performing Arts Herbert Berghof Studio (HB Studio)
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Actor, filmmaker
Brands Endorsed	• Jeep Grand Cherokee (voiceover) (2012) • Sky Broadband (voiceover) (2013) • Dunkin Donuts • Vittoria Coffee (2010) • The ONE Campaign (2005) • Children’s Aid Society (voiceover) (2013)
Career Manager	United Talent Agency
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 72 kg in pounds- 159 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	43 Inches
Biceps Size	14 Inches
Waist Size	38 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Dark Brown (Natural)
Eye Color	Hazel
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	10 (US)
Favorite Things
Favorite Play	Hamlet
Favorite Actress	Julie Christie
Favorite Films	The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Favorite Actor	Charles Laughton
Controversies	None

Life Journey

Alfredo James Pacino was born in the East Harlem section of New York City on April 25, 1940. He is the son of Italian American parents Rose Gerardi and Salvatore Pacino. His parents separated when he was two years old. He then traveled with his mother to the Bronx to live with her parents, Kate and James Gerardi, who were Italian emigrants from Corleone, Sicily.

Pacino’s father was from San Fratello, Sicily, and traveled to work as an insurance salesman and restaurateur in Covina, California. In his teenage years, Pacino was recognized as “Sonny” to his friends. He had aspirations to become a baseball player and was also nicknamed “The Actor”. He served Herman Ridder Junior High School but soon dropped out of most of his classes except for English.

He consequently attended the High School of Performing Arts, after getting admission by audition. His mother opposed his decision and, after an argument, he left home. To finance his acting studies, Pacino took low-paying jobs as a messenger, busboy, janitor, and postal clerk, as well as once operating in the mailroom for Commentary magazine.

Pacino started smoking and drinking at age nine and used marijuana casually at age 13, but he refrained from hard drugs. His two closest friends died from drug abuse at the ages of 19 and 30. Growing up in the Bronx, Pacino took into occasional fights and was held somewhat of a troublemaker at school. He acted in the basement operates in New York’s theatrical underground but was denied as a teenager by the Actors Studio.

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Pacino joined the HB Studio, where he met playing teacher Charlie Laughton, who became his mentor and best friend. In this period, he was often jobless and homeless and sometimes slept on the street, in theaters, or at friends’ houses.

In 1962, Pacino’s mother expired at the age of 43. The following year, his grandfather James also died. Pacino recalled it as the lowest point of his life and said, “I was 22 and the two most powerful people in my life had gone, so that gave me into a tailspin.”

Al Pacino Net Worth

Al Pacino has a net worth of $130 million.

Al earned $35,000 for his character in the first Godfather in 1972. That’s the same as around $215,000 today after adjusting for expansion. For the second Godfather, his salary was increased to $500,000, which is the same as $2.6 million in today’s dollars. More importantly, he won 10% of the film’s gross after break-even, which over time would translate into tens of millions in bonus profits.

For the third installment, Al asked $7 million-plus a percentage of gross receipts BEFORE costs, Francis Ford Coppola ignored and even frightened to make the opening scene of the third movie, Michael Corleone’s funeral. Al eventually accepted a flat $5 million.

Pacino received $1.5 million for 1992’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” and $6 million for 1993’s “Carlito’s Way. By the mid-1990s he was earning a compatible $10+ million per movie appearance no matter how big or small. For example, he earned $11 million for 2002’s “S1m0ne”, a relative bomb in his career.

Al has a multi-year ongoing deal with HBO that insures him a flat payday of $10 million for any feature film he stars in for the network. So far three films have been provided through this deal, “You Don’t Know Jack”, “Paterno” and “Phil Spector”.

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• He soon began acting in theatre productions and in 1969 he worked in the Broadway play ‘Does A Tiger Wear a Necktie?’ for which he won a Tony Award. He also performed a minor character in the short film, ‘Me, Natalie’.
• He was cast as ‘Bobby’ in the 1971 movie ‘The Panic in Needle Park’. The movie didn’t taste fabulous success, but, his acting skills grabbed attention.
• He shot to unique fame with the movie ‘The Godfather’, released in 1972. The movie earned wide critical praise and won three Academy Awards.
• In 1973, he starred as Francis Lionel ‘Lion’ Delbuchi in ‘Scarecrow’ and got and won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ‘Serpico’, based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico
• In 1974, he arrived in the second movie of the Godfather series, the Academy Award-winning ‘The Godfather: Part II’.
• With the 1975 film ‘Dog Day Afternoon’, he hit the big screen again and was again nominated for Best Actor.
• His career fell in the 1980s and his movies were critically followed and were also not very successful commercially.
• In 1990, he starred in the third and final Godfather series film, ‘The Godfather, Part III’, for which he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
• During the 90’s he acted in various successful films including ‘Frankie and Johnny’ in 1991, ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ in 1992, ‘Scent of a Woman’ in 1992, ‘Heat’ in 1995, ‘Donnie Brasco’ in 1997, ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ in 1997, etc.
• In 2000, he directed and performed in the movie ‘Chinese Coffee’, nearly a decade after performing a part in the original, Broadway version.
• In 2002, he starred in the film ‘Insomnia’, a film about a young woman’s hidden murder.
• He also performed in the smash hit ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’, in 2007.
• In 2010, he received wide critical praise for his performance as Dr. Jack Kevorkian, an assisted-suicide advocate, in the TV movie ‘You Don’t Know Jack’.
• In 2011, he directed a movie based on Oscar Wilde, ‘Wilde Salome’.

Al Pacino on the path of new heights After ‘The Godfather’

But it would be Pacino’s appearance in a little-known 1971 movie called The Panic in Needle Park that would set his career on a path to new heights. Pacino’s depiction of a heroin addict got the eye of Francis Ford Coppola, who was in the midst of casting for his forthcoming picture The Godfather, based on the novel by Mario Puzo.

Although he had been considering such superstars as Robert Redford and Jack Nicholson for the part, Coppola eventually chose the comparatively unknown Pacino to play Michael Corleone. Released in 1972, The Godfather was a massive success and is widely considered (along with its first series) to be among the greatest films of all time.

Telling the story of the Corleone crime family and Michael Corleone’s rise to power, Pacino was just one of many actors—including Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton, to receive significant acclaim for their performances.

The Godfather dominated the 1973 Academy Awards, winning Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), and adapted screenplay while accepting nominations for direction, sound, costume design, and editing. Caan, Duvall, and Pacino each accepted a supporting actor nomination, but, fumed over not receiving a greeting from the Academy in the category of the lead actor, Pacino avoided the event.

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1. He served alongside his former acting coach Lee Strasberg in The Godfather Part II. Lee was cast in the lead negative character of Hyman Roth.
2. Although he fought with academics, he was still voted as the most likely to get in junior high due to his amazing skills.
3. When he was 22 years old, his mother did suicide (she had been struggling with depression. Within a year, his maternal grandfather passed away as well. He has often held that period of time his darkest.
4. His first audition for the character of Michael Corleone in The Godfather was unfortunate as he was hungover and didn’t know his lines. He had to do the screen test three times for the performance and most of them were simply bad.
5. When he was ultimately offered the character of Michael Corleone, he almost had to refuse it as he had signed a contract with MGM for an arrangement of Jimmy Breslin’s book, and they weren’t made to release him.
6. When the acclaimed playwright and director Israel Horovitz went on to argue Pacino’s case with movie producers, they informed him that they would only release him on the condition that he must find an evenly talented actor of Italian origin for them. He then led them to Robert de Niro.
7. Even after he was chosen for Michael’s character, the movie producers wanted to fire him. Luckily, he had to do the Sollozzo view (in which he kills two men) at that time, and his appearance in the scene changed the producers that they had found a star actor.
8. He had basically asked for the fee of $7 million to reprise his character in The Godfather III. The movie director Francis Ford Coppola was so indignant that he said Pacino that the movie would open with a scene of Michael Corleone’s funeral. He admitted to working for $5 million.
9. Over the years, he has become some huge characters such as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer. He also set down a moment to work in Pretty Woman, Apocalypse Now, and Crimson Tide.
10. He began smoking at the age of 9 and by the eighties, he was smoking four packs a day. He finally gave up smoking in 1994 to protect his voice. At that time, he was smoking two packs a day.
11. He went so deep in his role as a policeman in Serpico (1973) that he once pulled over a truck driver and threatened him with arrest for exhaust pollution.
12. He was once fired from his job as a movie theater guide for admiring himself in the mirrored wall while walking down the staircase.
13. He has founded the production company under the title of Chal Productions. The first two letters ‘Ch’ is a tribute to his dear friend Charlie Laughton and the suffix ‘Al’ is from his own nickname.
14. He was once employed as an usher at the iconic Carnegie Hall. He was also hired to work in the mailroom of Commentary magazine. The other miscellaneous jobs he did include being a shoe shiner, supermarket checker, office boy, furniture mover, and fresh-fruit polisher.
15. Earlier in his career, he found it hard to find quality work as he was typecast due to his Italian name. Briefly, he thought about adopting Sonny Scott as his screen name.
16. In 2006, the Premiere magazine listed his performance as Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon on the #4 spot in the list featuring 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. His performance in The Godfather II was placed on #20 rank in the same list.
17. While growing up, he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. However, he eventually fell more in love with acting.
18. He began hard drinking at the age of 9 and by the age of 13 was using casual cannabis. But having lost two of his close friends to hard drugs, he never delivered it a try.
19. All his life, he has battled chronic insomnia.
20. In February 2012, he was praised with an American National Medal of the Arts, at the White House in Washington, D.C., in recognition of his services to the drama.
21. He is not on social media.

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Sally Field is an American actress, director, singer, and producer recognized for depicting various significant characters in famous TV shows and movies like Forrest Gump, Gidget, Steel Magnolias, and Lincoln. Aged 21, she was awarded a leading character in the TV series ‘The Flying Nun’, a sitcom with a lightly far-fetched concept. To anyone her age, acting in a TV show would have been sufficient, but not for Field, who asked for characters with substance, presenting a maturity that denied her age. Twice in her career, Field made intentional efforts to break free of her typecast characters and succeeded in bagging accurately the kind of roles that she sought.

Her career has been decorated with all kinds of awards and honors. In an industry where gaining one ‘Oscar Award’ is considered the summit of one’s career, she got two of them, that too in the extremely competitive category of ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’. In television too, she has given her mark with award-winning appearances in shows like ‘ER’ and ‘Brothers & Sisters’. Till today, Field proceeds to captivate audiences, and mesmerize everyone with her gripping performances.

Sally Field Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Sally Margaret Field
Nick Name	Sally
Age	(as in 2023) 77 Years
Religion	In an interview given to Oprah Winfrey, she said- My real father was Catholic, and I had issues with all religions.
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Birth Place	Pasadena, California, United States
Date of Birth	06 November 1946
Nationality	American
Residence	She divides her time between New York and Los Angeles
Home Town	Pasadena, California, United States
Hobbies	Not Available
Family
Mother’s Name	Margaret Field (Actress)
Father’s Name	Richard Dryden Field (Salesman)
Brother	Richard Dryden Field (Brother) (Physicist)
Sister	Princess O’Mahoney (Younger Half-Sister) (Actress)
Others	• Jock Mahoney (Stepfather) • Fleet Folsom Field (Paternal Grandfather) • Jane Elizabeth Fox (Paternal Grandmother) • Wallace Miller Morlan (Maternal Grandfather) • Joy Beatrice Bickley (Maternal Grandmother)
Boyfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Steven Craig (1968-1975) • Davy Jones • Pete Duel • Burt Reynolds • Alan Greisman (1984-1993) • Kevin Kline (1982) • Jerry Knight 2
Marital Status, Husband and Children
Husband/Spouse	• Steven Craig • Alan Greisman
Marriage Date	• 15 December 1984 and Divorced on 24 June 1994 (Alan Greisman) • 16 September 1968 and Divorced on 1 August 1975 (Steven Craig)
Children	Son- • Samuel Greisman • Eli Craig • Peter Craig Daughter- None
Education
School	• Birmingham Community Charter High School • Van Nuys High School • Gaspar De Portola Middle School
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Actress, Singer, Director, Producer
Brands Endorsed	• Sally Field has served as a spokesmodel for Boniva, a bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis. • She has also appeared in a commercial for Charles Schwab Corporation (Investment service company).
Career Manager	• Brian Swardstrom and Mark Christian Subias, Talent Agents, United Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, California, United States. • Heidi Schaeffer, Publicist, PMK*BNC, Los Angeles, California, United States. • Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, Legal Representatives, Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 159 cm in meters- 1.59 m in feet inches- 5’3”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Figure Measurements
Breast Size	35 Inches
Hips Size	35 Inches
Waist Size	24 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Hazel
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	6
Favourite Things
Favourite Actress	Not Available
Favourite Actors	Not Available
Favourite Colors	Not Available
Favourite Sport	Not Available

Life Journey

Sally Field was born in Pasadena, California, to Margaret Field (an actress) and Richard Dryden Field. Her father served in the Army throughout World War II. Following her parents’ 1950 divorce, her mother wedded actor and stuntman, Jock Mahoney.

Field alleged in her 2018 memoir that she was s*xually exploited by Mahoney during her childhood. Through her maternal grandmother, Field is a descendant of Mayflower tourist and colonial governor William Bradford, her tenth great-grandfather.

As a teen, Field joined Portola Middle School and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, where she was a cheerleader. Her classmates held financier Michael Milken, actress Cindy Williams, and talent agent Michael Ovitz.

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Sally Field was wedded to Steven Craig from 1968 to 1975. The couple had two sons: Peter Craig (born 1969), a novelist, and Eli Craig (born 1972), an actor and director. In the late 1970s, Field had a connection with Burt Reynolds, during which time they co-starred in several films, including Smokey and the Bandit, Smokey and the Bandit II, The End, and Hooper.

On October 29, 1988, at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Colorado, Field and three members of her family were in a private plane had by media mogul Merv Griffin when it lost power and aborted takeoff, crashing into stored aircraft. They all remained with insignificant injuries.

After the end of her relationship with Reynolds, Field wedded the second husband Alan Greisman in 1984. Together, they had one son, Sam, in 1987. Field and Greisman divorced in 1993.

Sally Field Net Worth

Sally Field has a net worth of $60 million dollars.

Sally Field sold her house in Malibu, California in 2011 for $5.51 million. She had initially listed the property in 2009 for $6.95 million, but with no takers, she was taken to re-list in 2011 for $5.9 million. Finally, the price was cut all the way down to just over $5.5 million.

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Her Malibu property emphasizes almost 6,000 square feet of living space, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. In addition, the expansive property sits on almost 3 acres of secluded land.

In 2012, Field purchased a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles for $2.3 million. The home features 2,800 square feet of living space, a spa bathtub, and beautiful views of nearby canyons and the city.

Health Issues

In 2005, Field was diagnosed with osteoporosis. She later determined that women in her family had a history of developing the disease, and her grandmothers encountered symptoms like the shape of the spine. As a result of her diagnosis, Sally Field selected to create a campaign named “Rally with Sally for Bone Health.”

There were some anxieties about the resulting ads, as the preferred treatment for osteoporosis termed Boniva. The FDA then warned consumers about the “misleading” ad, which was financed in large part by pharmaceutical companies who wished to improve their osteoporosis treatments.

The campaign also worked to promote early detection of the illness through bone-density scans and similar technology. Field later said that she was staying active and using different ways to stay on top of her osteoporosis symptoms.

Sally Field Movies And TV Shows

• After completing high school, and inspired by her stepfather to pursue acting, Field joined in an acting workshop at ‘Columbia Studios’. There, she was asked by a casting agent to audition for the lead character in a TV series named ‘Gidget’.
• In the harsh auditions, after many trials, Field was taken from among 75 applicants and hence got her first break in television.
• ‘Gidget’ ran only for just one season before being eliminated, but Field became famous with the viewers, particularly teenagers, and when the show was aired again, it received surprisingly good viewership.
• 1967 was an important year for Field. That year, she started acting in a new TV series (The Flying Nun), had her first significant film released (The Way West), and also tried into singing with two tracks, the theme song of ‘The Flying Nun’ and ‘Felicidad’.
• Although ‘The Flying Nun’ was slammed by critics, it was a big success with the viewers. Field herself was unhappy because she worried that the character would typecast her as a comic actress, while she wanted more serious characters.
• From 1970 to 1974, she performed in a couple of television movies, one of which was the suspense thriller ‘Home for the Holidays’.
• She starred in a few TV shows as well, which included the sitcom ‘The Girl with Something Extra’, which ran for a season.
• 1976 was a ground-breaking year for her as she starred in the miniseries ‘Sybil’, where she performed a student having the multiple-personality disorder, a role for which she gained much acclaim.
• The same year, she performed in the film ‘Stay Hungry’, also starring popular actor Jeff Bridges.
• ‘Sybil’ helped to change her on-screen image and began to better characters in the following years, notably box-office hits such as ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ and its sequel, ‘The End’, ‘Hooper’ and an Oscar-winning character in ‘Norma Rae’, which served to establish her credentials as a dramatic actress.
• From 1981 to 1990, Field served only in films and continued to experiment with different kinds of characters, serving with many fine actors and winning a host of accolades and awards in the process.
• Her outstanding movies of this decade include ‘Absence of Malice’, ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’, where she again starred with Jeff Bridges, ‘Places in the Heart’, which won her another Oscar, ‘Murphy’s Romance’ featuring James Garner, and ‘Steel Magnolias’, which had an ensemble cast, including a young Julia Roberts.
• From 1990 onwards, she started to feature in substantial supporting characters, with memorable appearances in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ with Robin Williams and ‘Forrest Gump’ with Tom Hanks.
• From 1995 to 2000, she appeared in few films, interspersed with characters on TV in shows like ‘A Woman of Independent Means’, ‘Merry Christmas, George Bailey’, ‘David Copperfield’, etc.
• In 1996, she began her directorial debut with the Television movie ‘The Christmas Tree’.
• In the next years, she went on to direct an episode of the TV miniseries ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ and her first film ‘Beautiful’.
• Since 2000, Field has proceeded to act in both films and TV shows. She featured in the commercial hit ‘Legally Blonde 2’. She was also praised for her intense appearance of a bipolar mother in the Television drama ‘ER’ and again for her role as a matriarch in the drama ‘Brothers & Sisters’.
• Her most recent acts in movies include the role of ‘Aunt May’ in the superhero movie ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and the part of ‘Mrs. Abraham Lincoln’ in the period drama ‘Lincoln’.
• She will reprise her character of ‘Aunt May’ in the Spider-man sequel scheduled to deliver in 2014.

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Facts About Sally Field

1. On May 5, 2014, Sally was granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2. She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989.
3. Sally has a production company titled Fogwood Films.
4. She is friends with American actor Matthew Rhys.
5. On April 14, 1980, she got the Oscar Award under the “Best Actress” category for her performance in Norma Rae at The 52nd Annual Academy Awards.
6. She was given the lead character of Alice Hardy on Friday the 13th, but she turned it down.
7. In 2005, she was recognized with osteoporosis. Due to osteoporosis, she began the “Rally with Sally for Bone Health” campaign to encourage the early diagnosis of such conditions through technology such as bone-density scans.
8. Sally got the Ally for Equality Award in 2012.

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