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"But I was just lucky. People like Coppola were making films, and I got opportunities." Al Pacino

An actor since the 1960s, Al Pacino was thrust toward stardom while portraying the Oscar-nominated role of Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), the Godfather sequels, and the Oscar-winning role of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992). The award winning actor received more rave reviews for starring in such films as Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), ...And Justice for All (1979), Scarface (1983), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and Heat (1995). The actor, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in October of 1997, was also widely noticed for ..[Full version]