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Al Pacino began to receive his first episodic roles in films immediately after he entered the Actors Studio. But not only were these roles insignificant, they were also almost not paid. The first more or less serious invitations began to come after the success of the actor on stage. Al Pacino's film debut should be considered a small role in the 1969 film I, Natalie, where Patty Duke became his partner. Al Pacino signed a contract with Creative Management Associates in 1970.
In 2010, Al Pacino returned to the theater, agreeing to play Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice[10]. An interesting fact is that Pacino has already played this role in the 2004 film adaptation. The play premiered on Broadway in October 2010; first week box office was about $1 million

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On February 25, 1969, Al Pacino made his Broadway debut in Don Petersen's Does the Tiger Wear a Tie? at the Belasco Theatre. On March 29, 1969, the play closed after only 39 performances, but Pacino received rave reviews for his performance and won a Tony Award on April 20 of the same year. In the 1970s, Al Pacino continued to play in the theater. For his role in the play “Basic Training of Pavlo Hummell”, he again received a Tony in 1977. Also during this period, he plays an important role for himself as Richard III in Shakespeare's play of the same name. In the 1980s, Al Pacino played in David Mamet's American Bison and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for this role. In the 1990s, the actor continued to actively appear on the stage, playing in the plays "Salome" by Oscar Wilde and "Huey" by Eugene O'Neill. And in 2005, he played in the play "Orphans ..." by Lyle Kessler

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The actor's game attracted the attention of one of the best producers and agents of the time, Martin Bregman, and he invited Al Pacino to cooperate. This partnership lasted for many years, becoming very fruitful. Bregman produced many of Al Pacino's films, including Serpico, Dog Afternoon, and Scarface.
Al Pacino, along with the troupe of the play "Indians want the Bronx" was invited to a prestigious festival in the Italian city of Spoleto. This was his first visit to Italy. He later recalled that playing in front of an Italian audience was a wonderful experience for him.

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In 1968, at New York's Astor Place Theater, he played street punk Murph in Israel Horowitz's The Indians Want the Bronx, in which his close friend and The Godfather partner John Cazale also played. The play premiered on January 17, 1968, and eventually ran for 177 performances. The game of Al Pacino and Casale was highly appreciated, they both received prestigious theater awards.

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In 1967, Al Pacino spent a season at Boston's Charles Playhouse, where he starred in Clifford Odets' play "Rise and Shine!" for $125 a week, and in Jean-Claude van Italli's America, Hooray, where he met with actress Jill Clayberg, who played in the same play. They began a romantic relationship that lasted 5 years, and together they returned from Boston to New York.

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From 1966 he studied with Lee Strasberg (with whom he would later star in the second part of "The Godfather") and already in 1969 he won a "Tony" for his role in the play "Does a Tiger Wear a Tie?" (eng. Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie?), and debuts on the screen in the film "I, Natalie". After the movie "Panic in Needle Park", he became interested in Francis Ford Coppola.

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In 1946, Salvatore returned from the front, but it was not possible to establish family relations. He moves to the town of Covina, California, due to which relations with his son are limited to rare meetings.
In his teenage years, he was nicknamed 'Sonny' or 'Actor' among his friends, and aspired to become a baseball player. He left school at the age of 17, failing all exams except English. After graduation, he began working at low-paying jobs, including as a courier, waiter's assistant, janitor, and postal clerk.

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But with the US entry into World War II in 1942, Salvatore is drafted into the army, so Alfredo moves to the South Bronx to live with Rose's parents, Kate and James Gerardi. His grandmother, who took care of him, took part in the upbringing of the grandson, and, wanting to protect him from negative influence, limited contacts with the outside world. He developed a friendlier relationship with his grandfather, who told him about Italy

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Al Pacino was born on April 25, 1940 in the criminal district of New York - East Harlem, in the family of poor Sicilian immigrants Rose (née Gerardi) and Salvatore Alfred Pacino. Being emotionally vulnerable, the mother, unable to bear the responsibility for her duties, moved in with her parents. Therefore, he lived with his father's family for the first two years.

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Alfredo James Pacino (English Alfredo James Pacino; April 25, 1940) is an American film and theater actor, director and screenwriter of Italian origin. Together with Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel, he heads the Actors Studio in New York.
He is considered one of the outstanding actors of modern American cinema and theater. He has won numerous awards and accolades, including an Oscar for his role as Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman, a two-time Emmy winner for his portrayal of Roy Cohn and Jack Kevorkian, and two Tony Awards for Does a Tiger Wear a Tie? and "The Basic Training of Pavel Hamel".

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