Time Line

Apr. 25, 1940: Born as Alfredo James Pacino in East Harlem, New York City to Rose and Salvatore Pacino.

1942: Parents split up.

1943: Father joins the military.

1947: His over-protective grandparents finally let him out of the house to explore the neighborhood on his own.

1947: Goes to movies with his mother and the following day, he would reenact the movie he had seen for his grandmother.

1950: Becomes quite the storyteller at the school grounds, telling anybody who will listen stories such as how he used to live in Texas with ten dogs.

1954: Attends a performance of Chekhov's The Seagull at Elsmere Theater in the South Bronx. This performance causes him to transfer to the High School of the Performing Arts.

1955: No matter how hard he tries, he keeps flunking English.

1956: Still flunking English.

1957: Throws in the academic towel and drops out of school.

1957-1960: Works jobs like a mail deliverer, movie theater usher, and a building superintendent. While doing this, he takes up acting classes.

Early 1960s: Enrolls in Herbert Berghof Studio, training under drama coach Charlie Laughton.

Jan. 7, 1961: Is arrested in Rhode Island for carrying a concealed weapon.

Jan. 9, 1961: Released from jail.

1962: Mother dies.

1962: In the Cafe Bizarre (children's' theatre), New York City, he acts in Jack and the Bean Stalk and The Adventures of High Jump.

1966: Joins the Actor's Studio to study under Lee Strasberg.

Nov. 12, 1968: Makes his TV debut in the series N.Y.P.D, playing John James.

July 13, 1969: Makes his movie debut in Me, Natalie, playing Tony.

1970: Lives with actress Jill Clayburgh.

July 13, 1971: Plays Bobby, a drug user, in Panic in Needle Park.

1972: The producers of The Godfather, refer to him as "that
midget Pacino" because they didn't want him for the part of Michael
Corleone.

Mar. 15, 1972: Gets his big break in The Godfather, playing Michael Corleone, with James Caan, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton.

1973: Taking his NYC cop character in Serpico too far, he actually pulls over a truck driver and threatens to arrest him if he doesn't do something about his exhaust pollution.

Aug. 31, 1973: Plays Francis "Lion" in The Scarecrow, with Gene Hackman.

Dec. 5, 1973: Plays Officer Frank Serpico in Serpico.

Dec. 12, 1974: Plays Michael Corleone in The Godfather II, with James Caan, Roger Corman, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, and
Diane Keaton.

1975: Breaks up with Jill Clayburgh.

Sept. 21, 1975: He and Chris Sarandon improvise their phone conversation scene in Dog Day Afternoon. Pacino plays Sonny Wortzik, the gay bank robber.

1977: Turns down the role of Han Solo in Star Wars.

1977: Gives up drinking.

Sept. 17, 1977: Plays Bobby Deerfield, a racecar driver, in Bobby Deerfield.

1978: Turns down a role of Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now.

Oct. 19, 1979: Plays Arthur Kirkland, a lawyer in ...And Justice for All.

Feb. 8, 1980: Plays Steve Burns, an undercover cop, in Cruising.

June 18, 1982: Plays Ivan Trevalian, playwright, in Author! Author!.

Dec. 9, 1983: Plays Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee, in Scarface with Michelle Pfeiffer.

Jan. 01, 1985: Plays Tom Dobb, a trapper, in Revolution, with Donald Sutherland.

1989: Will not play Michael Corleone in The Godfather 3, unless he gets seven million. Francis Ford Coppola not impressed, threatens to have the movie open with Michael Corleone's funeral. Pacino settles for five million.

1989: Acting teacher, Jan Tarrant, gives birth to their daughter Julie Marie.

Sept. 15, 1989: Plays Frank Keller, a homicide detective, in Sea of Love with Samuel L. Jackson.

1990: Plays Graham, a thug, in the movie that is never released, The Local Stigmatic.

June 15, 1990: Plays Big Boy Caprice, a gangster, in Dick Tracy, with Kathy Bates, Warren Beatty, James Caan, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna, Catherine O'Hara, and Dick Van Dyke.

Dec. 25, 1990: Plays Michael Corleone in The Godfather III, with Sofia Coppola, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton, and Bridget Fonda.

Oct. 11, 1991: Plays Johnny, an ex-con, in Frankie and Johnny, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Dedee Pfeiffer.

Sept. 1992: Maureen Dowd of GQ says of Pacino: "In a way, he's extremely naive. It's strange to talk about vulnerability and innocence with a guy who's played the foremost killers on the American screen. But he's so pure and honest and artistic, it's a little like Don Quixote walking through Hollywood."

Sept. 29, 1992: Plays Ricky Roma, a slick real estate salesman, in Glengarry Glen Ross, alongside Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, and Kevin Spacey.

Dec. 23, 1992: Plays Col. Frank Slade, a blind, retired army officer, in Scent of a Woman, alongside Chris O'Donnell.

1993: Wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman.

Nov. 10, 1993: Plays Carlito Brigante, a former drug dealer, in Carlito's Way, with Sean Penn.

1994: Quits smoking two packs a day to protect his voice. He does still smoke herbal cigarettes once in awhile.

Nov. 22, 1995: Plays Grandpa Spiritos, the dying grandfather, in Two Bits.

Dec. 15, 1995: Plays Vincent, a LAPD cop, in Heat, with Robert De Niro, Ashley Judd, Val Kilmer, Natalie Portman, and Henry Rollins.

Feb. 16, 1996: Plays John Pappas, Mayor of New York City, in City Hall, with John Cusack and Bridget Fonda.

Nov. 1996: Al Pacino appears on Larry King Live, which becomes one of Larry King's all time favorite interviews. He says of Pacino: "Al Pacino has a different natural style of humor. He's one of America's finest dramatic actors, but offscreen he's a funny guy: New York funny. He has that New Yorker's reaction to things, the ability to shrug off so many of life's threats and dangers because they are surrounded by threats and dangers all the time right there in their own hometown. We were standing in the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles with Walter Cronkite, Pele, and others, only a few hours after the terrible earthquake in January 1994. We were in town for a cable TV awards banquet the night before. So we were each telling about our own reaction when the quake hit. All of us were shaken-at least I was. But Pacino shrugged and said, "I'm from New York. I thought it was a bomb."

1997: Begins dating Beverly D'Angelo.

1997: In an Cable TV interview he says: "I was never allowed out alone, so my mother used to take me to the movies and I'd come home and act out all the parts. It was a lonely childhood. With no brothers and sisters and having to stay off the streets, I had no friends. I felt isolated and odd. So, acting kept me sane."

1997: In a Scene Magazine interview he says: "I wanted to watch a few innings, catch the afternoon sun and see those great ballplayers. I thought, if I have to leave early, it's like leaving in the middle of a play. So I put a beard on. Of course, they got it all on television. That beard is now in the Museum Of Mistakes."

Feb. 28, 1997: Plays Lefty Ruggiero in Donnie Brasco, with Johnny Depp.

Oct. 11, 1997: In the Calgary Sun interview he says: "I can't pretend it's ever been easy, but celebrity has been a part of my life for so long now it's beginning to seem natural. What hurts is when you're in an exotic place for a holiday and the paparazzi stalks you. I love Paris, but I just don't go there anymore because things have gotten so out of hand. I've tried going out in Paris in disguise, but that always backfires, and when the photos appear in print, you look so ridiculous. But let's face it, the perks outweigh the woes."

Oct. 11, 1997: In the Calgary Sun interview he says: "No one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don't think I'm right for the part, but it would have been nice to be asked."

Oct. 16, 1997: Gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Oct. 17, 1997: Plays John Milton, the devil, in The Devil's Advocate, with Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, and Monica Keena.

Nov. 5, 1999: Plays Lowell Bergman in The Insider, with Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer.

Dec. 16, 1999: Plays Tony D'Amato, a pro football coach, in Any Given Sunday, with Elizabeth Berkley, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Dennis Quaid, and LL Cool J.

2001: Breaks off engagement with Beverly D'Angelo.

Jan. 2001: Beverly D'Angelo gives birth to their twins Olivia Rose and Anton James.

2001: Breaks up with Beverly D'Angelo.

2002: Directs, produces, and plays Harry Levine in Chinese Coffee.

May 3, 2002: Plays Will Dormer, a police detective, in Insomnia, with Hilary Swank and Robin Williams.

Aug. 23, 2002: Plays Viktor Taransky, a movie producer, in Simone with Winona Ryder.

Oct. 11, 2002: Plays Eli Wurman, a NY publicist, in People I Know, with Kim Bassinger.

Jan. 25, 2003: Plays a CIA Agent in The Recruit, with Colin Farrell.

July 27, 2003: Has a cameo role playing Starkman in Gigli, with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken.

Sept. 14, 2003: Plays Roy Cohn, a homophobic right-wing gay man, in Angels in America with Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson.

May 18, 2004: He and Beverly D'Angelo settle their long fight over child support.

Sept. 3, 2004: Plays Shylock in Shylock.

Jan. 12, 2005: His father Sal Pacino dies.

Oct. 7, 2005: Plays Walter Abrams in Two for the Money.

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