What is the greatest Al Pacino role of all time?

From quiet, calculating masterminds to explosive, scene-stealing forces of nature, his range spans decades of American cinema's most complex anti-heroes and tragic figures. Cast your vote!

The Godfather (1972)

Pacino plays Michael Corleone, a war hero who reluctantly joins his Mafia family and transforms into a ruthless crime boss.

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Scarface (1983)

Pacino plays Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant who claws his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire in this operatic crime epic.

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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Pacino plays Sonny Wortzik, a desperate man who holds up a Brooklyn bank to fund his partner's surgery in this tense true-story thriller.

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Serpico (1973)

Pacino plays Frank Serpico, the real-life NYPD officer who blew the whistle on widespread corruption at great personal risk.

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Scent of a Woman (1992)

His Oscar-winning performance as the blind, cantankerous Lt. Col. Frank Slade, who takes a young prep-schooler on a wild New York weekend.

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Heat (1995)

Pacino plays LAPD detective Vincent Hanna, obsessively pursuing Robert De Niro's career criminal in Michael Mann's crime masterpiece.

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Carlito's Way (1993)

Pacino plays Carlito Brigante, a reformed Puerto Rican gangster trying to go straight in 1970s New York but unable to escape his past.

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The Godfather Part II (1974)

Pacino reprises Michael Corleone, now the ruthless patriarch consolidating power while flashbacks trace his father Vito's rise.

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The Devil's Advocate (1997)

Pacino plays John Milton, the charismatic and supernatural head of a Manhattan law firm with a secret demonic agenda.

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Donnie Brasco (1997)

Pacino plays aging mobster Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero, who unknowingly befriends an undercover FBI agent in this melancholy crime drama.

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...And Justice for All (1979)

Pacino plays a principled attorney pushed to the breaking point by a corrupt legal system in this courtroom drama.

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The Irishman (2019)

Pacino plays Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa in Scorsese's sweeping mob epic, delivering a magnetic and commanding performance.

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Any Given Sunday (1999)

Pacino plays a besieged football coach fighting to hold his team together in Oliver Stone's frenzied look at professional sports.

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Insomnia (2002)

Pacino plays a guilt-ridden LA detective whose moral compromise during a murder investigation haunts him in Christopher Nolan's thriller.

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