| Early Career | Worked odd jobs including messenger, movie usher, and building superintendent while pursuing acting in off-off-Broadway theater in 1960s Greenwich Village |
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| Film Debut | Small part in Me, Natalie (1969) |
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| First Starring Role | The Panic in Needle Park (1971) |
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| Breakthrough | The Godfather (1972) as Michael Corleone |
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| Notable Films | - Scarecrow (1973) - co-starred with Gene Hackman, won Palme d'Or at Cannes
- Serpico (1974) - true story of police officer Frank Serpico
- Sea of Love (1989) - reestablished him as major film star
- The Insider (1999) - as Lowell Bergman opposite Russell Crowe
- Any Given Sunday (1999) - directed by Oliver Stone
- Scent of a Woman
- Scarface
- Heat
- The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
- Hangman (2017)
- Paterno (2018) - as Penn State football coach
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- The Irishman (2019) - as union boss Jimmy Hoffa, ninth Academy Award nomination
- Dick Tracy (1990) - as Big Boy Caprice
- The Godfather Part III (1990) - reprise of Michael Corleone
- Scent of a Woman (1992) - won Academy Award for Best Actor as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- Heat (1995)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Scarface (1983)
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| Awards | Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Academy Award nominations |
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