FrameThrower · Actors · Al Pacino
Al Pacino
16 films · 1,131 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1971–2019
Born 25 April 1940 · New York City, New York, USA
Alfredo James Pacino is an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning over five decades, he has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He is one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.
A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg, Pacino's film debut came at the age of 29 with a minor role in Me, Natalie (1969).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 16 films · 1,131 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1971–2019
- Academy Award for Best Actor1993
- Academy Awards1992
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2011
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2004
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2001
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1993
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1974
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1976
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement1994
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2010
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,131 frames from the 16 films we hold. This is the look of the work Al takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 16 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Al takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Irishman
2019 · Jimmy Hoffa
Paterno
2018 · Joe Paterno
Manglehorn
2014 · A.J. Manglehorn
Ocean’s Thirteen
2007 · Willy Bank
Insomnia
2002 · Will Dormer
The Insider
1999 · Lowell Bergman
Heat
1995 · Lt. Vincent Hanna
Carlito’s Way
1993 · Carlito Brigante
Dick Tracy
1990 · Big Boy Caprice
Scarface
1983 · Tony Montana
Cruising
1980 · Steve Burns
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Sonny
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Don Michael Corleone
Scarecrow
1973 · Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
The Godfather
1972 · Michael Corleone
The Panic in Needle Park
1971 · Bobby
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,131 frames from Al Pacino's 16 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.