Signature Roles

Home \ Signature Roles \ …And Justice for All (1979) — Al Pacino Al Pacino · 1979 · Signature Roles …And Justice for All (1979) — Al Pacino Arthur Kirkland is a Baltimore defense lawyer who believes in the law and watches it betray him daily: guilty clients freed on technicalities, innocent ones destroyed by … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — Al Pacino Al Pacino · 1975 · Signature Roles Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — Al Pacino Sonny Wortzik robs a bank in Brooklyn on a hot afternoon, and everything goes wrong. Sonny Wortzik robs a bank in Brooklyn on a hot afternoon, and everything goes … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ Serpico (1973) — Al Pacino Al Pacino · 1973 · Signature Roles Serpico (1973) — Al Pacino Frank Serpico was a real New York police officer who refused bribes and reported corruption, and paid for his honesty with loneliness, suspicion, and a gunshot wound during a drug raid. Frank Serpico … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ The Godfather (1972) — Al Pacino Al Pacino · 1972 · Signature Roles The Godfather (1972) — Al Pacino Michael Corleone begins The Godfather as the family’s outsider — a war hero in uniform, telling his girlfriend that his father is not really like the stories. Michael Corleone begins The … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ The Panic in Needle Park (1971) — Al Pacino Al Pacino · 1971 · Signature Roles The Panic in Needle Park (1971) — Al Pacino Before The Godfather made him famous, Al Pacino made a small, devastating film about addiction in New York, and it is still the performance that … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ The Godfather Part II (1974) — Robert De Niro Robert De Niro · 1974 · Signature Roles Playing a young Vito Corleone is a trap, and De Niro walked straight through it by refusing to imitate Marlon Brando. Playing a young Vito Corleone is a trap, and De Niro walked … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ Raging Bull (1980) — Robert De Niro Robert De Niro · 1980 · Signature Roles Raging Bull is the performance other performances are measured against, and it earns that status the hard way. Raging Bull is the performance other performances are measured against, and it earns that status the hard … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ The Deer Hunter (1978) — Robert De Niro Robert De Niro · 1978 · Signature Roles The Deer Hunter asks its actors to carry an almost unbearable weight, and De Niro carries it by refusing to show the strain. The Deer Hunter asks its actors to carry an almost unbearable … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ Taxi Driver (1976) — Robert De Niro Robert De Niro · 1976 · Signature Roles Travis Bickle is not a character an actor plays for applause. Travis Bickle is not a character an actor plays for applause. He is a lonely, sleepless cab driver drifting through a New York that … Read more

Home \ Signature Roles \ Mean Streets (1973) — Robert De Niro Robert De Niro · 1973 · Signature Roles Mean Streets is the film where Robert De Niro stopped being a promising young actor and became a force. Mean Streets is the film where Robert De Niro stopped being a promising young actor and … Read more