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From Nowhere to Everywhere

Originally a theatrical actor, his seething intensity reinvented the leading man. Hardened, formidable, shrewd - enough to explore the maelstrom of postwar America. Francis Ford Coppola saw these qualities in Al Pacino before anyone else, and fought Paramount to have the unknown actor cast as Michael Corleone. The Godfather, and Pacino's performance, became legendary. 

Pacino rocketed to stardom and became one of the leading lights of the New Hollywood. But he continued his love affair with the stage. He is one of a handful of actors to win ‘The Triple Crown’: an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Tony — an achievement that cements his position as a true polymath of the craft.