He delivered two no-holds-barred performances as a modern-day Satan in 1997’s The Devil’s Advocate (opposite Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron) and as 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman in 1999’s Oscar-nominated The Insider (opposite Russell Crowe). Later in 1999, Pacino headlined Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday, in which he played an aging football coach at odds with the establishment. Throughout his career, Pacino moved between screen and stage. In 1977, he won a second Tony Award for his part in the Broadway production The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. In the fall of 1979, he took on the challenging title role in the play Richard III; and from 1980-83 he intermittently appeared as Walter Cole in David Mamet’s American Buffalo, performing in different venues throughout the U.S and Britain.

Although Pacino considers himself first and foremost a stage actor, his films are the medium that propelled him to stardom. His career has spanned five decades and over 30 films, the majority of which have produced some of Hollywood’s most memorable characters. Pacino has never been married despite a few long-term relationships with actresses Jill Clayburgh, Marthe Keller, and Diane Keaton. In 1989, Pacino’s relationship with acting teacher Jan Tarrant produced a daughter, Julie.

Pacino is known to be uncomfortable with the trappings of his stardom, and as a result he tends to withdraw from the limelight. He currently lives in a modest apartment in New York City, with his girlfriend, the actress Beverly D’Angelo, who he began dating in 1997. In January 2001, Pacino received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement at the Golden Globes' ceremony. Less than a week later, D'Angelo gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, named Anton and Olivia.