Al Pacino

Throughout his entire career Al Pacino has done nothing but make good films. Pacino burst into the forefront of Hollywood with his iconic role as Michael Corleone in the seminal Godfather trilogy. As they say the rest is history. Pacino went on to star in Scarface, Scarecrow, Dog Day Afternoon, Scent of a Woman (won the Academy Award for best actor), Any Given Sunday, Heat, and Insomnia just to name a select few. When Pacino was first selected by Francis Ford Coppola to portray Michael Corleone the producers (and Mario Puzo, the author of "The Godfather") expressed concern about his lack of main character experience and the fact that he is very short. Paramount wanted Robert Redford to play Michael Corleone, but Coppola was insistent on an Italian-American. Al Pacino is the classic example of what can happen with a few lucky breaks and having an abundance of talent.