He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito’s Way, though he has also appeared several times on the other side of the law – as a police officer, detective and a lawyer. Pacino flunked nearly all of his classes except English and dropped out of school at 17. He worked at a string of low-paying jobs, including messenger boy, busboy, janitor, and postal clerk, in order to finance his acting studies. He acted in basement plays in New York’s theatrical underground but was rejected for the Actors Studio while still a teenager. That was a remarkable turning point in my life. Her father would send the couple money each month to help.
