By Micheal Renner

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Al Pacino Net Worth: Oscar Career and Lost Fortune

Al Pacino's net worth is estimated at around $40 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth -- a fraction of the more than $50 million he says he once had, which he lost through overspending and a fraudulent accountant who was later convicted of fraud and served prison time. Other sources place his current wealth higher, up to $120-180 million.

Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992) after eight prior nominations, and remains active in film into his 80s, including becoming a father for the fourth time in 2023 at age 83.

Quick Facts

Full NameAlfredo James Pacino
BornApril 25, 1940, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
Known ForMichael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy; Tony Montana in Scarface
Academy Awards9 nominations; 1 win, Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992)
Other Awards2 Tony Awards; 2 Primetime Emmy Awards; AFI Life Achievement Award (2007); National Medal of Arts (2011); Kennedy Center Honors (2016)
DirectingDirected Looking for Richard (1996), Chinese Coffee (2000), Wilde Salome (2011), Salome (2013)
ChildrenFour, from three relationships; has never married
Estimated Net WorthAround $40 million (some estimates higher)

Early Life

Alfredo James Pacino was born on April 25, 1940, in East Harlem, Manhattan, to Rose Gerardi and Salvatore Pacino, whose Sicilian-American family divorced when he was two. He attended New York's High School of Performing Arts by audition and later trained at HB Studio and the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg, studying method acting.

Breakthrough and Academy Award

Pacino made a brief film appearance in Me, Natalie (1969) before his feature breakthrough in The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He became a star as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), the first of nine Academy Award nominations across his career, for films including Serpico, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and ...And Justice for All. He finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman in 1992, the same year he earned a further nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross.

Directing and Other Honors

Beyond acting, Pacino has directed four films: Looking for Richard (1996), Chinese Coffee (2000), Wilde Salome (2011), and Salome (2013). He has won two Tony Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards (for Angels in America and You Don't Know Jack), and has received the AFI Life Achievement Award (2007), the National Medal of Arts (2011), and Kennedy Center Honors (2016).

Losing and Rebuilding His Fortune

Pacino has said that by his 70s he had lost the more than $50 million he had saved, largely due to overspending and mismanagement by an accountant who was later convicted of fraud and served prison time. He has continued working steadily since, including in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Irishman (both 2019) and House of Gucci (2021), to rebuild his finances.

Personal Life

Pacino has never married but has four children from three relationships. He has a daughter, Julie Marie, born in 1989, with acting coach Jan Tarrant. He has twins, Anton and Olivia, born in 2001, with actress Beverly D'Angelo, whom he was with from 1997 to 2003. In June 2023, at age 83, he had a son, Roman, with Noor Alfallah, whom he had dated since 2022; the couple has since separated.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Al Pacino's net worth?
Estimated at around $40 million by Celebrity Net Worth, though other sources place it higher, reflecting a fortune he has said he largely lost and has been rebuilding.

Did Al Pacino ever direct a movie?
Yes, four: Looking for Richard, Chinese Coffee, Wilde Salome, and Salome.

How many children does Al Pacino have?
Four, from three different relationships, most recently a son born in 2023 when Pacino was 83.