born april american actor stage screen filmmaker screenwriter career spanning years time received numerous accolades honors competitive honorary academy_award primetime emmy awards lifetime achievement award american_film_institute national medal arts performers won competitive oscar emmy tony award acting dubbed triple crown acting method actor student new_york_city taught feature film debut minor role gained favourable notices lead role heroin achieved international acclaim recognition breakthrough role godfather received oscar nomination reprise role sequels iii performance regarded greatest screen performances film history received best actor oscar nomination nominated godfather dog day afternoon justice won award performance blind lieutenant colonel scent woman performances godfather nominated notable roles include way lieutenant heat insider detective television acted productions hbo including miniseries angels america biopic don won primetime emmy award outstanding lead actor miniseries movie addition work film extensive career stage time winner performances tiger wear basic training respectively lifelong fan shakespeare directed starred looking richard documentary film play role earlier portrayed stage acted feature film adaptation production merchant venice having filmmaking debut looking richard directed starred independent film films play joint president early life education born new_york_city east harlem american parents rose divorced years old mother moved near zoo live parents kate coincidentally come town sicily named father moved california worked insurance salesman teen years known friends aimed baseball player nicknamed actor dropped classes english dropped school age mother disagreed decision argued left home worked low paying jobs messenger postal clerk finance acting studies worked mail room commentary magazine began smoking drinking age took casual use age hard drugs closest friends died drug abuse ages growing got occasional fights considered school acted basement plays new_york theatrical underground rejected teenager joined met acting teacher confused british actor mentor best friend period unemployed homeless slept street theaters friends houses mother died age following year grandfather influential people life died actors studio training years successfully auditioned membership organization professional actors theatre directors hell kitchen neighborhood manhattan new_york_city studied method acting acting coach later appeared films godfather justice later interviews spoke studio effect career actors studio meant life hasn given credit deserves charlie sort launched remarkable turning point life directly responsible getting quit jobs stay acting interview added exciting work interesting talked scene talked people want hear talk things heard great understanding loved actors currently president stage career spent season charles boston performing major week van america met actress play year romance moved new_york_city starred israel indian wants playing street punk play opened january ran performances staged double bill called sugar starring won award best actor role winning best supporting actor best new play saw play manager partnership years come encouraged godfather dog day afternoon discovered broadway discovered manager owe stated career production indian wants traveled italy performance festival journey italy later recalled performing italian audience experience cast deadly circle violence episode abc television series november time appearing soap opera search tomorrow playing role father send couple money month help february broadway debut tiger wear produced closed performances march received rave reviews won tony award april continued performing onstage 1970s winning second basic training performing title role 1980s achieved critical success stage appearing nominated drama desk award stage work included return stage summer shakespeare park production merchant venice acclaimed production moved broadway theatre october earning million box office week performance garnered nomination play october starred 30th anniversary broadway revival classic play ran january end january starred broadway china doll play written limited run performances acclaimed reviews performances october film career early film career found acting enjoyable realized gift studying early work financially rewarding success stage movie debut brief appearance independent film starring signed talent agency 1970s film panic needle park played heroin brought attention director cast blockbuster mafia film godfather established actors including little known tried selected relatively unknown dismay studio executives performance earned academy_award nomination offered prime example early acting style described intense tightly academy_award ceremony insulted nominated supporting acting award noting screen time star winner awards unrelated reasons starred won cannes film festival year nominated starring based true story new_york_city policeman went undercover expose corruption fellow officers reprised role sequel godfather sequel win best picture oscar nominated oscar newsweek described performance godfather arguably cinema greatest portrayal heart enjoyed success release dog day afternoon based true story bank directed directed years earlier nominated starred race car driver directed received nomination portrayal title role film courtroom drama justice saw lauded critics wide range acting abilities nominated best actor oscar fourth time lost year role declined 1970s oscar nominations performances godfather dog day afternoon justice 1980s career early 1980s appearances controversial cruising film provoked protests new_york gay community comedy drama author author critically panned directed proved career highlight defining role initial release film critically panned violent content later received critical acclaim film box office grossing million domestically earned nomination role cuban drug lord worked personal project broadway play english writer starred play director minute film version film released theatrically later released actor vision box set film revolution fur american revolutionary war commercial critical failure blamed rushed production resulting year hiatus films time returned stage mounted workshop productions plays appeared producer new_york shakespeare festival remarked hiatus film remember happening rise stage reading reason gone stage movie career kind way theater perceived unfortunately returned film sea love portrayed detective hunting serial killer finds victims singles column newspaper film earned solid reviews 1990s received academy_award nomination playing big boy box office hit critic roger_ebert described scene later year followed return famous characters godfather iii film received mixed reviews problems pre production script withdrawal actors shortly production starred johnny starred portrays recently cook begins relationship work adapted play johnny featured film received mixed reviews later said enjoyed playing new_york_times wrote appealing dog day afternoon days makes johnny endless enterprise delight scenes precision honesty film aspects bay won portrayal blind lieutenant colonel scent woman year nominated making male actor receive acting nominations movies year win lead role starred alongside crime drama way portrayed gangster released prison help lawyer penn vows straight starred heat appeared screen time starred godfather share scenes starred theatrical looking richard performance selected scenes shakespeare broader examination shakespeare continuing role relevance popular culture cast brought performance included alec_baldwin played supernatural thriller devil advocate starred film success box office taking million worldwide roger_ebert wrote chicago_sun-times character played bordering glee played gangster true story undercover fbi agent work bringing mafia inside starred minutes producer multi oscar nominated insider opposite given sunday 2000s received academy_award nomination winning won golden year cecil award lifetime achievement motion pictures released low budget film adaptation play film festivals shot exclusively conversation main characters project took nearly years complete funded entirely included rare films involved producing richard special dvd box set titled actor vision released produced discs containing films turned offer reprise role computer game version godfather result permitted use likeness voice game character appear allow likeness appear video game adaptation quasi sequel titled world director worked remake norwegian film starring newsweek stated play small play big explode film performance received gaining favorable rating percent review website rotten_tomatoes film moderately box office taking million worldwide film gain critical praise box office success played publicist small film received little attention despite received performance rarely taking supporting role commercial breakthrough accepted small box office flop favor director recruit released featured cia stars film received mixed reviews described personally couldn follow starred lawyer hbo miniseries adaptation winning play performance won best performance actor starred film adaptation merchant venice choosing bring compassion depth character traditionally played villainous caricature money portrays sports gambling agent mentor alongside film released october mixed reviews wrote washington_post played mentor times ought award fight good evil feels fixed favor hollywood redemption october american_film_institute named recipient 35th afi life achievement award november dublin awarded played spoof role ocean thirteen alongside villain casino targeted crew film received generally favorable reviews minutes released april united_states having released countries film starred critically panned critics found fault plot acting star new_york detectives searching serial killer film released theaters september anticipated return stars received critics new_york_post gave star saying collect intent bore slow moving ridiculous police thriller shipped straight remainder blockbuster starred 2010s played biopic entitled don premiered april film life work physician assisted suicide advocate performance earned second lead actor fourth golden globe award announced honored glory film maker award venice international film festival award presented ahead premiere film film directed plays role film describes personal project united_states premiere took place evening march house seat san_francisco district marking anniversary visit san_francisco event benefit recently starred hbo biographical picture record producer murder trial titled reportedly set star upcoming project directed star announced january play late football coach movie tentatively titled happy valley based biography sportswriter personal life married children eldest born daughter acting coach twins son daughter born january actress relationship relationship star godfather trilogy relationship ended following filming godfather relationships tuesday filed tax claiming owes government total representative blamed business manager filmography awards nominations nominated won awards acting career including oscar nominations winning nominations winning bafta nominations winning primetime emmy awards work television tony awards stage work american_film_institute awarded lifetime achievement award british television viewers voted greatest film star time poll channel_4
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