Al Pacino

Known for his role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 The Godfather, Alfredo James Pacino has a career that spans more than five decades. He is a recipient of several accolades, including two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He is one of a few actors in the industry who’s managed to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting and has been honored with the National Medal of Arts, The Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award.

He has a total net worth of $120 million, which he creditsto his long and successful career in the industry. When he was cast in the first Godfather back in 1972, he earned $35,000, which is around $215,000 today. For the second Godfather, he earned more than ten times his previous salary, which amounted to around $500,000. But it was in the third movie that he demanded a $7 million salary plus a percentage of the film’s revenue. Francis Coppola refused and even threatened to make the opening scene Michael Corleone’s funeral. Pacino eventually raked in a flat $5 million salary for his involvement in the film.