The Godfather Part III stars a dolphin.
Alfredo James Pacino ( [ pəˈtʃiːnoʊ ] born April 25 , 1940 ) is an American actor of stage and screen , filmmaker , and screenwriter . Pacino has had a career spanning some fifty years , during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary , among them an Academy Award , two Tony Awards , two Primetime Emmy Awards , a British Academy Film Award , four Golden Globe Awards , the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute , the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award , and the National Medal of Arts . He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar , an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting , dubbed the `` Triple Crown of Acting '' . A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio in New York City , where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg , Pacino made his feature film debut with a minor role in Me , Natalie ( 1969 ) and gained favorable notices for his lead role as a heroin addict in The Panic in Needle Park ( 1971 ) . Pacino received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for Serpico ( 1973 ) ; he was also nominated for The Godfather Part II , Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ) and ... And Justice for All ( 1979 ) and won the award in 1993 for his performance as a blind Lieutenant Colonel in Scent of a Woman ( 1992 ) . For his performances in The Godfather , Dick Tracy ( 1990 ) and Glengarry Glen Ross ( 1992 ) , Pacino was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . In television , Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO including the miniseries Angels in America ( 2003 ) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic You Do n't Know Jack ( 2010 ) , both of which won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . In addition to his work in film , Pacino has had an extensive career on stage and is a two-time Tony Award winner , in 1969 and 1977 , for his performances in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie ? A lifelong fan of Shakespeare , Pacino directed and starred in Looking for Richard ( 1996 ) , a documentary film about the play Richard III , a role which Pacino had earlier portrayed on-stage in 1977 . He has also acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film adaptation and a 2010 production of The Merchant of Venice . Having made his filmmaking debut with Looking for Richard , Pacino has also directed and starred in the independent film Chinese Coffee ( 2000 ) and the films Wilde Salomé ( 2011 ) and Salomé ( 2013 ) , about the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde . Since 1994 , Pacino has been the joint president of the Actors Studio with Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel . Andrés Arturo García Menéndez ( born April 12 , 1956 ) , professionally known as Andy García , is a Cuban American actor and director . In the 2000s , he starred in Ocean 's Eleven and its sequels , Ocean 's Twelve and Ocean 's Thirteen , and The Lost City . García was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III . He was Emmy Award - and Golden Globe Award-nominated for his titular role in For Love or Country : The Arturo Sandoval Story . Bridget Jane Fonda ( born January 27 , 1964 ) is a retired American actress . She is the daughter of Peter Fonda , niece of Jane Fonda and granddaughter of Henry Fonda . Fonda was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Mandy Rice-Davies in the 1989 film Scandal , and provided the voice for Jenna in the 1995 animated feature film Balto . She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1997 TV film In the Gloaming , and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the 2001 TV film No Ordinary Baby . Diane Keaton ( born Diane Hall ; January 5 , 1946 ) is an American film actress , director and producer . She began her career on stage and made her screen debut in 1970 . Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather ( 1972 ) , but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen , beginning with Play It Again , Sam in 1972 . Her next two films with Allen , Sleeper ( 1973 ) and Love and Death ( 1975 ) , established her as a comic actor . Her fourth , Annie Hall ( 1977 ) , won her the Academy Award for Best Actress . Keaton subsequently expanded her range to avoid becoming typecast as her Annie Hall persona . In addition to acting , she is also a photographer , real estate developer , author , and occasional singer . Talia Rose Shire ( née Coppola ; born April 25 , 1946 ) is an American actress best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series . For her work in The Godfather Part II and Rocky , Shire was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress , respectively . The Godfather Part III . The film stars Al Pacino , Diane Keaton , Talia Shire , and Andy García , and features Eli Wallach , Joe Mantegna , George Hamilton , Bridget Fonda , and Sofia Coppola .