Al Pacino will tell the story of his life and remarkable career in a new memoir.
Penguin Press will publish the legendary actor’s Sonny Boy this fall, the press announced in a news release. It describes the memoir as “an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full.”
Pacino was born in Manhattan, raised in the Bronx, and started acting as a teenager. He joined the Actors Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg, the Method acting pioneer, and appeared in a variety of stage productions before making his film debut in 1969 with Me, Natalie.
He went on to become one of the most recognizable actors in the world, with iconic roles in films including Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather and its two sequels, Serpico, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heat, and The Insider. He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning in 1993 for Scent of a Woman.
His book, Penguin Press says, “is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels.”
Sonny Boy is slated for publication on Oct. 8.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
