This person was born on the 25 th April,1940 in The South Bronx Area of New York. He first studied at The Herbet Berghof Studios under the legend Charles Laughton . Then went on to study at the Actors Studio under another legend Lee Strasberg .

Even after being arrested for carrying a concealed weapon in 1961, he got his big break in 1969 acting acting on Broadway, this is where he won his first Tony award for portraying a psychotic junkie. It was his ability to convincingly portray addiction that gave him his first movie role as

Tony in the film Mr, Natalie . Other roles in which he has starred are that of Big Boy Caprice and

He Is well renowned for his detailed and thoroughly researched acting style which made him a real sought after talent in the Late 70's , 80's and 90's , allowing him to be able to turn down such roles as

Hans Solo , Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman & Ron Kovic in Born on the 4 th of July .

ther Title roles include the characters of Viktor Taransky -Simone, Lieutenant Vincent Hanna -Heat & John Milton -The Devils Advocate

Some of his other roles were that of Tony Montana - Scarface, Detective Will Dormar - Insomnia,and after being previously nominated no less than 6 times.

probably one of his most famous roles was that of mafia heir Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy in which he beat Warren Beatty and Jack Nicolson to the title role.