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Robert De Niro vs Al Pacino

Who? Pick one and see how the world splits.

What the votes say

The world is split down the middle between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino: 50% each. Al Pacino is #2 of the 120 actors in the world ranking and Robert De Niro #3.

The case for each

Robert De Niro: Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II and Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, with two Oscars, for Part II and Raging Bull, and ten films with Martin Scorsese, from Mean Streets to Killers of the Flower Moon.

Al Pacino: Michael Corleone in The Godfather films and Tony Montana in Scarface, nine times nominated for an acting Oscar and the winner for Scent of a Woman (1992). The two shared the screen in Heat and The Irishman.

Side by side

Robert De NiroAl Pacino
World rank#3#2
CountryUnited StatesUnited States
Born19431940

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