Al Pacino has portrayed more infamous gangster characters during his illustrious career than most, but none of those roles match the renown and acclaim of Michael Corleone in The Godfather . Across two timeless classics and a not-so-timeless threequel, Pacino charts Michael's journey from mild-mannered war hero to the pinnacle of mafia power.

Pacino's second-most iconic gangster role came 11 years later with Brian De Palma's Scarface . While both stories involve Pacino's character building a criminal empire, Michael Corleone and Tony Montana could not be further apart in their personalities. Where Michael is collected, understated and calculating, Tony is brash, hot-headed and openly materialistic.

These conflicting personas are reflected by each story's ending, but while Michael

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