Movie Commentary

Age Before Beauty

Steve Martin's ''Shopgirl'' inspires our countdown of the oldest actors most often paired with the youngest actresses
| Oct 28, 2005
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Al Pacino

(born 1940)

HIS PERSONA A soulful, streetwise scrapper who's a ticking time bomb

HIS WOMEN Elizabeth Berkley, a hooker impressed by a veteran pro football coach (Pacino) in 1999's Any Given Sunday (born 1972, 32 years younger)
Penelope Ann Miller, a stripper girlfriend to Pacino's gangster in 1993's Carlito's Way (born 1964, 24 years younger)
Ellen Barkin, the murder suspect pursued by Pacino, as a detective in 1989's Sea of Love (born 1954, 14 years younger)
Nastassia Kinski, a Tory-turned-patriot inspired by his idealism and fighting spirit as a colonist in 1985's Revolution (born 1961, 21 years younger)
Michelle Pfeiffer, the moll to drug kingpin Pacino in 1983's Scarface (born 1958, 18 years younger)

THE EXCEPTION Dyan Cannon, the Broadway star seeking a career boost in a play he's written in 1982's Author! Author! (born 1937, 3 years older)

FUN FACT Scheduled to play Pacino's student and love interest in the upcoming 88 Minutes is Alicia Witt (born 1975, 35 years his junior).

AVERAGE AGE GAP 17.7 years