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John Cazale Biography

Birth Name:
John Holland Cazale
Birth Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Won a 1968 Obie Award for Distinguished Performance for the plays The Indian Wants the Bronx and Line
  • First costarred with Al Pacino in Line; they went on to appear in two more stage productions together—The Local Stigmatic in 1969 and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in 1975—as well as three films
  • Met fiancée Meryl Streep when they costarred in a 1976 production of Measure for Measure
  • Made only five feature films, each of which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather: Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and The Deer Hunter (1978)

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