description: <p>Greatest actor of all time!</p><p></p><p>Be nice, have fun!</p><p></p><p><strong>John Holland Cazale</strong> (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English"><span>/kəˈzæl/</span></a>; August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978)<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cazale#cite_note-jonjo-2">[2]</a>: 8  was an American actor. He appeared in five films over seven years, all of which were nominated for the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture">Academy Award for Best Picture</a>: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather"><em><u>The Godfather</u></em></a> (1972), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation"><em>The Conversation</em></a> (1974), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II"><em>The Godfather Part II</em></a> (1974), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon"><em>Dog Day Afternoon</em></a> (1975), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter"><em>The Deer Hunter</em></a> (1978), with the two <em>Godfather</em> films and <em>The Deer Hunter</em> winning. Cazale started as a theater actor in New York City, ranging from regional, to off-Broadway, to <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(theater)">Broadway</a> acting alongside <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Pacino">Al Pacino</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Streep">Meryl Streep</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Waterston">Sam Waterston</a>. Cazale soon became one of Hollywood's premier <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_actor">character actors</a>, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Corleone">Fredo Corleone</a> opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a>'s film <em>The Godfather</em> and its 1974 sequel, as well as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a>'s <em>Dog Day Afternoon</em>. In 1977, Cazale was diagnosed with lung cancer, but he chose to complete his role in <em>The Deer Hunter</em>. He died shortly after, in New York City on March 13, 1978.</p><p>Theatrical producer <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Papp">Joseph Papp</a> called Cazale "an amazing intellect, an extraordinary person and a fine, dedicated artist".<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cazale#cite_note-NYT-3">[3]</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thomson_(film_critic)">David Thomson</a> writes that "It is the lives and works of people like John Cazale that make filmgoing worthwhile."<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cazale#cite_note-4">[4]</a> A documentary tribute to Cazale, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_It_Was_You"><em>I Knew It Was You</em></a>, was screened at the 2009 <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a> featuring interviews with Al Pacino, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi">Steve Buscemi</a>, Meryl Streep, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_De_Niro">Robert De Niro</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman">Gene Hackman</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss">Richard Dreyfuss</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cazale#cite_note-documentary-5">[5]</a></p>
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