Robert De Niro is an American actor. He gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first of 8 films with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974, De Niro received an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and received another 4 nominations for best actor. He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull. He also received 8 Golden Globes nominations. De Niro currently heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center.

Alfredo James Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon, Tony Montana in Scarface, Carlito Brigante in the 1993 film Carlito's Way, Frank Serpico in Serpico, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman, and Roy Cohn in Angels in America. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for his role in Scent of a Woman after receiving seven previous nominations.

Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards over the course of his career. He began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small, supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). (Wikipedia)

James Caan has 103 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, Elf, Misery, Dogville and Get Smart

Joe Mantegna has 80 credits at Criticker, including: The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather: Part III, Three Amigos!, Cars 2 and Baby's Day Out

Andy Garcia achieved fame with a number of big roles in the 1980s and 90s, particularly the Godfather III, Black Rain, The Untouchables and When a Man Loves a Woman. Born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez in Havana, Cuba, he moved to Miami when he was five years old.

A director, composer and writer who is, luckily enough, more well known for his massive box office successes rather than his numerous failures. His landmark films, including The Godfather Trilogy, Patton and Apocalypse Now, have won Mr. Coppola a mountain of money, as well as 5 Oscars.

Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)

Talia Shire has 45 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Rocky, The Godfather: Part III and Rocky IV

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American film director, actress, producer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is the third female director, and only American woman, to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing, the other two being Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion.

Eli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday...(Wikipedia)

Mario Puzo has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Godfather: Part III, Superman: The Movie and Superman II