Film star giving pal a coin (2,6)

I believe the answer is:

al pacino

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'film star' is the definition.
'al pacino' can be an answer for 'star'. I'm unsure of the 'film' bit.

'giving pal a coin' is the wordplay.
'giving' indicates an anagram (the letters give the letters for another word).
'pal'+'a'+'coin'='palacoin'
'palacoin' with letters rearranged gives 'AL PACINO'.

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(Other definitions for al pacino that I've seen before include "Best Actor Oscar winner 1992, for "Scent of a Woman"" , "Serpico star" .)

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