Actor Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro
Photo of actor Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is particularly known for his nine collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, and is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016. Born in Manhattan in New York City, De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first major role was in Greetings (1968), and gained recognition with his role as a baseball player in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly (1973). His first collaboration with Scorsese was Mean Streets (1973), where he played small-time criminal "Johnny Boy". Stardom followed with his role as young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's crime epic The Godfather Part II (1974), which won De Niro the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. For his portrayal of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976) and a soldier in the Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter (1978), he earned two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor. De Niro portrayed Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's biographical drama Raging Bull (1980), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, his first in this category. He diversified to other roles, playing a stand-up comic in The King of Comedy (1982), and gained further recognition for his performances in Bernardo Bertolucci's epic 1900 (1976), Sergio Leone's crime epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Terry Gilliam's dystopian satire Brazil (1985), the religious epic The Mission (1986), and the comedy Midnight Run (1988). De Niro portrayed gangster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas (1990), a catatonic patient in the drama Awakenings (1990), and a criminal in the psychological thriller Cape Fear (1991). All three films received praise for De Niro's performances. He then starred in This Boy's Life (1993), and directed his first feature film with 1993's A Bronx Tale. His other critical successes include the crime films Heat (1995) and Casino (1995). He is also known for his comic roles in Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), and Meet the Parents (2000). After appearing in several critically panned and commercially unsuccessful films, he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in David O. Russell's 2012 romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook. In 2017, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Lies, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He then starred in the psychological thriller Joker (2019) and Scorsese's crime epic The Irishman (2019). De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the film and television production company TriBeCa Productions in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place of birth
New York, New York New York, New York
Date of birth
17th August 1943
Movies that starred Robert De Niro (59 in total)
Alto Knights poster

Alto Knights [2025]

Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
About My Father poster

About My Father [2023]

Salvo
Killers of the Flower Moon poster

Killers of the Flower Moon [2023]

William King Hale
Savage Salvation poster

Savage Salvation [2022]

Sheriff Church
Joker poster

Joker [2019]

Murray Franklin
The Irishman poster

The Irishman [2019]

Frank Sheeran
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists poster

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists [2018]

Self
Dirty Grandpa poster

Dirty Grandpa [2016]

Dick Kelly
I Am JFK Jr. poster

I Am JFK Jr. [2016]

Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony poster

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony [2016]

Self
The Intern poster

The Intern [2015]

Ben
Heist poster

Heist [2015]

The Pope
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict poster

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict [2015]

Himself
Joy poster

Joy [2015]

Rudy
Killing Season poster

Killing Season [2013]

Benjamin Ford
The Family poster

The Family [2013]

Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
Grudge Match poster

Grudge Match [2013]

Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
Silver Linings Playbook poster

Silver Linings Playbook [2012]

Pat Solatano Sr.
Red Lights poster

Red Lights [2012]

Simon Silver
Limitless poster

Limitless [2011]

Carl Van Loon
Killer Elite poster

Killer Elite [2011]

Hunter
Machete poster

Machete [2010]

Senator John McLaughlin
Little Fockers poster

Little Fockers [2010]

Jack Byrnes
Everybody's Fine poster

Everybody's Fine [2009]

Frank Goode
Righteous Kill poster

Righteous Kill [2008]

Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan
What Just Happened poster

What Just Happened [2008]

Ben
Stardust poster

Stardust [2007]

Captain Shakespeare
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project [2007]

Self
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd [2006]

Bill Sullivan
Hide and Seek poster

Hide and Seek [2005]

David Callaway
Shark Tale poster

Shark Tale [2004]

Don Lino (voice)
Meet the Fockers poster

Meet the Fockers [2004]

Jack Byrnes
Godsend poster

Godsend [2004]

Richard Wells
City by the Sea poster

City by the Sea [2002]

Vincent LaMarca
Showtime poster

Showtime [2002]

Det. Mitch Preston
Analyze That poster

Analyze That [2002]

Paul Vitti
9/11 poster

9/11 [2002]

Himself
15 Minutes poster

15 Minutes [2001]

Eddie Flemming
The Score poster

The Score [2001]

Nick Wells
Men of Honor poster

Men of Honor [2000]

Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
Meet the Parents poster

Meet the Parents [2000]

Jack Byrnes
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle [2000]

Fearless Leader
Analyze This poster

Analyze This [1999]

Paul Vitti
Ronin poster

Ronin [1998]

Sam
Jackie Brown poster

Jackie Brown [1997]

Louis Gara
Wag the Dog poster

Wag the Dog [1997]

Conrad Brean
Cop Land poster

Cop Land [1997]

Lt. Moe Tilden
Sleepers poster

Sleepers [1996]

Father Bobby
Heat poster

Heat [1995]

Neil McCauley
Casino poster

Casino [1995]

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [1994]

The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
A Bronx Tale poster

A Bronx Tale [1993]

Lorenzo Anello
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear [1991]

Max Cady
Backdraft poster

Backdraft [1991]

Donald Rimgale
GoodFellas poster

GoodFellas [1990]

James Conway
Awakenings poster

Awakenings [1990]

Leonard Lowe
Midnight Run poster

Midnight Run [1988]

Jack Walsh
Raging Bull poster

Raging Bull [1980]

Jake LaMotta
The Godfather Part II poster

The Godfather Part II [1974]

Don Vito Corleone
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