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Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

American actor, director and producer

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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-oh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; 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".

Filmography and accolades

Main articles: Robert De Niro filmography and List of awards and nominations received by Robert De Niro

Prolific in film since the 1970s, De Niro's most critically acclaimed films, according to the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, include Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Midnight Run (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Heat (1995), Meet the Parents (2000), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and The Irishman (2019).[270]

De Niro has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:[271]

47th Academy Awards (1974): Best Supporting Actor, win, for The Godfather Part II

49th Academy Awards (1976): Best Actor, nomination, for Taxi Driver

51st Academy Awards (1978): Best Actor, nomination, for The Deer Hunter

53rd Academy Awards (1980): Best Actor, win, for Raging Bull

63rd Academy Awards (1990): Best Actor, nomination, for Awakenings

64th Academy Awards (1991): Best Actor, nomination, for Cape Fear

85th Academy Awards (2013): Best Supporting Actor, nomination, for Silver Linings Playbook

92nd Academy Awards (2020): Best Picture, nomination, for The Irishman

De Niro has won two Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Raging Bull and a Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment".[272] He was also the 56th recipient of Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; Leonardo DiCaprio, who co-starred with De Niro in This Boy's Life, presented him the award, citing him as an inspiration and influence.[273][274]

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Birthdate
August 17, 1943
Birthplace
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Nationality
United States
United States
Founder of
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TriBeCa Productions
Director of (Film)
A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale
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The Good Shepherd
Child of
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Virginia Admiral
Location
United States
United States
Educated at
Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Stella Adler Studio of Acting
HB Studio
HB Studio
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PS 41
Rhodes Preparatory School
Rhodes Preparatory School
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Little Red School House
Little Red School House
Awards Received
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
American Film Institute
American Film Institute
MTV Movie & TV Award
MTV Movie & TV Award
Directors Guild of America Award
Directors Guild of America Award
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Theatrical producer
Film producer
Film producer
Film director
Film director
Actor
Actor
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Television producer
Screenwriter
Screenwriter

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Birth Name
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr
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Elliot De Niro
Drena De Niro
Drena De Niro
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Robert De Niro
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United States
United States
Italy
Italy
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Robert De Niro Sr.
Industry
Film industry
Film industry
Known for
American actor and producer
Mother
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Virginia Admiral
Notable Work
Night and the City
Night and the City
Awakenings
Awakenings
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion
A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale
When They See Us
When They See Us
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Mistress
Backdraft
Backdraft
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Casino
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Official Name
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
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Virginia Admiral
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Robert De Niro
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Q36949

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