Robert Anthony De Niro\u00a0(born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. Considered one of his generation’s greatest and most influential actors, De Niro has received\u00a0various accolades, including two\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0\u00a0Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight\u00a0BAFTA Awards\u00a0and four\u00a0Emmy Awards. He was honoured with the\u00a0AFI Life Achievement Award\u00a0in 2003, the\u00a0Kennedy Center Honors\u00a0in 2009, the\u00a0Cecil B. DeMille Award\u00a0in 2011, and the\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award\u00a0in 2019. De Niro was presented with the\u00a0Presidential Medal of Freedom\u00a0by U.S. President\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n
De Niro studied acting at\u00a0HB Studio,\u00a0Stella Adler Conservatory, and\u00a0Lee Strasberg’s\u00a0Actors Studio. His first credited screen role was in\u00a0Brian de Palma’s\u00a0Greetings\u00a0(1968). De Niro’s first collaboration with\u00a0Martin Scorsese\u00a0was with the crime drama film\u00a0Mean Streets\u00a0(1973). De Niro has earned two\u00a0Academy Awards: one for\u00a0Best Supporting Actor\u00a0for his role as\u00a0Vito Corleone\u00a0in\u00a0Francis Ford Coppola’s\u00a0The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for\u00a0Best Actor\u00a0portraying\u00a0Jake LaMotta\u00a0in Scorsese’s drama\u00a0Raging Bull (1980). De Niro was also Oscar-nominated for\u00a0Taxi Driver\u00a0(1976),\u00a0The Deer Hunter\u00a0(1978),\u00a0Awakenings\u00a0(1990),\u00a0Cape Fear\u00a0(1991),\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook\u00a0(2012), and\u00a0Killers of the Flower Moon\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n
He is also known for his film roles in\u00a0Bang the Drum Slowly\u00a0(1973),\u00a01900\u00a0(1976),\u00a0The King of Comedy\u00a0(1982),\u00a0Once Upon a Time in America(1984),\u00a0Brazil\u00a0(1985),\u00a0The Mission\u00a0(1986),\u00a0Angel Heart\u00a0(1987),\u00a0The Untouchables\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Goodfellas\u00a0(1990),\u00a0This Boy’s Life\u00a0(1993),\u00a0Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Heat\u00a0(1995),\u00a0Casino\u00a0(1995),\u00a0Jackie Brown\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Joker\u00a0(2019), and\u00a0The Irishman\u00a0(2019). He directed and acted in\u00a0A Bronx Tale\u00a0(1993) and\u00a0The Good Shepherd\u00a0(2006). His comedic roles include\u00a0Hi, Mom!\u00a0(1970),\u00a0Midnight Run\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Wag the Dog\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Analyze This\u00a0(1999) and its sequel,\u00a0Analyze That\u00a0(2002), the\u00a0Meet the Parents\u00a0films (2000\u20132010), and\u00a0The Intern\u00a0(2015).<\/p>\n
Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed\u00a0Bernie Madoff\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0The Wizard of Lies\u00a0(2017), earning a nomination for\u00a0the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He received further\u00a0Emmy Award\u00a0nominations for producing the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0limited series\u00a0When They See Us\u00a0(2019) and for portraying\u00a0Robert Mueller\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n
De Niro and producer\u00a0Jane Rosenthal\u00a0founded the film and television production company\u00a0TriBeCa Productions\u00a0in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the\u00a0Tribeca Film Festival\u00a0in 2002. Many of De Niro’s films are considered classics of American cinema. Six of De Niro’s films have been inducted into the\u00a0United States National Film Registry\u00a0by the\u00a0Library of Congress\u00a0as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” as of 2023. Five films are featured on the\u00a0American Film Institute’s (AFI) list of the\u00a0100 greatest American films\u00a0ever.\u00a0Timeout\u00a0magazine’s list of 100 best movies included seven of De Niro’s films, as chosen by actors in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Robert Anthony De Niro\u00a0(born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. Considered one of his generation’s greatest and most influential actors, De Niro has received\u00a0various accolades, including two\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0\u00a0Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight\u00a0BAFTA Awards\u00a0and four\u00a0Emmy Awards. He was honoured with the\u00a0AFI Life Achievement Award\u00a0in 2003, the\u00a0Kennedy Center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-25782","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n