
Actor
Robert De Niro
Born August 17, 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA118 films
Robert Anthony De Niro (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 various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019. De Niro was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
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De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first credited screen role was in Brian de Palma's Greetings (1968). De Niro's first collaboration with Martin Scorsese was with the crime drama film Mean Streets (1973). De Niro has earned two Academy Awards: one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). De Niro was also Oscar-nominated for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
He is also known for his film roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America(1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Angel Heart (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He directed and acted in A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). His comedic roles include Hi, Mom! (1970), Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999) and its sequel, Analyze That (2002), the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), and The Intern (2015).
Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He received further Emmy Award nominations for producing the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019) and for portraying Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live.
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. Many of De Niro's films are considered classics of American cinema. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" as of 2023. Five films are featured on the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the 100 greatest American films ever. Timeout magazine's list of 100 best movies included seven of De Niro's films, as chosen by actors in the industry.
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First watchThe Godfather Part II19748.6as Vito CorleoneIn the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
118 films as actor- TBAAfter ExileTed Delaney
- 2026Focker-in-LawJack Byrnes
- 2026The Whisper ManPeter Willis
- 2025Tin SoldierEmmanuel Ashburn
- 2025The Alto KnightsVito Genovese / Frank Costello
- 2024EzraStan Bernal
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonWilliam Hale
- 2023About My FatherSalvo Maniscalco
- 2022Savage SalvationSheriff Church
- 2022AmsterdamGeneral Gil Dillenbeck
- 2020The Comeback TrailMax Barber
- 2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)James
- 2020The War with GrandpaEd
- 2019The IrishmanFrank Sheeran
- 2019JokerMurray Franklin
- 2017The Wizard of LiesBernie Madoff
- 2016The ComedianJackie Burke
- 2016Hands of StoneRay Arcel
- 2016Dirty GrandpaDick Kelly
- 2015JoyRudy
- 2015HeistThe Pope
- 2015Ellis
- 2015The InternBen Whitaker
- 2014The Bag ManDragna
- 2013Grudge MatchBilly 'The Kid' McDonnen
- 2013American HustleVictor Tellegio (uncredited)
- 2013Last VegasPatrick 'Paddy' Connors
- 2013The FamilyFred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
- 2013Killing SeasonBenjamin Ford
- 2013The Big WeddingDon Griffin
- 2012Silver Linings PlaybookPat Solatano Sr.
- 2012FreelancersSarcone
- 2012Python Legs!
- 2012Red LightsSimon Silver
- 2012Being FlynnJonathan Flynn
- 2011New Year's EveStan Harris
- 2011Killer EliteHunter
- 2011LimitlessCarl Van Loon
- 2011The Ages of LoveAdrian
- 2010Little FockersJack Byrnes
- 2010StoneJack
- 2010MacheteSenator John McLaughlin
- 2009Everybody's FineFrank Goode
- 2008What Just HappenedBen
- 2008Righteous KillTurk
- 2007StardustCaptain Shakespeare
- 2006Arthur and the InvisiblesKing (voice)
- 2006The Good ShepherdBill Sullivan
- 2005Club OscarDon Lino (voice)
- 2005Hide and SeekDavid Callaway
- 2004Meet the FockersJack Byrnes
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyArchbishop of Peru
- 2004Shark TaleDon Lino (voice)
- 2004GodsendRichard Wells
- 2002Analyze ThatPaul Vitti
- 2002City by the SeaVincent LaMarca
- 2002ShowtimeDet. Mitch Preston
- 2001The ScoreNick Wells
- 200115 MinutesEddie Flemming
- 2000Meet the ParentsJack Byrnes
- 2000Men of HonorMaster Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
- 2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleFearless Leader
- 1999FlawlessWalt Koontz
- 1999Analyze ThisPaul Vitti
- 1998RoninSam
- 1998Great ExpectationsPrisoner / Lustig
- 1997Jackie BrownLouis Gara
- 1997Wag the DogConrad Brean
- 1997Cop LandLt. Moe Tilden
- 1996Marvin's RoomWallace "Wally" Carter
- 1996SleepersFather Bobby
- 1996The FanGil Renard
- 1995HeatNeil McCauley
- 1995CasinoSam 'Ace' Rothstein
- 1995One Hundred and One NightsThe Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise
- 1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinThe Creature / Sharp Featured Man
- 1993A Bronx TaleLorenzo Anello
- 1993This Boy's LifeDwight
- 1993Mad Dog and GloryWayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
- 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Vito Corleone
- 1992Night and the CityHarry Fabian
- 1992MistressEvan M. Wright
- 1991Cape FearMax Cady
- 1991BackdraftDonald Rimgale
- 1991Guilty by SuspicionDavid Merrill
- 1990AwakeningsLeonard Lowe
- 1990GoodFellasJames Conway
- 1990Stanley & IrisStanley Cox
- 1989JacknifeJoseph 'Jacknife' Megessey
- 1989We're No AngelsNed
- 1988Midnight RunJohn Wesley “Jack” Walsh
- 1987The UntouchablesAl Capone
- 1987Angel HeartLouis Cyphre
- 1986The MissionRodrigo Mendoza
- 1985BrazilHarry Tuttle
- 1984Falling in LoveFrank Raftis
- 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaNoodles
- 1982The King of ComedyRupert Pupkin
- 1981True ConfessionsFather Des Spellacy
- 1980Raging BullJake LaMotta
- 1978The Deer HunterMichael Vronsky
- 1977New York, New YorkJimmy Doyle
- 1976The Last TycoonMonroe Stahr
- 19761900Alfredo Berlinghieri
- 1976Taxi DriverTravis Bickle
- 1974The Godfather Part IIVito Corleone
- 1973Mean StreetsJohn 'Johnny Boy' Civello
- 1973Bang the Drum SlowlyBruce Pearson
- 1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightMario
- 1971Born to WinDanny
- 1971Jennifer on My MindMardigian
- 1970Hi, Mom!Jon Rubin
- 1970Bloody MamaLloyd Barker
- 1969Sam's SongSam Nicoletti
- 1969The Wedding PartyCecil
- 1968GreetingsJon Rubin
- 1968Young WolvesUn hippie chez Popov (uncredited)
- 1965Three Rooms in ManhattanClient at the Diner (uncredited)







