Robert De Niro

Biography

Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. He is 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.

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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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Robert De Niro

Divine Discord: The Mission’s Haunting Echoes of Faith and Fury

on The Mission | Aug 27, 2025

Ever wonder what happens when paradise collides with politics and faith frays at the edges? Roland Joffé’s The Mission (1986) dares to ask, plunging us into the lush, perilous jungles of 18th-century ... Read more

Shadows of Justice: The Unfading Echoes of Sleepers

on Sleepers | Aug 18, 2025

Ever wonder how far loyalty can bend before it breaks? Sleepers (1996), Barry Levinson’s gut-wrenching dive into vengeance and brotherhood, dares to ask, hooking you from its opening montage of 1960s ... Read more

Shadows and Shogun: The Timeless Grit of Ronin

on Ronin | Aug 07, 2025

Ever wonder what happens when a film throws James Bond’s polish into a blender with samurai grit and a pinch of post-Cold War paranoia? Ronin (1998), directed by John Frankenheimer, answers with a pul... Read more

A Riveting Tale of Crime, Corruption, and Honor

on The Untouchables | Jun 06, 2025

The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma, is a tour de force of cinematic storytelling that immerses the audience in the gritty world of Prohibition-era Chicago. With a stellar cast led by Kevin C... Read more

"Put on a happy face." This ironic and unsettling invitation hints at the fractured psyche and tragic transformation at the heart of "Joker."

on Joker | May 31, 2025

Todd Phillips’s Joker is a chilling and divisive character study that delves into the origin story of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a mentally ill and struggling clown living in a decaying Gotham Ci... Read more