Robert De Niro

Acting • Born 1943-08-17

Acting8Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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. 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.

Filmography

264 credits

Brazil

Movie • 1985

Harry Tuttle

Taxi Driver

Movie • 1976

Travis Bickle

The Untouchables

Movie • 1987

Al Capone

Jackie Brown

Movie • 1997

Louis Gara

Mean Streets

Movie • 1973

John 'Johnny Boy' Civello

The Godfather Part II

Movie • 1974

Vito Corleone

The King of Comedy

Movie • 1982

Rupert Pupkin

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie • 1984

David 'Noodles' Aaronson

Heat

Movie • 1995

Neil McCauley

Casino

Movie • 1995

Sam "Ace" Rothstein

The Good Shepherd

Movie • 2006

Bill Sullivan

Wag the Dog

Movie • 1997

Conrad Brean

Angel Heart

Movie • 1987

Louis Cyphre

Raging Bull

Movie • 1980

Jake LaMotta

Cop Land

Movie • 1997

Lt. Moe Tilden

Meet the Fockers

Movie • 2004

Jack Byrnes

Meet the Parents

Movie • 2000

Jack Byrnes

A Bronx Tale

Movie • 1993

Lorenzo Anello

Cape Fear

Movie • 1991

Max Cady

GoodFellas

Movie • 1990

James Conway

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie • 1994

The Creature / Sharp Featured Man

Sleepers

Movie • 1996

Father Bobby

Stardust

Movie • 2007

Captain Shakespeare

Shark Tale

Movie • 2004

Don Lino (voice)

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Movie • 1994

Self

1900

Movie • 1976

Alfredo Berlinghieri

15 Minutes

Movie • 2001

Eddie Flemming

Mad Dog and Glory

Movie • 1993

Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie

Backdraft

Movie • 1991

Donald Rimgale

Awakenings

Movie • 1990

Leonard Lowe

Godsend

Movie • 2004

Richard Wells

Hide and Seek

Movie • 2005

David Callaway

Born to Win

Movie • 1971

Danny

The Score

Movie • 2001

Nick Wells

We're No Angels

Movie • 1989

Ned

The Mission

Movie • 1986

Rodrigo Mendoza

Showtime

Movie • 2002

Det. Mitch Preston

Guilty by Suspicion

Movie • 1991

David Merrill

The Deer Hunter

Movie • 1978

Michael Vronsky

Flawless

Movie • 1999

Walt Koontz

Bloody Mama

Movie • 1970

Lloyd Barker

Raging Bull: Before the Fight

Movie • 2005

Self

Marty and Bobby

Movie • 2011

Self

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

Movie • 2005

Self (archive footage)

Raging Bull: After the Fight

Movie • 2005

Self (archive footage)

The 'New York, New York' Stories

Movie • 2005

Self (archive footage)

A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'

Movie • 2002

Self (archive footage)

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

Movie • 2005

Self

Machete

Movie • 2010

Senator John McLaughlin

This Boy's Life

Movie • 1993

Dwight Hansen

Ronin

Movie • 1998

Sam

Men of Honor

Movie • 2000

Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')

True Confessions

Movie • 1981

Father Des Spellacy

What Just Happened

Movie • 2008

Ben

Great Expectations

Movie • 1998

Prisoner / Lustig

Midnight Run

Movie • 1988

John Wesley “Jack” Walsh

Analyze This

Movie • 1999

Paul Vitti

The Fan

Movie • 1996

Gil Renard

New York, New York

Movie • 1977

Jimmy Doyle

Analyze That

Movie • 2002

Paul Vitti

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

Movie • 2016

Young Vito Corleone

Marvin's Room

Movie • 1996

Wallace "Wally" Carter

Everybody's Fine

Movie • 2009

Frank Goode

Righteous Kill

Movie • 2008

Turk

537 Votes

Movie • 2020

Self (archive footage)

Jennifer on My Mind

Movie • 1971

Mardigian

City by the Sea

Movie • 2002

Vincent LaMarca

Stanley & Iris

Movie • 1990

Stanley Cox

Night and the City

Movie • 1992

Harry Fabian

Bang the Drum Slowly

Movie • 1973

Bruce Pearson

Hi, Mom!

Movie • 1970

Jon Rubin

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Movie • 1987

Great Sewer (voice)

New Year's Eve

Movie • 2011

Stan Harris

The Last Tycoon

Movie • 1976

Monroe Stahr

Stone

Movie • 2010

Jack

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Movie • 2009

Self

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Movie • 2004

Archbishop of Peru

Grudge Match

Movie • 2013

Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen

Jacknife

Movie • 1989

Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey

Killer Elite

Movie • 2011

Hunter

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie • 2000

Fearless Leader

Little Fockers

Movie • 2010

Jack Byrnes

Casting By

Movie • 2012

Self

Limitless

Movie • 2011

Carl Van Loon

Falling in Love

Movie • 1984

Frank Raftis

Mistress

Movie • 1992

Evan M. Wright

Silver Linings Playbook

Movie • 2012

Pat Solatano Sr.

Greetings

Movie • 1968

Jon Rubin

The Wedding Party

Movie • 1969

Cecil

Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven

Movie • 2007

Self

Corman's World

Movie • 2011

Self - Actor

Red Lights

Movie • 2012

Simon Silver

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Movie • 1993

Self

Ages of Love

Movie • 2011

Adrian

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie • 2012

(archive footage)

One Hundred and One Nights

Movie • 1995

The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise

Killing Season

Movie • 2013

Benjamin Ford

Being Flynn

Movie • 2012

Jonathan Flynn

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Movie • 1971

Mario

The Big Wedding

Movie • 2013

Don Griffin

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Movie • 1998

Self - Narrator (voice)

Freelancers

Movie • 2012

Sarcone

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Movie • 2001

Self

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Movie • 2010

Self (uncredited) (archive footage)

The Family

Movie • 2013

Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

Movie • 2004

Self

Last Vegas

Movie • 2013

Patrick 'Paddy' Connors

Hands of Stone

Movie • 2016

Ray Arcel

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

Movie • 2022

Self (archive footage)

The Man Who Saved the World

Movie • 2014

Self

Ezra

Movie • 2024

Stan Bernal

Tin Soldier

Movie • 2025

Emmanuel Ashburn

Miracle Rising: South Africa

Movie • 2013

Self

Making 'Taxi Driver'

Movie • 1999

Self

The Bag Man

Movie • 2014

Dragna

The Intern

Movie • 2015

Ben Whitaker

Elia Kazan: An Outsider

Movie • 1982

Self

American Hustle

Movie • 2013

Victor Tellegio (uncredited)

Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.

Movie • 2014

Self

Hello Actors Studio

Movie • 1988

Self

Untitled De Niro/Ramirez/Jakubowicz Project

The Pope

You Talkin' to Me?

Movie • 1994

Self

Inside Rupert Pupkin

Movie • 2014

Self (archive footage)

Sly

Movie • 2023

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

Movie • 2023

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Blaine: Real or Magic

Movie • 2013

Self

Close Up

Movie • 2012

Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie • 1985

Self

Self

9/11: 10 Years Later

Sam Nicoletti (archive footage)

Fahrenheit 9/11

Movie • 2004

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars

Movie • 1982

Self

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Self

Python Legs!

Movie • 2012

Breakdown: 1975

Movie • 2025

Travis Bickle (archive footage)

News from Taxi Driver

Movie • 2019

Travis Bickle

Henry Fonda for President

Movie • 2025

Self (archive footage)

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

Movie • 2023

Jake LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)

Inside the Actors Studio

TV • 1994

TV • 1975

Self - Host

The Alec Baldwin Show

TV • 2018

Self

Extras

TV • 2005

Robert De Niro

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

100 Years of Warner Bros.

TV • 2023

Self

Nothing

TV • 2023

Vincent

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

TV • 1977

Young Vito Corleone

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV • 2014

Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Nominee

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

Self - Guest

The Reichen Show

TV • 2005

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Self (uncredited)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV • 2014

TV • 1944

Self - Presenter

The One Show

TV • 2006

Self

American Prince: JFK Jr.

TV • 2025

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Brendan Carr

Mr. Scorsese

TV • 2025

Self

The Merv Griffin Show

TV • 1962

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV • 2014

Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

Self

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self (uncredited)