Robert De Niro
17 August, 1943
| 1.77 m
Actor
Producer
Director
Biography
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. De Niro first gained fame for his role in Uderzaj powoli w bęben (1973), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Ulice nędzy (1973), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ojciec chrzestny II (1974) and received Academy Award nominations for best actor in Taksówkarz (1976), Łowca jeleni (1978) and Przylądek strachu (1991). He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in Wściekły byk (1980).De Niro has earned four Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in New York, New York (1977), opposite Liza Minnelli, Zdążyć przed północą (1988), Depresja gangstera (1999) and Poznaj mojego tatę (2000). Other notable performances include Brazil (1985), Nietykalni (1987), Ognisty podmuch (1991), Frankenstein (1994), Gorączka (1995), Kasyno (1995) and Jackie Brown (1997). At the same time, he also directed and starred in such films as Prawo Bronxu (1993) and Dobry agent (2006). De Niro has also received the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010.As of 2022, De Niro is 79-years-old. He has never retired from acting, and continues to work regularly in mostly film.
Movies
Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.
Two fugitives pass themselves off as priests in the hope of evading capture and passing the police blockade at the border with Canada.
When shy, soft-spoken Chicago detective Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie inadvertently saves the life of local gangster Frank Milo, he's the reluctant recipient of an unusual one week "thank you" gift - a beautiful bartender named Glory.
An egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb.
When enemies Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader escape into the real world with a nefarious scheme, Rocky and Bullwinkle do the same, and team up with a young F.B.I. Agent to stop the trio.
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
A criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.
Although they live married lives, two strangers keep running into each other, starting a friendship that could blossom into so much more.
When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her parents.
A film producer who owes money to a mobster tries to "accidentally" kill his aging movie star for an insurance scam so he can payoff his debt, but he begins to realize that the movie they're shooting is a masterpiece in the making.
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
Returning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
Two Vietnam vets search for the strength to face up to their horrific war experiences, but their friendship begins to splinter when one becomes romantically involved with the other's sister.
The story of the friendship between the New York Mammoths major-league baseball team's worldly-wise pitcher Henry "Author" Wiggen and half-wit catcher Bruce Pearson as they cope with Bruce's terminal illness during a baseball season.