Robert De Niro

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.