Acting
Robert De Niro
EN, DE, KO, IT cinema · 245 credits
Born
17 August 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Robert DeNiro · Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. · Bobby DeNiro
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.
Known for
Filmography
After Exile
as Ted Delaney
De Niro, New York
as Self
Faith
Faith
as Seargant Ben Halston
Focker-in-Law
as Jack Byrnes, Producer
The Whisper Man
as Peter Willis
Tribeca 25
as Self
As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas
as Self (archive footage)
Tin Soldier
as Emmanuel Ashburn
The Alto Knights
as Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Nobu
as Self
Megadoc
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
Ezra
as Stan Bernal, Executive Producer
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as William Hale
About My Father
as Salvo Maniscalco
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
as Jake LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
as Self (archive footage)
Savage Salvation
as Sheriff Church
Amsterdam
as General Gil Dillenbeck
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Fuck Coin
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Val
as Self (archive)
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy, Not Insane
as Self (archive footage)
The Comeback Trail
as Max Barber
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
as Self (Archive Footage)
Artemis Fowl
Executive Producer
The Irishman
as Frank Sheeran, Producer
Joker
as Murray Franklin
I Am Durán
as Self
News from Taxi Driver
as Travis Bickle
Bohemian Rhapsody
Executive Producer
The Wizard of Lies
as Bernie Madoff, Executive Producer
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
as Self (uncredited)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Hands of Stone
as Ray Arcel
Dirty Grandpa
as Dick Kelly
The Comedian
as Jackie Burke
I Am JFK Jr.
as Self
The Intern
as Ben Whitaker
Joy
as Rudy
Heist
as The Pope
Ellis
Actor
The Audition
as Robert De Niro
The Bag Man
as Dragna
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self (archive footage)
Grudge Match
as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
Killing Season
as Benjamin Ford
The Big Wedding
as Don Griffin
The Family
as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
Last Vegas
as Paddy
American Hustle
as Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
Casting By
as Self
Silver Linings Playbook
as Pat Solatano Sr.
Red Lights
as Simon Silver
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Being Flynn
as Jonathan Flynn
Freelancers
as Sarcone
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
New Year's Eve
as Stan Harris
Killer Elite
as Hunter
Limitless
as Carl Van Loon
Corman's World
as Self - Actor
The Ages of Love
as Adrian
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
Machete
as Senator John McLaughlin
Stone
as Jack
Little Fockers
as Jack Byrnes, Producer
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Everybody's Fine
as Frank Goode
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
What Just Happened
as Ben, Producer
Righteous Kill
as Turk
The Beaches of Agnès
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust
as Captain Shakespeare
God's Lonely Man
as Self - Archive Footage
The Good Shepherd
as Bill Sullivan, Director, Producer
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self - Speaker
Arthur and the Invisibles
as King (voice)
Hide and Seek
as David Callaway
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
as Self (archive footage)
Raging Bull: After the Fight
as Self (archive footage)
The 'New York, New York' Stories
as Self (archive footage)
Club Oscar
as Don Lino (voice)
De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot
as Self (archive)
Rent
Producer
Meet the Fockers
as Jack Byrnes, Producer
Shark Tale
as Don Lino (voice)
Godsend
as Richard Wells
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Archbishop of Peru
Fahrenheit 9/11
as Self (archive footage)
Stage Beauty
Producer
Showtime
as Det. Mitch Preston
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self (archive footage)
Analyze That
as Paul Vitti
City by the Sea
as Vincent LaMarca
9/11
as Self
About a Boy
Producer
15 Minutes
as Eddie Flemming
The Score
as Nick Wells
Making "The Score"
as Himself
Prison Song
Producer
Meet the Parents
as Jack Byrnes, Producer
Men of Honor
as Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Fearless Leader, Producer
Holiday Heart
Executive Producer
Flawless
as Walt Koontz
Analyze This
as Paul Vitti
Entropy
Producer
Ronin
as Sam
Great Expectations
as Prisoner / Lustig
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Junket Whore
as Self
Witness to the Mob
Executive Producer
Jackie Brown
as Louis Gara
Wag the Dog
as Conrad Brean, Producer
Cop Land
as Lt. Moe Tilden
Sleepers
as Father Bobby
The Fan
as Gil Renard
Marvin's Room
as Wallace "Wally" Carter, Producer
Faithful
Producer
Heat
as Neil McCauley
Casino
as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
One Hundred and One Nights
as The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise
Ennio Morricone
as Self (archive footage)
Panther
Producer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as The Creature / Sharp Featured Man, Associate Producer
A Bronx Tale
as Lorenzo Anello, Director, Producer
Mad Dog and Glory
as Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
This Boy's Life
as Dwight
Night and the City
as Harry Fabian
Mistress
as Evan M. Wright, Producer
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Vito Corleone
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Thunderheart
Producer
Cape Fear
as Max Cady
Backdraft
as Donald Rimgale
Guilty by Suspicion
as David Merrill
GoodFellas
as James Conway
Awakenings
as Leonard Lowe
Stanley & Iris
as Stanley Cox
We're No Angels
as Ned, Executive Producer
Jacknife
as Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey
Midnight Run
as John Wesley “Jack” Walsh
The Untouchables
as Al Capone
Angel Heart
as Louis Cyphre
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Great Sewer (voice)
The Mission
as Rodrigo Mendoza
Brazil
as Harry Tuttle
Once Upon a Time in America
as Noodles
Falling in Love
as Frank Raftis
The King of Comedy
as Rupert Pupkin
True Confessions
as Father Des Spellacy
Raging Bull
as Jake LaMotta, Screenplay
The Swap
as Sam Nicoletti (archive footage)
The Deer Hunter
as Michael Vronsky
New York, New York
as Jimmy Doyle
Taxi Driver
as Travis Bickle
1900
as Alfredo Berlinghieri
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
ABCinema
as Self
The Godfather Part II
as Vito Corleone
Mean Streets
as John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
Bang the Drum Slowly
as Bruce Pearson
Born to Win
as Danny
Jennifer on My Mind
as Mardigian
Bloody Mama
as Lloyd Barker
Hi, Mom!
as Jon Rubin
The Wedding Party
as Cecil
Sam's Song
as Sam Nicoletti
Greetings
as Jon Rubin
Young Wolves
as Un hippie chez Popov (uncredited)
Three Rooms in Manhattan
as Client at the Diner (uncredited)