One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born in 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. Robert De Niro first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974) and received Academy Award nominations for best actor in Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Cape Fear (1991). He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980).

Robert 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, Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999), and Meet the Parents (2000). Other notable performances include Brazil (1985), The Untouchables (1987), Backdraft (1991), Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), and Jackie Brown (1997). At the same time, he also directed and starred in such films as A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). Robert De Niro has also received the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010.

As of 2025, Robert De Niro is 82 years old. He has never retired from acting, and continues to work regularly in mostly film.

Robert De Niro at an event for A Single Man (2009)

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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Heat (1995)

Robert De Niro in The Untouchables (1987)

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Robert De Niro and Barry Primus in New York, New York (1977)

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Robert De Niro, Juliette Lewis, Nick Nolte, and Jessica Lange in Cape Fear (1991)

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