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Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro’s screen credits include Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, Noodles in Once Upon a Time in America, and Neil McCauley in Heat.
Born August 17, 1943 Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA17 movies on MoviHero
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About Robert De Niro
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). …
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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.
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- 2026Focker-in-Law1h 45m · Comedy · RomanceJack ByrnesUpcoming
- 2026Tribeca 250h 52m · DocumentarySelf
- 2026The Whisper Man1h 54m · Crime · DramaPeter Willis
- 2019Joker2h 2m · Crime · DramaMurray Franklin
- 2015The Intern2h 1m · ComedyBen Whitaker
- 2006The Good Shepherd2h 47m · Drama · HistoryDirector · Bill Sullivan
- 2004Meet the Fockers1h 55m · Comedy · RomanceJack Byrnes
- 2004Shark Tale1h 30m · Action · AnimationDon Lino (voice)
- 1997Jackie Brown2h 34m · Crime · DramaLouis Gara
- 1995Heat2h 50m · Action · CrimeNeil McCauley
- 1991Cape Fear2h 8m · Crime · DramaMax Cady
- 1990Awakenings2h 0m · DramaLeonard Lowe
- 1990GoodFellas2h 25m · Crime · DramaJames Conway
- 1987The Untouchables1h 59m · Crime · HistoryAl Capone
- 1984Once Upon a Time in America2h 19m · Crime · DramaNoodles
- 1976Taxi Driver1h 54m · Crime · DramaTravis Bickle
- 1974The Godfather Part II3h 22m · Crime · DramaVito Corleone
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- 2026As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of GoodfellasSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Breakdown: 1975Travis Bickle (archive footage)
- 2025MegadocSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025American Prince: JFK Jr.Self
- 2025NobuSelf
- 2025Tin SoldierEmmanuel Ashburn
- 2025The Alto KnightsVito Genovese / Frank Costello
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
- 2025Henry Fonda for PresidentSelf (archive footage)
- 2024EzraProducer · Stan Bernal
- 2023Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeSelf
- 2023Hot Potato: The Story of The WigglesSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonWilliam Hale
- 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film ClubJake LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023SlySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023About My FatherSalvo Maniscalco
- 2023The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and VanderpumpSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland JofféSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Savage SalvationSheriff Church
- 2022Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented AmericaSelf
- 2022AmsterdamGeneral Gil Dillenbeck
- 2022The Past Goes FastSelf
- 2021ValSelf (archive)
- 2021Morceaux de CannesSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Fuck CoinSelf
- 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Making 'The Irishman'Self
- 2020The Comeback TrailMax Barber
- 2020537 VotesSelf (archive footage)
- 2020GoodFellas: Behind Closed DoorsSelf (Archive Footage)
- 2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)James
- 2020The War with GrandpaEd
- 2020Artemis FowlProducer
- 2020Crazy, Not InsaneSelf (archive footage)
- 2020The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The IrishmanSelf
- 2019The Irishman: In ConversationSelf
- 2019The IrishmanProducer · Frank Sheeran
- 2019Comedy Central Roast of Alec BaldwinSelf
- 2019News from Taxi DriverTravis Bickle
- 2019I Am DuránSelf
- 2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf
- 2018Bohemian RhapsodyProducer
- 2017Alec Baldwin: One Night OnlySelf
- 2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017The Wizard of LiesProducer · Bernie Madoff
- 2017Jim Norton: Mouthful of ShameSelf (uncredited)
- 2016Tony Bennett Celebrates 90Self
- 2016The ComedianJackie Burke
- 2016Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&ASelf
- 2016National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening CeremonySelf
- 2016Hands of StoneRay Arcel
- 2016I Am JFK Jr.Self
- 2016Dirty GrandpaDick Kelly
- 2015JoyRudy
- 2015HeistThe Pope
- 2015Peggy Guggenheim: Art AddictSelf
- 2015EllisActor
- 2015The AuditionRobert De Niro
- 2015Scorsese's GoodFellasSelf
- 2015Il segreto di OtelloSelf
- 2014The Man Who Saved the WorldSelf
- 2014Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.Self
- 2014Don Rickles: One Night OnlySelf
- 2014Inside Rupert PupkinSelf (archive footage)
- 2014The Bag ManDragna
- 2013Grudge MatchBilly 'The Kid' McDonnen
- 2013American HustleVictor Tellegio (uncredited)
- 2013David Blaine: Real or MagicSelf
- 2013Last VegasPatrick 'Paddy' Connors
- 2013The FamilyFred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
- 2013Trespassing BergmanSelf
- 2013Killing SeasonBenjamin Ford
- 2013The Big WeddingDon Griffin
- 2013Miracle Rising: South AfricaSelf
- 2012Silver Linings PlaybookPat Solatano Sr.
- 2012Casting BySelf
- 2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)
- 2012FreelancersSarcone
- 2012Python Legs!Actor
- 2012Being FlynnJonathan Flynn
- 2012Red LightsSimon Silver
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2011Corman's WorldSelf - Actor
- 2011New Year's EveStan Harris
- 2011Killer EliteHunter
- 20119/11: 10 Years LaterHost
- 2011LimitlessCarl Van Loon
- 2011The Ages of LoveAdrian
- 2011Raging Bull: Reflections on a ClassicSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Behind Bars: The Making of StoneSelf
- 2011Marty and BobbySelf
- 2011Raging Bull: Marty & BobbySelf
- 2010Little FockersProducer · Jack Byrnes
- 2010StoneJack
- 2010MacheteSenator John McLaughlin
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