Robert De Niro

Born: 1943-08-17 in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026

The Whisper Man as Peter Willis
Focker-in-Law as Jack Byrnes
Tribeca 25 as Self
As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas as Self (archive footage)

2025

RTL Tonight as Self
Zero Day as President George Mullen
Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self
Mr. Scorsese as Self
The Alto Knights as Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Tin Soldier as Emmanuel Ashburn
Megadoc as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
Breakdown: 1975 as Travis Bickle (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President as Self (archive footage)
American Prince: JFK Jr. as Self
American Prince: JFK Jr. as Self
Nobu as Self

2024

Ezra as Stan Bernal

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon as William Hale
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
About My Father as Salvo Maniscalco
Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life as Self
Nothing as Vincent
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club as Jake LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

Amsterdam as General Gil Dillenbeck
Savage Salvation as Sheriff Church
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America as Self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé as Self (archive footage)
The Past Goes Fast as Self

2021

CBS Mornings as Self - Guest
Val as Self (archive)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
Fuck Coin as Self

2017

The Wizard of Lies as Bernie Madoff
The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Alec Baldwin: One Night Only as Self
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame as Self (uncredited)

2016

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
Dirty Grandpa as Dick Kelly
Hands of Stone as Ray Arcel
The Comedian as Jackie Burke
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony as Self
I Am JFK Jr. as Self
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 as Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A as Self

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
The Intern as Ben Whitaker
Joy as Rudy
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ... (Thanks)
Heist as The Pope
The Audition as Self
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict as Self
Il segreto di Otello as Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas as Self
Ellis

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
The Bag Man as Dragna
The Man Who Saved the World as Self
Don Rickles: One Night Only as Self
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. as Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)

2013

American Hustle as Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
The Family as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
Last Vegas as Patrick 'Paddy' Connors
Grudge Match as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
Killing Season as Benjamin Ford
The Big Wedding as Don Griffin
David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
Trespassing Bergman as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa as Self

2012

Silver Linings Playbook as Pat Solatano Sr.
NYC 22 ... (Executive Producer)
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)
Casting By as Self
Python Legs!

2011

Limitless as Carl Van Loon
Killer Elite as Hunter
New Year's Eve as Stan Harris
The Ages of Love as Adrian
Corman's World as Self - Actor
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone as Self
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby as Self
Marty and Bobby as Self
9/11: 10 Years Later as Host
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic as Self (archive footage)

2010

Little Fockers as Jack Byrnes
Machete as Senator John McLaughlin
Stone as Jack
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
The Cleveland Show
Everybody's Fine as Frank Goode
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as (archive footage)

2008

Righteous Kill as Turk
What Just Happened as Ben
The Beaches of Agnès as Self (archive footage)

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
Stardust as Captain Shakespeare
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven as Self
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute as Self
God's Lonely Man as Self - Archive Footage
Making Casino as Self

2006

The One Show as Self
30 Rock as Robert De Niro
The Good Shepherd as Bill Sullivan
Arthur and the Invisibles as King (voice)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic as Self - Speaker

2005

The Reichen Show as Self
Extras as Robert De Niro
Hide and Seek as David Callaway
Rent ... (Producer)
The Making of 'Heat' as Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring as Self
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring as Self (archive footage)
The 'New York, New York' Stories as Self (archive footage)
Raging Bull: After the Fight as Self (archive footage)
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation as Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight as Self
Club Oscar as Don Lino (voice)
De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot as Self (archive)

2004

Shark Tale as Don Lino (voice)
Meet the Fockers as Jack Byrnes
Fahrenheit 9/11 as Self (archive footage)
Stage Beauty ... (Producer)
Godsend as Richard Wells
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Archbishop of Peru
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western as Himself

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self - Guest
Comedy Central Roasts as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self

2002

About a Boy ... (Producer)
Analyze That as Paul Vitti
Showtime as Det. Mitch Preston
City by the Sea as Vincent LaMarca
9/11 as Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' as Self (archive footage)

2001

The Score as Nick Wells
15 Minutes as Eddie Flemming
The Concert for New York City as Self
Prison Song ... (Producer)
The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
Making "The Score" as Himself

2000

Men of Honor as Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
Meet the Parents as Jack Byrnes
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Fearless Leader
Holiday Heart ... (Executive Producer)

1999

Analyze This as Paul Vitti
Flawless as Walt Koontz
Entropy ... (Producer)
Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self

1998

Great Expectations as Prisoner / Lustig
Ronin as Sam
Junket Whore as Self
Witness to the Mob ... (Executive Producer)
La surface de réparation ... (Thanks)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth as Self - Narrator (voice)

1997

The View as Self
Jackie Brown as Louis Gara
Cop Land as Lt. Moe Tilden
Wag the Dog as Conrad Brean

1996

The Daily Show as Self - Guest
Sleepers as Father Bobby
Marvin's Room as Wallace "Wally" Carter
The Fan as Gil Renard
Faithful ... (Producer)

1995

Heat as Neil McCauley
Casino as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
Panther ... (Producer)
One Hundred and One Nights as The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise
Ennio Morricone as Self (archive footage)

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
Inside the Actors Studio as Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Self
You Talkin' to Me? as Self

1993

A Bronx Tale as Lorenzo Anello
This Boy's Life as Dwight
Mad Dog and Glory as Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
TriBeCa ... (Producer)
The Night We Never Met ... (Producer)
Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Thunderheart ... (Producer)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Vito Corleone
Night and the City as Harry Fabian
Mistress as Evan M. Wright
Blast 'Em as Self (uncredited)

1991

Cape Fear as Max Cady
Backdraft as Donald Rimgale
Guilty by Suspicion as David Merrill

1990

GoodFellas as James Conway
Awakenings as Leonard Lowe
Stanley & Iris as Stanley Cox
Hollywood Mavericks as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self
Martin Scorsese Directs as Self

1989

We're No Angels as Ned
Jacknife as Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey
The Making of Moonwalker as Self

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Midnight Run as John Wesley “Jack” Walsh
Hello Actors Studio as Self
Movies Are My Life as Self

1987

The Untouchables as Al Capone
Angel Heart as Louis Cyphre
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Great Sewer (voice)

1986

The Mission as Rodrigo Mendoza

1985

Brazil as Harry Tuttle
Night of 100 Stars II as Self

1984

Goldene Kamera as Self
Once Upon a Time in America as Noodles
Falling in Love as Frank Raftis

1982

The King of Comedy as Rupert Pupkin
Night of 100 Stars as Self
Elia Kazan: An Outsider as Self

1981

True Confessions as Father Des Spellacy

1980

Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta

1979

The Swap as Sam Nicoletti (archive footage)

1978

The Deer Hunter as Michael Vronsky

1977

Auf los geht's los as Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Young Vito Corleone
New York, New York as Jimmy Doyle

1976

Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle
1900 as Alfredo Berlinghieri
The Last Tycoon as Monroe Stahr
The Cinema According to Bertolucci as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
ABCinema as Self

1974

The Godfather Part II as Vito Corleone

1973

Mean Streets as John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
Bang the Drum Slowly as Bruce Pearson

1971

Film '72 as Self
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as Mario
Jennifer on My Mind as Mardigian
Born to Win as Danny

1970

Hi, Mom! as Jon Rubin
Bloody Mama as Lloyd Barker
Son of Greetings

1969

The Wedding Party as Cecil
Sam's Song as Sam Nicoletti

1968

Greetings as Jon Rubin
Young Wolves as Un hippie chez Popov (uncredited)

1965

Three Rooms in Manhattan as Client at the Diner (uncredited)

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee