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Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. He is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert De Niro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. He is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert De Niro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Golden Globe Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Comedy Central Roasts
SNL Digital Shorts
The Cleveland Show
30 Rock
Extras
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
American Hustle
How to Rob a Bank
Val
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Amsterdam
Arthur and the Invisibles
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Stardust
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
#LoveArmy : Où es-tu Jérôme ?
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Good Shepherd
The Godfather Part II
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Marvin's Room
The Untouchables
Jackie Brown
Silver Linings Playbook
Backdraft
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Killer Elite
The Irishman: In Conversation
Meet the Parents
Killers of the Flower Moon
Sleepers
Heist
Mr. Saturday Night
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Heat
Hands of Stone
Angel Heart
Joy
Shark Tale
About My Father
Meet the Fockers
Joker
Bang the Drum Slowly
Limitless
Red Lights
Savage Salvation
Wag the Dog
Brazil
The Irishman
Casino
Analyze This
Zero Day
This Boy's Life
Falling in Love
Awakenings
The War with Grandpa
Midnight Run
Flawless
The Wizard of Lies
Cape Fear
The Intern
The Big Wedding
We're No Angels
The Comeback Trail
Taxi Driver
Last Vegas
City by the Sea
The King of Comedy
Righteous Kill
Men of Honor
Once Upon a Time in America
Ronin
Raging Bull
Little Fockers
The Last Tycoon
The Family
1900
Dirty Grandpa
A Bronx Tale
The Deer Hunter
Mad Dog and Glory
Grudge Match
The Score
GoodFellas
The Alto Knights
Production Credits
About a Boy
Little Fockers
The Wizard of Lies
Rent
We're No Angels
When They See Us
Public Enemies
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Marvin's Room
Wag the Dog
NYC 22
The Irishman
Zero Day
Meet the Parents
The Good Shepherd
Holiday Heart
Bohemian Rhapsody
Artemis Fowl
A Bronx Tale
Meet the Fockers
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