
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). 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.
40Credits9 TV · 31 films
1974–2025Years activefirst to latest
8.6 Highest ratedMario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
7.3 Average ratingacross 40 titles
Top TV shows 9best Robert De Niro shows
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionYoung Vito Corleone · 4 eps · 1977 - 2
When They See UsExecutive Producer · 4 eps · 2019 - 3TriBeCaProducer · 7 eps · 1993
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ExtrasRobert De Niro · 1 ep · 2005 - 5
NothingVincent · 5 eps · 2023 - 6
30 RockRobert De Niro · 1 ep · 2006 - 7
Zero DayPresident George Mullen · 6 eps · 2025 - 8
NYC 22Executive Producer · 13 eps · 2012 - 9
The Cleveland Show1 ep · 2009
Top movies 31best Robert De Niro movies
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The Godfather Part IIVito Corleone · 1974 · Drama - 2
GoodFellasJames Conway · 1990 · Drama - 3
Once Upon a Time in AmericaNoodles · 1984 · Drama - 4
Taxi DriverTravis Bickle · 1976 · Crime - 5
JokerMurray Franklin · 2019 · Crime - 6
CasinoSam "Ace" Rothstein · 1995 · Crime - 7
The Deer HunterMichael Vronsky · 1978 · Drama - 8
HeatNeil McCauley · 1995 · Crime - 9
Raging BullJake LaMotta · 1980 · Drama - 10
A Bronx TaleLorenzo Anello · 1993 · Drama - 11
AwakeningsLeonard Lowe · 1990 · Drama - 12
The UntouchablesAl Capone · 1987 · Crime - 13
BrazilHarry Tuttle · 1985 · Comedy - 14
SleepersFather Bobby · 1996 · Crime - 15
The IrishmanFrank Sheeran · 2019 · Crime - 16
Killers of the Flower MoonWilliam Hale · 2023 · Crime - 17
Jackie BrownLouis Gara · 1997 · Crime - 18
StardustCaptain Shakespeare · 2007 · Adventure - 19
Cape FearMax Cady · 1991 · Drama - 20
The InternBen Whitaker · 2015 · Comedy - 21
LimitlessCarl Van Loon · 2011 · Thriller - 22
Silver Linings PlaybookPat Solatano Sr. · 2012 · Drama - 23
Meet the ParentsJack Byrnes · 2000 · Comedy - 24
JoyRudy · 2015 · Drama - 25
Arthur and the InvisiblesKing (voice) · 2006 · Adventure - 26
The FamilyFred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni · 2013 · Crime - 27
MacheteSenator John McLaughlin · 2010 · Action - 28
Meet the FockersJack Byrnes · 2004 · Comedy - 29
Shark TaleDon Lino (voice) · 2004 · Animation - 30
Dirty GrandpaDick Kelly · 2016 · Comedy - 31
Little FockersJack Byrnes · 2010 · Comedy