Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from 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 collaboration with Scorsese was with the 1973 film Mean Streets. De Niro 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). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
Other notable roles include in 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), The Good Shepherd (2006), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He made his directorial film debut with A Bronx Tale (1993). His comedic roles include Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), 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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. 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.[1]
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. 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".
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Known For
Joker
(2019)
Murray Franklin
Taxi Driver
(1976)
Travis Bickle
Angel Heart
(1987)
Louis Cyphre
GoodFellas
(1990)
James Conway
Cop Land
(1997)
Lt. Moe Tilden
Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023)
William Hale
Heat
(1995)
Neil McCauley
The Irishman
(2019)
Frank Sheeran
The Godfather Part II
(1974)
Vito Corleone
Shark Tale
(2004)
Don Lino (voice)
The Intern
(2015)
Ben Whitaker
Dirty Grandpa
(2016)
Dick Kelly
The Untouchables
(1987)
Al Capone
Raging Bull
(1980)
Jake LaMotta
Limitless
(2011)
Carl Van Loon
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
David 'Noodles' Aaronson
Full Filmography
Acting
Three Rooms in Manhattan
(1965)
Client at the Diner (uncredited)
Greetings
(1968)
Jon Rubin
Young Wolves
(1968)
Un hippie chez Popov (uncredited)
The Wedding Party
(1969)
Cecil
Sam's Song
(1969)
Sam Nicoletti
Bloody Mama
(1970)
Lloyd Barker
Hi, Mom!
(1970)
Jon Rubin
Born to Win
(1971)
Danny
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
(1971)
Mario
Jennifer on My Mind
(1971)
Mardigian
Mean Streets
(1973)
John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
The Godfather Part II
(1974)
Vito Corleone
Abicinema
(1975)
Self
Taxi Driver
(1976)
Travis Bickle
1900
(1976)
Alfredo Berlinghieri
The Last Tycoon
(1976)
Monroe Stahr
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
(1976)
Self
New York, New York
(1977)
Jimmy Doyle
The Deer Hunter
(1978)
Michael Vronsky
Bang the Drum Slowly
(1978)
Bruce Pearson
Movies Are My Life
(1978)
Self
The Swap
(1979)
Sam Nicoletti (archive footage)
Raging Bull
(1980)
Jake LaMotta
True Confessions
(1981)
Father Des Spellacy
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
(1981)
Young Vito Corleone
The King of Comedy
(1982)
Rupert Pupkin
Elia Kazan: An Outsider
(1982)
Self
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
David 'Noodles' Aaronson
Falling in Love
(1984)
Frank Raftis
Brazil
(1985)
Harry Tuttle
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
The Mission
(1986)
Rodrigo Mendoza
The Untouchables
(1987)
Al Capone
Angel Heart
(1987)
Louis Cyphre
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(1987)
Great Sewer (voice)
Midnight Run
(1988)
Jack Walsh
Hello Actors Studio
(1988)
Self
We're No Angels
(1989)
Ned
Jacknife
(1989)
Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey
GoodFellas
(1990)
James Conway
Awakenings
(1990)
Leonard Lowe
Stanley & Iris
(1990)
Stanley Everett Cox
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
(1990)
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
(1990)
Self
Hollywood Mavericks
(1990)
Self
Cape Fear
(1991)
Max Cady
Backdraft
(1991)
Donald Rimgale
Guilty by Suspicion
(1991)
David Merrill
Night and the City
(1992)
Harry Fabian
Mistress
(1992)
Evan M. Wright
A Bronx Tale
(1993)
Lorenzo Anello
Mad Dog and Glory
(1993)
Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
This Boy's Life
(1993)
Dwight Hansen
Aretha Franklin: Duets
(1993)
Self
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
(1994)
Self
You Talkin' to Me?
(1994)
Self
Casino
(1995)
Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
Heat
(1995)
Neil McCauley
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise
Ennio Morricone
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
Sleepers
(1996)
Father Bobby
The Fan
(1996)
Gil Renard
Marvin's Room
(1996)
Wallace "Wally" Carter
Jackie Brown
(1997)
Louis Gara
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Conrad Brean
Cop Land
(1997)
Lt. Moe Tilden
Ronin
(1998)
Sam
Great Expectations
(1998)
Prisoner / Lustig
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
(1998)
Himself / Narrator (voice)
Flawless
(1999)
Walt Koontz
Analyze This
(1999)
Paul Vitti
Making 'Taxi Driver'
(1999)
Self
Meet the Parents
(2000)
Jack Byrnes
Men of Honor
(2000)
Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
(2000)
Fearless Leader
15 Minutes
(2001)
Eddie Flemming
The Score
(2001)
Nick Wells
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
(2001)
Self
The Concert for New York City
(2001)
Self
Showtime
(2002)
Det. Mitch Preston
Analyze That
(2002)
Paul Vitti
City by the Sea
(2002)
Vincent LaMarca
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
(2002)
Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
9/11
(2002)
Himself
Meet the Fockers
(2004)
Jack Byrnes
Shark Tale
(2004)
Don Lino (voice)
Godsend
(2004)
Richard Wells
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(2004)
Archbishop of Peru
Fahrenheit 9/11
(2004)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
(2004)
Self
Raging Bull: Fight Night
(2004)
Self
Hide and Seek
(2005)
David Callaway
Club Oscar
(2005)
Don Lino (voice)
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation
(2005)
Self
The Making of 'Heat'
(2005)
Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
(2005)
Self
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
(2005)
Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
The 'New York, New York' Stories
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
The Good Shepherd
(2006)
Bill Sullivan
Arthur and the Invisibles
(2006)
King (voice)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
(2006)
Self - Speaker
Stardust
(2007)
Captain Shakespeare
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
(2007)
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
(2007)
Self
God's Lonely Man
(2007)
Self - Archive Footage
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
(2007)
Self
What Just Happened
(2008)
Ben
Righteous Kill
(2008)
Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Self
Everybody's Fine
(2009)
Frank Goode
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(2009)
Stone
(2010)
Jack
Little Fockers
(2010)
Jack Byrnes
Machete
(2010)
Senator John McLaughlin
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
(2010)
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
New Year's Eve
(2011)
Stan Harris
Killer Elite
(2011)
Hunter
Limitless
(2011)
Carl Van Loon
Corman's World
(2011)
Self - Actor
Ages of Love
(2011)
Adrian
9/11: 10 Years Later
(2011)
Host
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
(2011)
Self
Marty and Bobby
(2011)
Self
Silver Linings Playbook
(2012)
Pat Solatano Sr.
Red Lights
(2012)
Simon Silver
Being Flynn
(2012)
Jonathan Flynn
Freelancers
(2012)
Sarcone
Bergmans video
(2012)
Self
Casting By
(2012)
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Grudge Match
(2013)
Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
Killing Season
(2013)
Benjamin Ford
The Big Wedding
(2013)
Don Griffin
The Family
(2013)
Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
Last Vegas
(2013)
Patrick 'Paddy' Connors
Miracle Rising: South Africa
(2013)
Himself
Trespassing Bergman
(2013)
Self
American Hustle
(2013)
Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
(2013)
Self
The Man Who Saved the World
(2014)
Self
The Bag Man
(2014)
Dragna
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
(2014)
Himself
Don Rickles: One Night Only
(2014)
Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Ellis
(2015)
Heist
(2015)
The Pope
The Intern
(2015)
Ben Whitaker
The Audition
(2015)
Robert De Niro
Joy
(2015)
Rudy
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
(2015)
Himself
Scorsese's Goodfellas
(2015)
Self
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
(2015)
Self
Hands of Stone
(2016)
Ray Arcel
Dirty Grandpa
(2016)
Dick Kelly
The Comedian
(2016)
Jackie Burke
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
(2016)
Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
(2016)
Self
I Am JFK Jr.
(2016)
Self
The Wizard of Lies
(2017)
Bernie Madoff
Alec Baldwin: One Night Only
(2017)
Himself
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
(2017)
Self (uncredited)
The Words That Built America
(2017)
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
(2018)
Self
The Irishman
(2019)
Frank Sheeran
Joker
(2019)
Murray Franklin
I Am Durán
(2019)
Himself
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
(2019)
Self
The Irishman: In Conversation
(2019)
Self
QT8: The First Eight
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler
(2019)
Lorenzo (from "A Bronx Tale") (archive footage) (uncredited)
The War with Grandpa
(2020)
Ed
The Comeback Trail
(2020)
Max Barber
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
(2020)
Self
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
(2020)
James
Making 'The Irishman'
(2020)
Self
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
A Shot In The Dark
(2020)
himself
537 Votes
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Saturday Night
(2021)
Savage Salvation
(2022)
Sheriff Church
Amsterdam
(2022)
General Gil Dillenbeck
The Past Goes Fast
(2022)
Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
(2022)
Self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Al Pacino
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023)
William Hale
About My Father
(2023)
Salvo
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
(2023)
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
(2023)
Self
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
(2023)
Self
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ezra
(2024)
Stan Bernal
Tin Soldier
(2024)
Emmanuel Ashburn
Alto Knights
(2025)
Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Production
We're No Angels
(1989)
Executive Producer
Thunderheart
(1992)
Producer
Mistress
(1992)
Producer
A Bronx Tale
(1993)
Producer
The Night We Never Met
(1993)
Producer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
Associate Producer
Panther
(1995)
Producer
Faithful
(1996)
Producer
Marvin's Room
(1996)
Producer
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Producer
Witness to the Mob
(1998)
Executive Producer
Entropy
(1999)
Producer
Meet the Parents
(2000)
Producer
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
(2000)
Producer
Holiday Heart
(2000)
Executive Producer
Prison Song
(2001)
Producer
About a Boy
(2002)
Producer
Meet the Fockers
(2004)
Producer
Stage Beauty
(2004)
Producer
Rent
(2005)
Producer
The Good Shepherd
(2006)
Producer
What Just Happened
(2008)
Producer
Public Enemies
(2009)
Executive Producer
Little Fockers
(2010)
Producer
The Wizard of Lies
(2017)
Executive Producer
Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)
Producer
The Irishman
(2019)
Producer
Artemis Fowl
(2020)
Executive Producer
Directing
Crew