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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.
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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.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Golden Globe Awards
The One Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Saturday Night Live
Comedy Central Roasts
The Cleveland Show
30 Rock
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Extras
Mr. Scorsese
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
American Hustle
Val
How to Rob a Bank
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
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
#LoveArmy : Où es-tu Jérôme ?
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Stardust
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
The Godfather Part II
Marvin's Room
Tin Soldier
Silver Linings Playbook
Ennio Morricone
Jackie Brown
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
The Good Shepherd
Red Lights
The Untouchables
Killer Elite
Backdraft
Savage Salvation
Wag the Dog
Meet the Fockers
Limitless
The Irishman: In Conversation
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Shark Tale
Bang the Drum Slowly
Mr. Saturday Night
Joker
Meet the Parents
Heist
Brazil
Sleepers
Angel Heart
Heat
Hands of Stone
About My Father
Killers of the Flower Moon
Joy
Last Vegas
Taxi Driver
Righteous Kill
The Score
Casino
The War with Grandpa
Showtime
Men of Honor
Midnight Run
The Comeback Trail
GoodFellas
Grudge Match
Analyze This
We're No Angels
Zero Day
The Last Tycoon
The King of Comedy
Raging Bull
The Irishman
The Big Wedding
The Deer Hunter
The Intern
1900
City by the Sea
Little Fockers
Ronin
Awakenings
Flawless
Mad Dog and Glory
Focker-In-Law
The Family
Dirty Grandpa
A Bronx Tale
The Alto Knights
Once Upon a Time in America
This Boy's Life
Falling in Love
Cape Fear
The Wizard of Lies
Production Credits
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Artemis Fowl
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Good Shepherd
When They See Us
The Wizard of Lies
We're No Angels
Holiday Heart
Marvin's Room
Meet the Parents
A Bronx Tale
Meet the Fockers
Rent
Zero Day
NYC 22
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Public Enemies
The Irishman
Little Fockers
About a Boy
Wag the Dog
Focker-In-Law
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