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Robert Anthony De Niro 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.
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Robert Anthony De Niro 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.
Known For
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
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
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
#LoveArmy : Où es-tu Jérôme ?
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Stardust
The Good Shepherd
The Godfather Part II
Marvin's Room
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Silver Linings Playbook
Tin Soldier
Red Lights
Jackie Brown
The Untouchables
Killer Elite
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Ennio Morricone
Backdraft
Mr. Saturday Night
Heist
Killers of the Flower Moon
Bang the Drum Slowly
Meet the Parents
Limitless
Joker
Scorsese's GoodFellas
The Irishman: In Conversation
Meet the Fockers
Hands of Stone
Brazil
Sleepers
Wag the Dog
Angel Heart
Joy
Heat
Savage Salvation
Shark Tale
About My Father
Last Vegas
Taxi Driver
Dirty Grandpa
Flawless
Zero Day
Once Upon a Time in America
The King of Comedy
City by the Sea
GoodFellas
The Wizard of Lies
Focker-In-Law
Grudge Match
The Comeback Trail
The Deer Hunter
Midnight Run
This Boy's Life
Ronin
Falling in Love
Showtime
We're No Angels
The Alto Knights
A Bronx Tale
Raging Bull
The Last Tycoon
The Big Wedding
Cape Fear
The Score
Mad Dog and Glory
The War with Grandpa
Analyze This
The Irishman
The Family
Awakenings
1900
Little Fockers
The Intern
Casino
Men of Honor
Righteous Kill
Production Credits
NYC 22
The Irishman
A Bronx Tale
About a Boy
Meet the Fockers
Artemis Fowl
Wag the Dog
Rent
Marvin's Room
Little Fockers
Meet the Parents
The Good Shepherd
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
We're No Angels
Holiday Heart
Public Enemies
When They See Us
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Wizard of Lies
Bohemian Rhapsody
Zero Day
Focker-In-Law
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