Robert De Niro
Biography
Robert De Niro is an American actor and producer who trained at HB Studio, the Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) and later earned Best Actor for Raging Bull (1980). His other Oscar nominations include The Deer Hunter (1978), Taxi Driver (1976), Cape Fear (1991), Awakenings (1990), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). He is known for dramatic films such as Mean Streets (1973), Goodfellas (1990), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), and Joker (2019), and for comedies including Wag the Dog (1997), Midnight Run (1988), The Intern (2015), and Analyze This (1999). He made his directorial debut with A Bronx Tale (1993), in which he appeared, and directed and acted in The Good Shepherd (2006). On television he played Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Lies (2017). He co-founded TriBeCa Productions and the Tribeca Film Festival.
83years old
Turns 84 on August 17in 280 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Robert Anthony De Niro (birth name)Also credited as De Niro
Movie Career
- Films
- 125
- Career span
- 61 years1965 to 2026
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Behind the award
De Niro's role as Vito Corleone in the crime drama The Godfather Part II (1974) earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. No male before him had won for an Italian-language performance.
A role that slipped away
De Niro declined the role of Jesus Christ in Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), but told the director he would take it as a favor if needed. Willem Dafoe was cast instead.
A role that slipped away
De Niro was a strong candidate to play Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, but the part went to Jack Nicholson, who was the director's first choice.
A role that slipped away
James Gray cast De Niro in his period drama Armageddon Time, but by the time production started, De Niro had left the project.
First role
De Niro made his stage debut at age 10 in a school production, playing the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz.
Robert De Niro movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martin Scorsese directed eleven of these films, Barry Levinson five and David O. Russell three. Harvey Keitel appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Harvey Keitel's page
Joe Pesci's page
Al Pacino's page
Leonardo DiCaprio's page
Martin Scorsese's page
Barry Primus's page
All films by Barry Levinson
All films by David O. Russell
Box office
What Robert De Niro's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$7.3 billion
87 of the 125 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 125 films: 87 worldwide figure; 7 us gross only; 13 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 17 figure not found.
- 87Worldwide figure
- 7US gross only
- 13Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 17Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 44% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.1B14.9% of the total
- 2$517M7.1% of the total
- 3$367M5.1% of the total
- 4$330M4.5% of the total
- 5$311M4.3% of the total
- 6$236M3.3% of the total
- 7$195M2.7% of the total
- 8$187M2.6% of the total
$4.0 billionfrom the other 79 films with a worldwide figure, 56% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1975 to 2026, seven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1981 | Best Actor | Raging Bull | Won |
| 1975 | Academy Awards | Won | |
| 1975 | Best Supporting Actor | The Godfather Part II | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2010 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| 1980 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Raging Bull | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2019 | Life Achievement Award | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 1993 | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2026 | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Won | |
| 2016 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Won | |
| 2003 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Won | |
| Kennedy Center Honors | Won | ||
| Marrakech International Film Festival Honorary Award | Honorary | ||
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