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