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Date of Birth | 17 August 1943, New York City, New York, USA |
Birth Name | Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. |
Nicknames |
Bobby Milk Kid Monroe Bob Bobby D |
Height | 5' 9¾" (1.77 m) |
Mini Bio (2)
Robert De Niro, thought of as one of the greatest actors of all time, was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, German, Dutch, English, and French. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974 De Niro received an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and received Academy Award nominations for best actor in Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), and Cape Fear (1991). He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull (1980). De Niro heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center, and made his directorial debut in 1993 with A Bronx Tale (1993).
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Dicker
De Niro's longtime collaboration with Scorsese later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He also earned nominations for the psychological thrillers Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991), both directed by Scorsese. De Niro received additional Academy Award nominations for Michael Cimino's Vietnam war drama The Deer Hunter (1978), Penny Marshall's drama Awakenings (1990), and David O. Russell's romantic comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook (2012). His portrayal of gangster Jimmy Conway in Scorsese's crime film Goodfellas (1990) earned him a BAFTA nomination in 1990. De Niro has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in the musical drama New York, New York (1977), opposite Liza Minnelli, the action comedy Midnight Run (1988), the gangster comedy Analyze This (1999), and the comedy Meet the Parents (2000). Other notable performances include Brazil (1985), The Untouchables (1987), Backdraft (1991), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995) and Jackie Brown (1997). He has also simultaneously directed and starred in films such as the crime drama A Bronx Tale (1993) and the spy film The Good Shepherd (2006). De Niro has also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges
Spouse (2)
Grace Hightower | (17 June 1997 - present) (2 children) |
Diahnne Abbott | (28 April 1976 - 1988) (divorced) (2 children) |
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Salary (14)
The Wedding Party (1969) | $50 |
Taxi Driver (1976) | $35,000 |
The Last Tycoon (1976) | $200,000 + percentage of gross |
Stanley & Iris (1990) | $3,500,000 |
Sleepers (1996) | $6,000,000 |
Ronin (1998) | $14,000,000 |
Analyze This (1999) | $8,000,000 |
Meet the Parents (2000) | $13,500,000 |
The Score (2001) | $15,000,000 |
Showtime (2002) | $17,500,000 |
Analyze That (2002) | $20,000,000 |
Meet the Fockers (2004) | $20,000,000 |
Stone (2010) | $2,500,000 |
Little Fockers (2010) | $20,000,000 |