Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro born August 17 1943 is an American actor and film producer Considered one of his generations 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 US President Barack Obama in 2016 De Niro studied acting at HB Studio Stella Adler Conservatory and Lee Strasbergs Actors Studio His first credited screen role was in Brian de Palmas Greetings 1968 De Niros 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 Coppolas The Godfather Part II 1974 and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorseses drama Raging Bull 1980 De Niro was also Oscarnominated 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 America1984 Brazil 1985 The Mission 1986 Angel Heart 1987 The Untouchables 1987 Goodfellas 1990 This Boys Life 1993 Mary Shelleys 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 20002010 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 Niros films are considered classics of American cinema Six of De Niros 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 Institutes AFI list of the 100 greatest American films ever Timeout magazines list of 100 best movies included seven of De Niros films as chosen by actors in the industry
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