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Robert De Niro

Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, it; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer, and director. He is thought to be one of the best and most important actors in his generation.[a] De Niro has been given many awards. He was won 2Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for 8 BAFTA Awards and 4 Emmy Awards. He was given the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025.

Robert De Niro
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De Niro at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025
Born
Robert Anthony De Niro

August 17, 1943 (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Italy
Occupation
  • Actor
  • director
  • film producer
Years active1963–present
Works
Spouse(s)
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1976; div. 1988)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1997; sep. 2018)​
Children7, including Drena and Raphael
Parent(s)
AwardsFull list

His most famous movies were Mean Streets (1973), The Godfather: Part II (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980) Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Meet the Parents (2000), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Joker (2019) and The Irishman (2019).

He was also known for his television roles. He played Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017). He won a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for this role. He was given more Emmy Award nominations for making the Netflix series When They See Us (2019). He also had an Emmy Award nomination for being Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live.[6]

De Niro and Jane Rosenthal founded TriBeCa Productions in 1989. This company has made many movies. De Niro and Rosenthal also founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002.

Many of De Niro's movies are thought to be classics in America. 6 of his movies are in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. These were put in the Library of Congress in 2023 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7] 5 of De Niro's movies were on the AFI's 100 greatest American films of all time.

Early life

Robert Anthony De Niro[8] was born on August 17, 1943, in Greenwich Village,[9] New York City on August 17, 1943.[10] He was the only son of his parents. His mother was Virginia Holton Admiral, a painter and poet. His father was Robert Henry De Niro, an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor.[11] His father is half Irish and half Italian descent and His mother is of half German, with her other roots of English, French and Dutch descent.[12]

Personal life

Family

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De Niro with his wife Grace Hightower at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival

De Niro was first married to Diahnne Abbott. They have a son, Raphael, a former actor who works in New York real estate.[13] De Niro also adopted Abbott's daughter from a previous relationship, Drena.

De Niro has twin sons, Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrik. They were delivered by a surrogate mother in 1995. His partner was a long-term live-in relationship with former model Toukie Smith.[14][15]

In 1997, De Niro married actress Grace Hightower.[16] Their son Elliot was born in 1998. The couple split in 1999. The divorce was never finalized and in 2004 they renewed their vows.[16] In December 2011, they had a daughter, Helen Grace. She was born through a surrogate.[17][18]

In addition to his six children De Niro has three grandchildren.[19][20][21]

In 2003, it was said that De Niro had prostate cancer. He went on to make a full recovery.[22]

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

BAFTA Award

Robert De Niro Media

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    De Niro playing small time criminal "Johnny Boy" Civello in Martin Scorsese's film Mean Streets (1973)

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    De Niro and Dominique Sanda play a married couple in the film 1900.

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    De Niro at the Deauville Film Festival, 1988

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    De Niro at the Venice Film Festival, 1993

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    Robert De Niro (press conference)

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    De Niro at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2008

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    Robert De Niro at the Cannes Film Festival

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    De Niro (right) and Al Pacino during the 25th Critics' Choice Awards in January 2020

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    De Niro with Grace Hightower in April 2012

Notes

  1. ↑ According to many references:[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Saval, Malina (January 3, 2020). "Martin Scorsese Hails Robert De Niro as 'Greatest Actor of His Generation' at Variety Creative Impact Awards". Variety. https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/variety-10-directors-to-watch-brunch-palm-springs-robert-de-niro-todd-phillips-lena-waithe-1203456229/. Retrieved January 21, 2024. 
  2. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. ↑ Pulver, Andrew (November 1, 2019). "Robert De Niro and Al Pacino: 'We're not doing this ever again'" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/01/robert-de-niro-and-al-pacino-were-not-doing-this-ever-again. Retrieved May 25, 2020. 
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  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Robert De Niro nominated for Emmy for 'SNL' role playing Robert Mueller. July 16, 2019. https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/453378-robert-de-niro-nominated-for-emmy-for-snl-role-playing-robert/. Retrieved January 1, 2023. 
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ Levy 2014, p. 18.
  9. ↑ Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 1998
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  12. ↑ Levy 2014, p. 2.
  13. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  14. ↑ "Robert De Niro & Wife Welcome Baby Girl". People. December 23, 2011. https://people.com/parents/robert-de-niro-baby-girl-born-via-surrogate/. Retrieved November 21, 2018. 
  15. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Drug allegations hit De Niro custody battle" July, 26 2001. The Guardian
  17. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  18. ↑ Robert De Niro and wife welcome a child via surrogate. London. December 24, 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2078244/Robert-De-Niro-68-wife-56-welcome-child-surrogate.html. Retrieved December 24, 2011. 
  19. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  20. ↑ Drena De Niro expecting child 2003
  21. ↑ De Niro's daughter on him as a father and grandfather
  22. ↑ De Niro has prostate cancer. BBC News. October 21, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3209434.stm. Retrieved January 9, 2011. 

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