THE MOVIES: Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Godfather Part 2, A Bronx Tale, GoodFellas, Casino, Heat, Cape Fear, Ronin, Deer Hunter, Mean Streets, The Untouchables, The Score, Jackie Brown, Wag the Dog, Analyze This, Meet The Parents, Meet the Fockers, This Boy's Life, Angel Heart plus many more.......
THE MAN: Master Thespian, GoodFella, Civil Rights Activist, New Yorker, Lover of women of color (not that race matters!!!!), friend and ally of Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma, Private, Quiet and Elusive Cool Mother Fucker. Sometimes..MANY times his characters and screen time is bigger than the movie. (i.e. Rocky and Bullwinkle, Godsend, 15 Minutes, Showtime)
ROBERT DENIRO BIOGRAPHY:
Robert De Niro Jr.; born in New York, NY, August 17th 1943; to a family of artists, his father, Robert De Niro Sr. was a Greenwich Village abstract expressionist, while his mother, Virginia Admiral, was a painter. Late 1960'..'s first films; The Wedding Party, Greetings, and Hi, Mom! ( marked the beginning of his relationship with director Brian De Palma). 1973; His role in Bang the Drum Slowly won him the award for Best Actor by the New York Film Critics. 1973; marked the beginning of relationship with director, Martin Scorsese, who has directed De Niro in 8 films since the film Mean Streets. 1974; De Niro played the young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's classic The Godfather, Part II. Which earned him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His role as the deranged Travis Bickle in Scorsese's Taxi Driver, further emphasized his talent. While receiving much critical acclaim, his "Are you talkin' to me?" line has become a classic movie quote. 1980, De Niro received a second Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull. 1980's he did Brazil, The Mission, The Untouchables..plus more....1990's;Goodfellas, Awakenings Sleepers, We're No Angels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Fan, Cape Fear, Casino, A Bronx Tale, Heat, Ronin, Marvin's Room, Jackie Brown, Wag the Dog and Analyze This, Flawless and Great Expectations.
De Niro founded a production company called the Tribeca Film Center, with the goal of promoting New York film production. As for his love life, he was formerly married to Diahne Abbott, romantically linked to supermodel Naomi Campbell, and is presently divorced with his second wife, Grace Hightower. De Niro is also the father of Elliott (whose mother is Grace Hightower); Aaron Kendrick and Julien Henry (twin sons of mother and ex-girlfriend, Toukie Smith); Raphael (whose mother is Diahnne Abbott); and daughter Dreena, who De Niro adopted from Diahnne Abbott.
De Niro's latest works include in Meet the Fockers, Godsend, Hide and Seek and was voice talent for Shark Tales, Directed and appeared in The Good Sheppard, and starring in Stardust.
HIGHLIGHTS:
WINS OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: GODFATHER PART II
WINS SECOND OSCAR FOR BEST ACTOR: RAGING BULL
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: A BRONX TALE