Robert De Niro actor full name was Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. He was an American actor. He was considered to be as one of the best actors in his generations. In the year 2016, he had also earned a “Presidential Medal of Freedom” from U.S. President Barack Obama. Actor Robert De Niro was born on 17th August 1943 in Manhattan Borough, New York City, in USA.
Robert De Niro actor was the only child of the painters “Virginia Admiral (mother) and the Robert De Niro Sr (father)”. His father was of Irish and the Italian descent. His mother was from Dutch, French, English and German ancestry.
Robert De Niro parents had met at the painting classes of the Hans Hofmann in Province town, Massachusetts. They got separated when he was 2 years old. This was done after his father announced that he was gay. But his father nearby lived and remained close during the childhood.
Robert De Niro was nicknamed as “Bobby Milk” because of his pale complexion.
Robert De Niro studied to Elisabeth Irwin High School and the upper school of the Little Red School House for the 7th and 8th grades. After that he had accepted into the High School of Music and the Art.
Robert De Niro had found performing as the way to the relieve his shyness had became fascinated by the cinema. Because of his passion he dropped out of high school at the age of 16 for pursuing acting.
After that Robert De Niro began his acting classes at the Dramatic Workshop. In the age of 10 years, he made a stage debut in school. In this debut he played the cowardly lion in “The Wizard of Oz”.
Robert De Niro had studied acting at the HB Studio and Lee Starsberg’s Actors Studio. He had studied with the American Actress “Stella Adler” of the Stella Adler Conservatory. There he got exposed to the techniques of the Stanislavski system.
Robert De Niro as a young actor he was inspired of the Marlon Brando, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Greta Garbo, Geraldine Page and the Kim Stanley.
Robert De Niro first major role was in the film “Greetings” in the year 1968.
Robert De Niro had gained the early recognition with his role as the basketball player in the sports drama “Bang the Drum Slowly” in the year 1973. “Mean Streets” was the first movie with the collaboration between Robert De Niro and American film director Martin Scorsese.
Robert De Niro became a stardom actor for his role as the “young Vito Corleone” in Francis Ford Coppola’s crime epic “The Godfather Part II” in 1974. In this film he got an “Academy Award” as a Best Supporting Actor.
Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying middleweight boxing champion “Jake LaMotta” in Scorsese’s biographical drama Raging Bull in 1980. He played a standup comic in “The King of Comedy” in 1982.
Actor Robert De Niro some of the released movies are mentioned below.
- Movie “Once Upon a Time in America” was released in the year of 1984.
- Terry Gilliam’s dystopian satire “Brazil” was released in 1985.
- The religious epic “The Mission” was released in 1986.
- The comedy movie “Midnight Run” was released in 1988.
- He had portrayed as a gangster Jimmy Conway in “Goodfellas” in the year 1990.
- He acted as a criminal in the psychological thriller “Cape Fear” in the year 1991.
- He had starred in “This Boy’s Life” in the year 1993
- He was directed his first feature film with 1993’s “A Bronx Tale”.
- Robert De Niro’s critical successes include “Heat” in 1995 and “Casino” in 1995.”
- He was also known for his comic roles in Wag the Dog in 1997.
- “Analyze This” movie released in 1999.
- “Meet the Parents” film was released in the year of 2000.
Robert De Niro had earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in romantic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” in 2012.
Producer “Jane Rosenthal” & Robert De Niro founded the television & film production company “TriBeCa Productions” in the year of 1989.
He produced several films alongside his own in this production Company TriBeCa Productions. Robert De Niro’s films had been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
