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Robert De Niro

Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. an American actor, director, and producer born August 17, 1943 in New York. De Niro is well-known for his method acting and portrayals of conflicted, troubled characters and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. He has appeared in 99 films and television shows, De Niro's first appearance was when a collaboration with Brian De Palma materialized in 1963 at the age of 20, when he appeared in The Wedding Party; released in 1969. He spent much of the 1960s working in theater workshops and off-Broadway productions.

Den Niro’s small role was in 1965 in Three Rooms in Manhattan. He gained popular attention with his role as a dying Major League baseball player in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973). The same year, he began his fruitful collaboration with Scorsese when he played a memorable role as the smalltime hood "Johnny Boy" alongside Harvey Keitel's "Charlie" in Mean Streets.

Culminating in his first Academy Award® as best Supporting Actor for the role of the young Vito Corleone in Francis Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974). He became the first actor to win an Academy Award® speaking mainly a foreign language, (in this case, multiple Sicilian dialects, although he delivered a few lines in English). De Niro and Marlon Brando, who played the older Vito Corleone in the first film, are the only actors to have won leading-role Oscars portraying the same fictional character.
After working with Scorsese in Mean Streets, he had a very successful working relationship with the director in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977). Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Casino (1995). They also acted together in Guilty by Suspicion and provided their voices for the animated feature Shark Tale.

Fearing he had become typecast in mob roles, De Niro began expanding into occasional comedic roles in the mid-1980s and has had much success there as well, with such films as Brazil (1985); the hit action-comedy Midnight Run (1988), Showtime (2002), opposite Eddie Murphy; the film-and-sequel pairs Analyze This (1999) and Analyze That (2002), both opposite actor/comedian Billy Crystal, Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004), both opposite Ben Stiller. Also in 2004, De Niro provided the voice of Don Lino, the antagonist in the animated film Shark Tale, opposite Will Smith and was featured in Stardust.
He directed The Good Shepherd (2006), and costarred with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. The movie also reunited him onscreen with Joe Pesci, with whom De Niro had starred in Raging Bull, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Once Upon A Time In America and Casino.

De Niro has won two Academy Awards: Best Actor for his role in Raging Bull, and Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, Part II.

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Feb 23, 2008 - rareexception
Is it just me or has he lost something recently?

A stellar actor just brilliant in Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, and many others but then came Stardust... its not the part he played that disappointed me but how he played the role. It just wasn't believable and it could have been hilarious if the gag was pulled off better. I'm sorry to say De Niro, I miss you.

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Everybody's Fine (2009)
Everybodys Fine
Everybody's Fine (2009)
Frank
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I Knew It Was You (2009)
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What Just Happened? (2008)
Ben
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What Just Happened (2008)

Producer
Poster Art.
Righteous Kill (2008)
Detective Thomas Cowan
A scene from the movie Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill (2008)
Poster Art.
Meurtre légitime (2008)
Detective Thomas Cowan
Australia: Land Beyond Time
Australia: Land Beyond Time (2008)
Producer
Stardust: Le mystère de lÉtoile
Stardust: Le mystère de l'Étoile (2007)
Captain Shakespeare
Stardust
Stardust (2007)
Captain Shakespeare
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Bill Sullivan
Director
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A scene from the movie The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd (2006)

Director
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A scene from the movie Rent
Rent (2005) (2005)
Producer
Rent
Rent (2005)
Producer
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Jack Byrnes
Producer
A scene from the movie Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers (2004)

Producer
Claire Danes & Billy Crudup in Stage Beauty.
Stage Beauty (2004)
Producer
A scene from the movie Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty (2004)
Producer
Shark Tale
Shark Tale (2004)
Voice of Don Lino
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Australia: Land Beyond Time IMAX (2004)
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Cameron Bright in Godsend
Adam (2004)
Dr. Richard Wells
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About a Boy (2002)

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15 Minutes
15 Minutes (2001)
Eddie Fleming
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Meet the Parents (2000)
Jack Byrnes
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)

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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
Voice of Fearless Leader
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Flawless (1999)
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Walt Koontz
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Great Expectations (1998)
Prisoner Arthur Lustig
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Great Expectations (1998) (1998)
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Wag the Dog (1998)
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Wag the Dog (1997)
Conrad Brean
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Jackie Brown (1997)
Louis Gara
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Heat (1995)
Neil McCauley
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Heat (1995)
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Casino (1995)
Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
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Casino (1995)
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Frankenstein (1994)
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Night and the City (1992)
Harry Fabian
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
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Cape Fear (1991)
Max Cady
Producer
A scene from the movie Cape Fear
Cape Fear (1991)
GoodFellas
GoodFellas (1990)
James "Jimmy" Conway
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The Untouchables (1987)
Al Capone
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Angel Heart (1987)
Louis Cyphre
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The Untouchables (1987)
The Mission
The Mission (1986)
Rodrigo Mendoza
Brazil
Brazil (1985)
Archibald "Harry" Tuttle
Brazil
Brazil (1985)
Archibald "Harry" Tuttle
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Brazil (1985)
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
David 'Noodles' Aaronson
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The King of Comedy (1983)
Rupert Pupkin
A scene from the movie Raging Bull
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull
Raging Bull (1980)
Jake La Motta
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The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Vronsky
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New York, New York (1977)
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The Last Tycoon (1976)
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1900 (1976)
Alfredo Berlinghieri
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver (1976)
Travis Bickle
A scene from the movie Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver (1976)
A scene from the movie The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
A scene from the movie The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration (1974)
The Godfather, Part II
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Vito Corleone
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Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets
Mean Streets (1973)
Johnny Boy Cervello
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Hi, Mom
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Bloody Mama
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True Confessions
Des Spellacy
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Midnight Run
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The Deer Hunter
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The Last Tycoon
A scene from the movie Goodfellas
Goodfellas
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Thunderheart
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The Mission
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Angel Heart