Robert De Niro, Jr. (born May 25, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer. Widely considered one of the greatest actors of his generation, his first major film role was in 1973's Bang the Drum Slowly. In 1974, he played the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His longtime collaboration with Martin Scorsese began with 1973's Mean Streets, and earned De Niro an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film, Raging Bull. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991). In addition, he received nominations for his acting in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978) and Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990). He has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: New York, New York (1977), Midnight Run (1989), Analyze This (1999) and Meet the Parents (2000). Robert De Niro was born in New York City, the son of Virginia Admiral, a painter, and Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor.
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Robert De Niro was caught hugging overly heavyweight Mike Tyson last night. Is he crazy?!insertBCSinglePlayer(1443716694);Tyson was randomly at the opening of De Niro's restaurant Ago in Vegas,… READ MORE >
Robert De Niro is putting the heat on a Rome art gallery that he says took some of his father's paintings to settle a debt.A rep for De Niro says in a statement to TMZ that he is taking the "legal… READ MORE >
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