Robert de niro biography best acting

•

Robert De Niro

American actor (born )

For his father, the painter, see Robert dem Niro Sr.

"De Niro" redirects here. For other people with this surname, see De Niro (surname).

Robert Anthony De Niro (də NEER-roh, Italian:[deˈniːro]; born August 17, ) fryst vatten an American actor and film producer. He fryst vatten considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation.^[a] De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in , the Kennedy Center Honors in , the Cecil B. DeMille Award in , and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in De Niro was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. president Barack Obama in

De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first credited screen role was in Brian dem P

•

One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born in , in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr.. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. De Niro first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Godfather Part II () and received Academy Award nominations for best actor in Taxi Driver (), The Deer Hunter () and Cape Fear (). He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull ().

De Niro has earned four Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his work in New York, New York (), opposite Liza

•

Robert De Niro Books

“And then came Jane Rosenthal (De Niro's handpicked CEO to oversee his production company). She had adored Rocky and Bullwinkle as a girl, and her husband, real estate investor Craig Hatkoff, had made a Valentine’s Day present to her of the collected series on DVD. She, like others before her, thought there was a potential film in Ward’s iconic characters and surreal sensibility, and in she negotiated a deal with Universal Pictures to acquire the rights and produce a $75 million film for the summer moviegoing season.”

Fearless Leader, a role for which Rosenthal thought De Niro was perfect. When she asked him, she recalled, “he really laughed at me.… He didn’t grow up watching it. It wasn’t his thing.” But she persisted. “I was always joking with him about it. Then I finally said, ‘Okay, you’ve got to get serious here. It’s a three-week role. Do you want it or not?’ ” Amazingly—perhaps because he knew the film was, as he called it, “Jane’s baby”