His comedic roles include Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), and Meet the Parents (2000).Īlso known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He made his directorial film debut with A Bronx Tale (1993). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). De Niro earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). His first collaboration with Scorsese was with the 1973 film Mean Streets.

President Barack Obama in 2016.ĭe Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio.

In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. ( / d ə ˈ n ɪər oʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: born August 17, 1943) is an American actor.

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