Robert De Niro
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Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. Considered one of his generation's greatest and most influential actors, De Niro has received 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 honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019. De Niro was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016. De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first credited screen role was in Brian de Palma's Greetings (1968). De Niro's first collaboration with Martin Scorsese was with the crime drama film Mean Streets (1973). De Niro has 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). De Niro was also Oscar-nominated for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He is also known for his film roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America(1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Angel Heart (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He directed and acted in A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). His comedic roles include Hi, Mom! (1970), Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999) and its sequel, Analyze That (2002), the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), and The Intern (2015). Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He received further Emmy Award nominations for producing the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019) and for portraying Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live. De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the film and television production company TriBeCa Productions in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. Many of De Niro's films are considered classics of American cinema. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" as of 2023. Five films are featured on the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the 100 greatest American films ever. Timeout magazine's list of 100 best movies included seven of De Niro's films, as chosen by actors in the industry.
Known for
Credits
Joker (2019)
as Murray Franklin
The Godfather Part II (1974)
as Vito Corleone
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as William Hale
GoodFellas (1990)
as James Conway
Heat (1995)
as Neil McCauley
Scarface (1983)
as Voice(uncredited)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
as Bill Sullivan
The Whisper Man (2026)
as Peter Willis
The Untouchables (1987)
as Al Capone
Taxi Driver (1976)
as Travis Bickle
Cape Fear (1991)
as Max Cady
The Score (2001)
as Nick Wells
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Noodles
Cop Land (1997)
as Lt. Moe Tilden
Casino (1995)
as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
The Irishman (2019)
as Frank Sheeran
The Intern (2015)
as Ben Whitaker
Ronin (1998)
as Sam
Shark Tale (2004)
as Don Lino (voice)
Limitless (2011)
as Carl Van Loon
New Year's Eve (2011)
as Stan Harris
Sleepers (1996)
as Father Bobby
A Bronx Tale (1993)
as Lorenzo Anello
Meet the Fockers (2004)
as Jack Byrnes
Stardust (2007)
as Captain Shakespeare
American Hustle (2013)
as Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
Raging Bull (1980)
as Jake LaMotta
Joy (2015)
as Rudy
Killer Elite (2011)
as Hunter
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
as Pat Solatano Sr.
The Deer Hunter (1978)
as Michael Vronsky
Meet the Parents (2000)
as Jack Byrnes
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
as Dick Kelly
Awakenings (1990)
as Leonard Lowe
The War with Grandpa (2020)
as Ed
Machete (2010)
as Senator John McLaughlin
Men of Honor (2000)
as Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
Jackie Brown (1997)
as Louis Gara
Focker-in-Law (2026)
as Jack Byrnes
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
as King (voice)
Killing Season (2013)
as Benjamin Ford
Red Lights (2012)
as Simon Silver
Grudge Match (2013)
as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
Little Fockers (2010)
as Jack Byrnes
Val (2021)
as Self (archive)
15 Minutes (2001)
as Eddie Flemming
Brazil (1985)
as Harry Tuttle
Amsterdam (2022)
as General Gil Dillenbeck
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Max Barber
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
The King of Comedy (1982)
as Rupert Pupkin
Midnight Run (1988)
as John Wesley “Jack” Walsh
The Family (2013)
as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
About My Father (2023)
as Salvo Maniscalco
Hide and Seek (2005)
as David Callaway
This Boy's Life (1993)
as Dwight
Backdraft (1991)
as Donald Rimgale
Showtime (2002)
as Det. Mitch Preston
The Mission (1986)
as Rodrigo Mendoza
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
as Bernie Madoff
Analyze That (2002)
as Paul Vitti
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Frank Goode
Angel Heart (1987)
as Louis Cyphre
Analyze This (1999)
as Paul Vitti
Stone (2010)
as Jack
New York, New York (1977)
as Jimmy Doyle
Marvin's Room (1996)
as Wallace "Wally" Carter
Being Flynn (2012)
as Jonathan Flynn
The Alto Knights (2025)
as Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Righteous Kill (2008)
as Turk
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
as Self
Last Vegas (2013)
as Patrick 'Paddy' Connors
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
as Fearless Leader
The Big Wedding (2013)
as Don Griffin
The Fan (1996)
as Gil Renard
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
Mean Streets (1973)
as John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
Great Expectations (1998)
as Prisoner / Lustig
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
1900 (1976)
as Alfredo Berlinghieri
Tin Soldier (2025)
as Emmanuel Ashburn
Wag the Dog (1997)
as Conrad Brean
Mistress (1992)
as Evan M. Wright
Greetings (1968)
as Jon Rubin
Heist (2015)
as The Pope
Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Actor
Jacknife (1989)
as Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey
Hands of Stone (2016)
as Ray Arcel
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Tribeca 25 (2026)
as Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
as Self
Sly (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We're No Angels (1989)
as Ned
ABCinema (1975)
as Self
537 Votes (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
What Just Happened (2008)
as Ben
Godsend (2004)
as Richard Wells
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)
Falling in Love (1984)
as Frank Raftis
Python Legs! (2012)
Actor
The Ages of Love (2011)
as Adrian
Savage Salvation (2022)
as Sheriff Church
As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club (2023)
as Jake LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
as David Merrill
The Bag Man (2014)
as Dragna
Ezra (2024)
as Stan Bernal
De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot (2005)
as Self (archive)
Marty and Bobby (2011)
as Self
Freelancers (2012)
as Sarcone
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western (2004)
as Himself
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
as Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
City by the Sea (2002)
as Vincent LaMarca
I Am JFK Jr. (2016)
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
9/11 (2002)
as Self
The Wedding Party (1969)
as Cecil
The Last Tycoon (1976)
as Monroe Stahr
Crazy, Not Insane (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Flawless (1999)
as Walt Koontz
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
as Vito Corleone
Fuck Coin (2021)
as Self
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
as Self
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby (2011)
as Self
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Past Goes Fast (2022)
as Self
Faith (—)
as Seargant Ben Halston
True Confessions (1981)
as Father Des Spellacy
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Scorsese's GoodFellas (2015)
as Self
Alec Baldwin: One Night Only (2017)
as Self
Miracle Rising: South Africa (2013)
as Self
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
The Cinema According to Bertolucci (1976)
as Self
Night and the City (1992)
as Harry Fabian
Hi, Mom! (1970)
as Jon Rubin
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A (2016)
as Self
American Prince: JFK Jr. (2025)
as Self
Stanley & Iris (1990)
as Stanley Cox
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame (2017)
as Self (uncredited)
The Comedian (2016)
as Jackie Burke
Young Wolves (1968)
as Un hippie chez Popov (uncredited)
Making "The Score" (2001)
as Himself
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise
The Irishman: In Conversation (2019)
as Self
Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993)
as Self
News from Taxi Driver (2019)
as Travis Bickle
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
as Archbishop of Peru
Megadoc (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
as Mario
The Man Who Saved the World (2014)
as Self
The Concert for New York City (2001)
as Self
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (2016)
as Self
Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self
Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)
as Self
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
as James
The Making of Moonwalker (1989)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Travis Bickle (archive footage)
Don Rickles: One Night Only (2014)
as Self
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
as Bruce Pearson
Making 'Taxi Driver' (1999)
as Self
The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
as Self
The Audition (2015)
as Robert De Niro
De Niro, New York (—)
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)
as Self
Son of Greetings (1970)
Actor
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as Great Sewer (voice)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
as Self
Bloody Mama (1970)
as Lloyd Barker
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)
as Self
Sam's Song (1969)
as Sam Nicoletti
Casting By (2012)
as Self
9/11: 10 Years Later (2011)
as Host
Born to Win (1971)
as Danny
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin (2019)
as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
as Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)
as Self - Speaker
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
as (archive footage)
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)
as Client at the Diner (uncredited)
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman (2020)
as Self
Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
as Mardigian
Il segreto di Otello (2015)
as Self
I Am Durán (2019)
as Self
Movies Are My Life (1988)
as Self
The Making of Heat (2005)
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)
as Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004)
as Self
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. (2014)
as Self
Club Oscar (2005)
as Don Lino (voice)
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute (2007)
as Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002)
as Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony (2016)
as Self
The Swap (1979)
as Sam Nicoletti (archive footage)
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994)
as Self
God's Lonely Man (2007)
as Self - Archive Footage
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
The 'New York, New York' Stories (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Irishman' (2020)
as Self
Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation (2005)
as Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Making Casino (2007)
as Self
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane (2004)
as Self
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors (2020)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Ennio Morricone (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone (2011)
as Self
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Nobu (2025)
as Self
You Talkin' to Me? (1994)
as Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven (2007)
as Self
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Ellis (2015)
Actor
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring (2005)
as Self
After Exile (—)
as Ted Delaney
Raging Bull: Before the Fight (2005)
as Self