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Robert De Niro

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Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor, director, film producer, and restaurateur. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation. 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 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025.

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Robert De Niro is an American and Italian film actor, film director, film producer, and voice actor. Born in 1943, he began his work period in 1963. He is educated at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and HB Studio. His parents are Robert De Niro Sr. and Virginia Admiral. He has been married to Diahnne Abbott and Grace Hightower.

De Niro has received the Donostia Award, the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is also recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors and Golden Lion collections. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He resides in Marbletown and Gardiner. He speaks English and practices Catholicism. He has seven children, including Drena 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…

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Instance of: human
Part of: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
Given name: Robert
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Manhattan
Spouse: Grace Hightower
Father: Robert De Niro Sr.
Mother: Virginia Admiral
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Catholicism
Award: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Notable work: The King of Comedy
Student of: Wynn Handman
Genre: war film
Image: Robert de Niro-9568.jpg
Height: 177
Number of children: 7
Residence: Gardiner

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Commons category: Robert De Niro
date of birth: 1943-08-17
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
topic's main category: Category:Robert De Niro
Commons gallery: Robert De Niro
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
start of work period: 1963-00-00
filmography: Robert De Niro filmography
different from: Robert De Niro Sr.
birth name: Robert Anthony De Niro
related category: Category:Films produced by Robert De Niro
name in native language: Robert De Niro
has works in the collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
partner in business or sport: Martin Scorsese
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language: English language
holds diplomatic passport of: Antigua and Barbuda
name in kana: ロバート・デ・ニーロ
ethnic group: Italian Americans
student: Manu Tupou
notable role: Jake LaMotta

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Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh; Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, film producer, and restaurateur. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation, he 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 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025.

De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the crime drama The Godfather Part II (1974), becoming the first male to win for an Italian-language performance. Six years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the biopic drama Raging Bull (1980). He was further Oscar-nominated for his performances in Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), while also earning a nomination for Best Picture for producing The Irishman (2019).

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