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Born in New York
August 17, 1943
De Niro was born in New York, the son of Virginia Admiral, a painter, and Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor
The Godfather Part II
December 20, 1974
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Won Academy Award
April 8, 1975
Won: Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Married Diahnne Abbott
January 1, 1976 - December 1, 1988
De Niro has a son, Raphael, with first wife Diahnne Abbott. He also adopted Abbott's daughter, Drena, from a previous relationship.
Taxi Driver
Feburary 8, 1976
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Son Raphael born
January 1, 1978
De Niro has a son, Raphael, with first wife Diahnne Abbott. He also adopted Abbott's daughter, Drena, from a previous relationship.
The Deer Hunter
Feburary 23, 1979
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Raging Bull
December 19, 1980
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Won Golden Globe
January 31, 1981
Won: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Raging Bull (1981)
Won Academy Award
March 31, 1981
Won: Best Actor, Raging Bull (1980)
The Untouchables
June 3, 1987
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Goodfellas
September 19, 1990
He is best known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Al Capone in The Untouchables and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter.
Aaron Kendrick and Julian Henry born
October 20, 1995
He also has twin sons, Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrick, (conceived by in vitro fertilization) from a long-term live-in relationship with former model Toukie Smith.
Married Grace Hightower
June 17, 1997
In 1997, De Niro married his second wife, Grace Hightower, a former flight attendant, at their estate near Marbletown in upstate New York
Taken in for questioning
Feburary 1, 1998
In February 1998, during a film shoot in France, he was taken in for questioning for nine hours by French police and questioned by a magistrate, over a prostitution ring. De Niro denied any involvement saying that he had never paid for sex, "and even if I had, it wouldn't have been a crime".[13] The magistrate wanted to speak to him after his name was mentioned by one of the call girls. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, he said, "I will never return to France. I will advise my friends against going to France", and he would "send your Legion of Honour back to the ambassador, as soon as possible". French judicial sources say that the actor is regarded as a potential witness, not a suspect.
Elliott born
March 18, 1998
Their son Elliot was born in 1998 and the couple filed for divorce shortly after his birth, although the action was never officially finalized.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer
October 20, 2003
In 2003, De Niro was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
