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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. De Niro's father was a lapsed Catholic of Italian and Irish descent and his mother a Presbyterian-raised atheist of German, Dutch and French descent. His Italian great-grandparents had emigrated from Ferrazzano, in the province of Campobasso, Molise. His parents, who had met at the painting classes of Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Parents Divorce
December 17, 1945
His parents divorced when he was 2.
Lion in Wizard of Oz
April 1, 1954
Robert Jr caught the acting bug early, appearing as The Cowardly Lion in a local production of The Wizard Of Oz at the age of 10.
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art
September 1, 1956
De Niro first attended the Little Red School House and was then enrolled by his mother at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in New York, a division of which (officially named The School of Performing Arts: A Division of the Fiorello H La Guardia High School of Music and the Arts) was attended by fellow Godfather II actor Al Pacino.
Dropped out / Joined Gang
Feburary 1, 1957
He dropped out at the age of 13 and joined a Little Italy street gang.
First Film
June 1, 1963
At the age of 20, in 1963, came De Niro's first film role and collaboration with Brian De Palma, when he appeared in The Wedding Party; it was not released until 1969, however.
Trois chambres A Manhattan
November 10, 1965
Bloody Mama
March 24, 1970
Roger Corman produced and directed this psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin'...
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
July 21, 1972
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
Jennifer on My Mind
September 18, 1972
Marcus (Michael Brandon), a nice, rich, Jewish boy from New York, meets and falls in love with Jennifer (Tippy Walker)...
Born to Win
November 3, 1972
A smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
Mean Streets
October 14, 1973
A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy.
The Godfather: Part II
December 20, 1974
The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba.
Taxi Driver
Feburary 8, 1976
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Diahnne Abbott
June 1, 1976 - June 1, 1988
Diahnne Abbott is an American actress and singer. Abbott played supporting roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including Taxi Driver.
Abbott is the first wife of De Niro. They were married in 1976 and divorced in 1988. While married, he adopted Drena, Abbott's daughter from a previous marriage, and the couple also had a son of their own, Raphael, named after the hotel in Rome where he was conceived. Their daughter Drena De Niro has appeared in her stepfather's movies Showtime, Wag The Dog and City by the Sea.
The Last Tycoon
November 19, 1976
F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
New York, New York
June 21, 1977
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Novecento
November 4, 1977
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu)...
"The Godfather: A Novel for Television"
November 12, 1977
The first two Godfather films were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.
Bang the Drum Slowly
May 12, 1978
The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they...
The Deer Hunter
Feburary 23, 1979
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
Sam's Song
July 4, 1980
Raging Bull
December 19, 1980
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
True Confessions
October 2, 1981
De Niro (a Catholic Priest) and Duvall (a Homicide Detective) play brothers drawn together after many years apart...
The King of Comedy
Feburary 18, 1983
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy.
Once Upon a Time in America
June 1, 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Falling in Love
November 21, 1984
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives...
Brazil
December 18, 1985
A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.
The Mission
October 31, 1986
18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Angel Heart
March 6, 1987
Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple...
The Untouchables
June 3, 1987
Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.
Midnight Run
July 20, 1988
An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Jacknife
March 10, 1989
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes...
We're No Angels
December 15, 1989
A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests...
Stanley & Iris
Feburary 9, 1990
An illiterate cook (Robert De Niro) at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman (Jane Fonda)...
Goodfellas
September 19, 1990
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
Awakenings
December 20, 1990
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
Guilty by Suspicion
March 15, 1991
David Merrill (Robert DeNiro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad in...
Backdraft
May 24, 1991
Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
Cape Fear
November 13, 1991
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Mistress
July 24, 1992
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) who's old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins...
Mad Dog and Glory
March 5, 1993
After his life is saved by a lonely cop, a mobster who moonlights as a standup comic, provides the cop with a friend: a beautiful woman.
This Boy's Life
April 9, 1993
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff.
A Bronx Tale
September 29, 1993
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.
Frankenstein
November 4, 1994
When Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man he just created, the monster escapes and later swears revenge.
Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma, Les
January 25, 1995
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages...
Casino
November 22, 1995
Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
Heat
December 15, 1995
A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief.
Grace Hightower
June 1, 1996 - June 1, 1998
In 1997, De Niro married his second wife, Grace Hightower, a former flight attendant, at their estate near Marbletown in upstate New York (De Niro also has residences on the east and west sides of Manhattan). Their son Elliot was born in 1998 and the couple filed for divorce shortly after his birth,
The Fan
August 16, 1996
An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.
Sleepers
October 18, 1996
After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.
Marvin's Room
Feburary 8, 1997
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Cop Land
August 15, 1997
The sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community populated by New York City policeman slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
Jackie Brown
December 25, 1997
A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
Wag the Dog
January 9, 1998
Before elections, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to "fabricate" a war in order to cover-up a presidential sex scandal.
Great Expectations
January 30, 1998
Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Detained in France
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". 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.
Ronin
September 25, 1998
A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.
Analyze This
March 5, 1999
A comedy about a psychiatrist (Crystal) whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss (De Niro.)
Flawless
November 24, 1999
An ultraconservative security guard (DeNiro) suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons--with the drag queen next door.
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
June 30, 2000
35 years after The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show's cancellation, the 2 have been living off the finances of their reruns on TV...
Meet the Parents
October 6, 2000
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Men of Honor
November 10, 2000
The story of Carl Brashear, the first African American, then also the first amputee, US Navy Diver and the man who trained him.
15 Minutes
March 9, 2001
A homicide detective and a fire marshall must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.
The Score
July 13, 2001
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Showtime
March 15, 2002
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
City by the Sea
September 6, 2002
Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.
Analyze That
December 6, 2002
Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.
Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
October 20, 2003
In 2003, De Niro was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The prognosis for De Niro, who was 60 at the time, was good, according to his publicist, Stan Rosenfield. "Doctors say the condition was detected at an early stage because of regular checkups", Rosenfield says. "Because of the early detection and his excellent physical condition, doctors project a full recovery." Rosenfield declined to give further details about the actor's condition or course of treatment. De Niro's father, painter Robert De Niro Sr., died of cancer in 1993 at age 71.
Godsend
April 30, 2004
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned, under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.
Shark Tale
October 1, 2004
When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidently killed while on the hunt, his would be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
December 22, 2004
Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's...
Meet the Fockers
December 22, 2004
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
Hide and Seek
January 28, 2005
As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace -- at first -- in her imaginary friend.
The Good Shepherd
December 22, 2006
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Arthur et les Minimoys
January 12, 2007
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.
Stardust
August 10, 2007
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
Righteous Kill
September 12, 2008
Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
