Biography
After gaining attention in "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973), De Niro exploded onto the public's consciousness as the reckless Johnny Boy in "Mean Streets" (1973), which commenced his partnership with Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest actor-director combos of all time. He earned his first Academy Award as a young Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974) and delivered his most iconic performance as would-be vigilante Travis Bickle in …
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Career Milestones
| Landed bit part on the daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" (CBS, NBC) | ||
1953 | Had earliest stage experience, playing the Cowardly Lion in a PS 41 production of "The Wizard of Oz" | |
1959 | Left school at age 16 to begin studying acting with Stella Adler | |
1965 | Had a walk-on role in Marcel Carne's "Trois Chambre a Manhattan/Three Rooms in Manhattan" | |
1966 | Made feature starring debut in Brian De Palma's "The Wedding Party" (shelved until 1969) | |
1968 | First released feature, De Palma's "Greetings" | |
1970 | Co-starred with Shelley Winters in "Bloody Mama" | |
1970 | Made off-Broadway debut in Winters' play "One Night Stand of a Noisy Passenger" | |
1970 | Reprised "Greetings" role for De Palma's "Hi, Mom!" | |
1971 | First collaboration with producer Irwin Winkler, "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" | |
1973 | Delivered the poignant portrayal of a dying catcher in the baseball picture "Bang the Drum Slowly" | |
1973 | First film with director Martin Scorsese, "Mean Streets"; the two had actually been boyhood acquaintances but had not seen each other in 14 years | |
1974 | Earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as a young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather II"; spoke only eight words in English, rigorously researching and learning the Sicilian dialect which predominates | |
1976 | Essayed Irving Thalberg-like movie mogul in "The Last Tycoon"; was adapted from the unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
1976 | Portrayed pampered bourgeois grandson of the tyrannical landowner Burt Lancaster in Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" | |
1976 | Re-teamed with Scorsese for "Taxi Driver"; his first solo billing above the title; garnered first Best Actor Academy Award nomination | |
1977 | Re-teamed with Scorsese to portray a musician romancing a band singer (Liza Minnelli) in "New York, New York"; produced by Winkler | |
1978 | Starred as Pennsylvania steelworker-turned Green Beret Michael Vronsky in Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter"; received second Best Actor Academy Award nomination | |
1980 | Received Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of boxer Jake La Motta in Scorsese's "Raging Bull"; first film with Joe Pesci who played his brother | |
1983 | Played world class loser Rupert Pupkin, who kidnaps a famous late-night talk show host (Jerry Lewis) in Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" | |
1984 | Joined director Sergio Leone for his mob tale "Once Upon a Time in America"; second film with Pesci | |
1986 | Made Broadway debut in "Cuba and His Teddy Bear" | |
1987 | Portrayed Al Capone in De Palma's "The Untouchables"; scripted by David Mamet | |
1988 | Founded TriBeCa Films with Jane Rosenthal | |
1988 | Matched wits with Charles Grodin in Martin Brest's socko action-comedy "Midnight Run" | |
1989 | Debut as an executive producer, the remake of "We're No Angels"; scripted by Mamet and co-starring Sean Penn | |
1990 | Earned another Best Actor Oscar nomination as a patient who regains consciousness after three decades in a coma in "Awakenings" | |
1990 | Reteamed with Scorsese and Pesci for "GoodFellas" | |
1991 | First film with Winkler as a director, "Guilty By Suspicion"; played a film director confounded by the blacklist | |
1991 | Played the monstrous Max Cady in Scorsese's remake of "Cape Fear"; nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award | |
1992 | First credit as producer on a film in which he did not act, "Thunderheart" | |
1992 | Starred in Winkler's "Night and the City" opposite Jessica Lange | |
1993 | Debut as an executive producer, the anthology TV series "Tribeca" (Fox) | |
1993 | Delivered low key turn as nerdy cop in John McNaughton's "Mad Dog and Glory"; Scorsese served as a producer | |
1993 | Feature directorial debut, "A Bronx Tale" (also acted and produced); fourth film with Pesci | |
1995 | First onscreen pairing with Al Pacino in Michael Mann's "Heat" | |
1995 | Reunited again with Scorsese and Pesci for "Casino" | |
1996 | Produced and acted in "Marvin's Room," an adaptation of Scott McPerson's off-Broadway play | |
1997 | Cast in a supporting role as NYPD internal affairs special agent Moe Tilden in James Mangold's "Cop Land" | |
1997 | Played a political fixer who hires a Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) to stage a nonexistent war in Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" | |
1998 | Essayed the small role of prisoner-benefactor in the remake of "Great Expectations" | |
1998 | Starred in John Frankenheimer's international thriller "Ronin" | |
1999 | Played an ultra-conservative, retired security guard who takes singing lessons from his drag queen neighbor (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in Joel Schumacher's "Flawless" | |
1999 | Portrayed a New York gangland boss suffering from anxiety attacks in Harold Ramis' "Analyze This" | |
2000 | Enjoyed box office success as the oddball father in Jay Roach's "Meet the Parents" | |
2000 | Starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Men of Honor" | |
2001 | Portrayed a decorated police detective teamed up with a fire department investigator (Ed Burns) in "15 Minutes" | |
2001 | Teamed on screen with Marlon Brando and Edward Norton in the heist thriller "The Score" | |
2002 | Made rare TV appearance as host of the two-hour CBS special "9/11" | |
2002 | Played a NYC policeman investigating a murder that hits close to home in "City by the Sea" | |
2002 | Reprised role of gangster Paul Vitti in the sequel "Analyze That" opposite Billy Crystal | |
2002 | Teamed with Eddie Murphy for the comedy "Showtime" | |
2004 | Reprised role of Jack Byrnes in the comedy sequel "Meet the Fockers" | |
2004 | Voiced mob boss Don Lino in the animated feature "Shark Tale" | |
2005 | Played a widowed father opposite Dakota Fanning in the thriller "Hide and Seek" | |
2006 | Directed second feature, "The Good Shepherd," loosely based on the life of CIA agent James Angleton; also co-starred in the film with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie | |
2007 | Co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Danes in the fantasy adventure film "Stardust" | |
2008 | Again teamed with Al Pacino as cops on the hunt of a serial killer in "Righteous Kill" | |
2008 | Starred as a fading Hollywood producer in Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened" | |
2009 | Played a widower who reunites with his children in the drama "Everybody's Fine" | |
2010 | Appeared in the action thriller "Machete," directed by Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez | |
2010 | Once again reprised the role of Jack Byrnes for the comedy sequel "Little Fockers" | |
2010 | Played a parole officer in the thriller "Stone" | |
2011 | Cast in the ensemble romantic comedy "New Year's Eve," directed by Garry Marshall | |
2011 | Co-starred with Clive Owen and Jason Statham in the action feature "Killer Elite" | |
2011 | Played a business mogul opposite Bradley Cooper in "Limitless" | |
2012 | Co-starred with Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy in the drama thriller "Red Lights" | |
2012 | Played the title character's con man father in "Being Flynn," based on Nick Flynn's book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir | |
Awards
1973 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor in Mean Streets |
1973 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor in Bang the Drum Slowly |
1974 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in The Godfather, Part II |
1975 | BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles in The Godfather, Part II |
1976 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Taxi Driver |
1976 | BAFTA Award for Actor in Taxi Driver |
1976 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Taxi Driver |
1976 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in Taxi Driver |
1976 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor in Taxi Driver |
1976 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in Taxi Driver |
1977 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in New York, New York |
1978 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in The Deer Hunter |
1978 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in The Deer Hunter |
1979 | BAFTA Award for Actor in The Deer Hunter |
1980 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Raging Bull |
1980 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor in Raging Bull |
1980 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Raging Bull |
1980 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in Raging Bull |
1980 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in Raging Bull |
1980 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in Raging Bull |
1981 | BAFTA Award for Actor in Raging Bull |
1983 | BAFTA Award for Actor in The King of Comedy |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Midnight Run |
1990 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Awakenings |
1990 | BAFTA Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Goodfellas |
1990 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in Awakenings |
1990 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in Goodfellas |
1991 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Cape Fear |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Cape Fear |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in Cape Fear |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance in Cape Fear |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in Cape Fear |
1997 | MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in The Fan |
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Marvin's Room |
1999 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Analyze This |
2000 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Meet the Parents |
2000 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Donostia Award |
2001 | MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo in Meet the Parents |
2008 | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema |
2010 | Golden Globe Award for Cecil B. DeMille Award |