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Robert De Niro is an American actor, director and producer. His early films included Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), Bloody Mama (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Jennifer on My Mind (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), and Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, De Niro was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II . [1] His performance in the film led him to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. [2] After The Godfather Part II, he starred in Martin Scorsese's psychological drama Taxi Driver (1976). In the film, De Niro portrayed Travis Bickle, who is a lonely, depressed 26-year-old living in isolation in New York City. [3] He won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, [4] National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, [5] New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, [5] and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [6] De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" dialogue was ranked number 10 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. [7] In 1978, De Niro appeared in Michael Cimino's war drama The Deer Hunter , a film based on a trio of steelworkers whose lives were changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. [8] [9] De Niro was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [10]
After Taxi Driver, De Niro collaborated with Scorsese on the musical drama New York, New York (1977). [11] The film was a box-office failure, and its disappointing reception drove Scorsese into depression and drugs. [12] While Scorsese was in rehab, De Niro asked him to read Raging Bull: My Story , a book about boxer Jake LaMotta, which Scorsese threw away and said was "full of shit". [12] [13] After nearly dying from a drug overdose, Scorsese agreed to make the film. [14] Raging Bull (1980) received widespread critical acclaim, [15] [16] [17] and De Niro received the Academy Award for Best Actor,[ citation needed ] Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, [18] and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. [19] After Raging Bull, De Niro appeared in neo-noir True Confessions (1981), in which he was praised for his performance. [20] [21] In 1983, De Niro was cast in Martin Scorsese's satirical black comedy The King of Comedy , in which he appeared as a struggling comedian with mental health issues. [22] [23] While the film bombed at the box office, it was well received by critics. [23] [22] [24] Mark Kermode of The Guardian wrote, "While all these movies are terrific indeed, they pale by comparison with Scorsese and De Niro's finest – and most often overlooked – work: The King of Comedy". [23] The following year, De Niro appeared in the epic crime drama, Once Upon a Time in America . [25] In the film, De Niro plays David "Noodles" Aaronson, who struggles as a street kid in a neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1920s.[ citation needed ]Once Upon a Time in America was a financial disaster, grossing $5.3 million on a $30 million budget. [26] [27] [28]
In 1990, De Niro starred in Penny Marshall's Awakenings , based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir of the same title and for his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [29] [30] [31] The following year, De Niro appeared in Scorsese's psychological thriller Cape Fear as Max Cady, a convicted rapist. [32] [33] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. [34] In 2000, De Niro appeared in the comedy film Meet the Parents , which was a commercial success, later reprising his role in the 2004 and 2010 sequels. In 2012, De Niro appeared in the David O. Russell film Silver Linings Playbook , for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. [35] In 2019, De Niro starred in Todd Phillips' psychological thriller Joker, based on DC Comics characters, as talk show host Murray Franklin. [36] [37] The film grossed over $1 billion, making it the first R-rated film to do so. [38] After Joker, De Niro collaborated with Martin Scorsese on The Irishman (2019). [39] In the film, he plays the role of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino and his crime family. [40] De Niro's performance in the film was widely praised by critics. [41] [42]
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Year | Title | Role | Director | Note(s) | Ref(s). |
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1965 | Encounter | The Nephew | Norman C. Chaitin | Short film | [146] |
1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Great Sewer | Bill Couturié | Voice role Documentary | [147] |
1998 | Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth | Narrator | Robert B. Weide | Documentary | [148] |
2002 | 9/11 | Himself (host) | Gédéon Naudet / Jules Naudet / James Hanlon | Documentary | [149] |
2003 | Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist | Narrator | — | Documentary | [150] |
2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Himself | Alex Stapleton | Documentary | [151] |
2014 | The Man Who Saved the World | Himself | Peter Anthony | Documentary | [152] |
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. | Himself | Geeta Gandbhir / Perri Peltz | Documentary short film | [153] | |
2015 | The Audition | Himself | Martin Scorsese | Short film | [154] |
Ellis | Unnamed | JR | Short film | [155] | |
2020 | Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) | James | Nancy Meyers | Short film | [156] |
Year | Title | Note(s) | Ref(s). |
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1992 | Thunderheart | Producer | [157] |
1993 | The Night We Never Met | Producer - uncredited | |
1995 | Panther | [158] | |
1996 | Faithful | Producer | [159] |
1998 | Witness to the Mob | Executive producer, TV film | |
1999 | Entropy | Producer | [160] |
2000 | Holiday Heart | Executive producer, TV film | |
2001 | Prison Song | Producer | [161] |
2002 | About a Boy | [162] | |
2004 | Stage Beauty | [163] | |
2005 | Rent | [164] | |
2009 | Public Enemies | Executive producer | [165] |
2012 | NYC 22 | [166] | |
2014 | About a Boy | [167] | |
2015 | For Justice | Executive producer, TV film | |
2018 | Quincy | Producer | |
2019 | When They See Us | Executive producer | |
Year | Title | Role | Note(s) | Ref(s). |
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2001 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "Hurricane, Part 3" | |
2002–2010 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 3 episodes | [168] |
2006 | Extras | Himself | Episode: "Jonathan Ross" | [169] |
2011 | 30 Rock | Himself | Episode: "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning" | [170] |
2017 | The Wizard of Lies | Bernie Madoff | Television film; also executive producer | [171] |
2023 | Nada | Vincent Parisi | 5 episodes | [172] |
TBA | Zero Day | George Mullen | Miniseries; also executive producer | [173] |
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Ref(s). |
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1986 | Cuba and His Teddy Bear | Cuba | Longacre Theatre | [174] |
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. He emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, and Nicholas Colasanto in his final film role. The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It follows the career of LaMotta, played by De Niro, his rise and fall in the boxing scene, and his turbulent personal life beset by rage and jealousy.
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American epic neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis Bickle, a veteran and taxi driver, and his deteriorating mental state as he works nights in the city.
Alfredo James Pacino is an American actor. Considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century, Pacino has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, achieving the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also received four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2007, the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.
Harvey Keitel is an American actor known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with director Martin Scorsese, starring in six of his films: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and The Irishman (2019).
Joseph Frank Pesci is an American actor. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019). He has received several awards including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award with nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
The King of Comedy is a 1982 American satirical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard. Written by Paul D. Zimmerman, the film focuses on themes such as celebrity worship and American media culture. 20th Century Fox released the film on February 18, 1983, in the United States, though the film was released two months earlier in Iceland.
The Departed is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster and crime boss Whitey Bulger. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson and James Badge Dale in supporting roles.
Domenico Lombardozzi is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Herc in The Wire, and is also known for his roles in Tulsa King, Entourage, A Bronx Tale (1993), and The Irishman (2019).
Paul Herman was an American actor. He was best known for playing Randy in David O. Russell's dramedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and Whispers DiTullio in Martin Scorsese's crime epic The Irishman (2019).
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor and film producer. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, 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, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are an American director-actor collaborative duo who have made ten feature films and one short film together since 1973. Many of them are often ranked among the greatest films of all time.
Martin Scorsese is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. To date, Scorsese has directed twenty-six feature length narrative films, seventeen feature-length documentary films, and has co-directed one anthology film.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor who began his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows The New Lassie (1989) and Santa Barbara (1990) and also had long-running roles in the comedy-drama Parenthood (1990) and the sitcom Growing Pains (1991). DiCaprio played Tobias "Toby" Wolff opposite Robert De Niro in the biographical coming-of-age drama This Boy's Life in 1993. In the same year, he had a supporting role as a developmentally disabled boy Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. In 1995, DiCaprio played the leading roles of an American author Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries and the French poet Arthur Rimbaud in Total Eclipse. The following year he played Romeo Montague in the Baz Luhrmann-directed film Romeo + Juliet (1996). DiCaprio starred with Kate Winslet in the James Cameron-directed film Titanic (1997). The film became the highest grossing at the worldwide box-office, and made him famous globally. For his performance as Jack Dawson, he received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
The Irishman is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. It stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, with Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, and Harvey Keitel in supporting roles. The film follows Frank Sheeran, a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino (Pesci) and his crime family before later working for the powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). The film marked the ninth collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro, in addition to Scorsese's fifth collaboration with Harvey Keitel, his fourth collaboration with Joe Pesci; his first with Al Pacino; the fourth collaboration between Pacino and De Niro; and the first collaboration between Pacino and Pesci altogether.
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are frequent collaborators in cinema, with DiCaprio appearing in six feature films and one short film made by Scorsese since 2002. The films explore a variety of genres, including historical epic, crime, thriller, biopic, comedy and western. Several have been listed on many critics' year-end top ten and best-of-decade lists.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 American epic Western crime drama film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth. It is based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on tribal land. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but a corrupt local political boss sought to steal the wealth.
The 91st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 3, 2019.
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