| Robert De Niro  AKA Robert De Niro, Jr.
Born: 17-Aug-1943
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Godfather: Part II Robert De Niro's first screen appearance came in a 1965 French drama filmed in New York, and De Niro had no lines (he just ate in a diner). His second film was Brian De Palma's farce Greetings, in 1968. He played his first gangster in Roger Corman's 1970 Ma Barker melodrama Bloody Mama, starring Shelley Winters. In 1973, Bang the Drum Slowly, a tearjerker about baseball buddies, made De Niro recognisable. In 1974, De Niro starred in The Godfather Part II. As the young Vito Corleone, he was hailed as the next coming of Marlon Brando. Brando and De Niro are the only actors to win Oscars playing the same character.
De Niro's other famous roles include the creepy Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, the tragic war hero in The Deer Hunter, the tortured boxer in Raging Bull, the psychotic Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, the anarchist plumber in Brazil, a recovering catatonic in Awakenings, a nightmare rapist in Cape Fear, and a fictionalized Karl Rove in Wag the Dog. And like Brando, after his string of terrific performances, De Niro seems to have settled into a succession of easy paychecks, squandering the second half of his career on projects of little interest and comedies capitalizing on his tough-guy image -- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Analyze This and That, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, etc.
In 1998, two articles in a French newspaper linked him to a prostitution ring. De Niro was questioned but never charged in that matter, and while he may or may not have slept with an employee of the ring, he insists he never paid for any services rendered. De Niro sued and won about $13,000 in damages. The press coverage, however, led the Vatican to drop De Niro from the roster of readers recording a CD of Pope John Paul II's poetry.
De Niro was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, but his doctors insist that he is otherwise in excellent physical condition, and is expected to make a full recovery.
Father: Robert De Niro, Sr. (d. 1993 cancer)
Mother: Virginia Admiral
Girlfriend: Leigh Taylor-Young (actress, dated early 1970s)
Wife: Diahnne Abbott (singer-actress, m. 1976, div. 1978, one son)
Daughter: Dreena De Niro (stepdaughter, model)
Son: Raphael De Niro (b. 1976, with Abbott)
Girlfriend: Uma Thurman (actress, dated early 1990s)
Girlfriend: Naomi Campbell (model, dated 1990s)
Girlfriend: Ashley Judd (actress, dated 1990s)
Girlfriend: Toukie Smith (actress, dated 1990s, two surrogate children)
Son: Aaron Kendrick De Niro (twin, born to surrogate for Smith, b. 20-Oct-1995)
Son: Julian Henry De Niro (twin, born to surrogate for Smith, b. 20-Oct-1995)
Wife: Grace Hightower (stewardess, m. 17-Jun-1997, div. 1999, one child)
Son: Elliot De Niro (b. 18-Mar-1998, with Hightower)
High School: Rhodes Prep, New York City, NY
Endorsement of American Express
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1975 for The Godfather: Part II
Oscar for Best Actor 1981 for Raging Bull
French Legion of Honor
Golden Globe 1981 for Raging Bull
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 2003
Dean for America
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Friends of Hillary
Gore 2000
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Board of Directors
Paternity Test (4-Oct-1992)
Irish Ancestry Three-quarters Irish
Italian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Good Shepherd (11-Dec-2006)
A Bronx Tale (29-Sep-1993)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Righteous Kill (11-Sep-2008)
Stardust (9-Aug-2007)
The Good Shepherd (11-Dec-2006)
Hide and Seek (27-Jan-2005)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (22-Dec-2004)
Meet the Fockers (16-Dec-2004)
Shark Tale (10-Sep-2004) [VOICE]
Godsend (30-Apr-2004)
Analyze That (6-Dec-2002)
City by the Sea (6-Sep-2002)
Showtime (11-Mar-2002)
9/11 (10-Mar-2002) Himself
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) Himself
The Score (9-Jul-2001)
15 Minutes (1-Mar-2001)
Meet the Parents (6-Oct-2000)
Men of Honor (14-Sep-2000)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (24-Jun-2000)
Flawless (24-Nov-1999)
Analyze This (5-Mar-1999)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (21-Oct-1998) Himself [VOICE]
Ronin (12-Sep-1998)
Great Expectations (30-Jan-1998)
Wag the Dog (25-Dec-1997)
Jackie Brown (25-Dec-1997)
Cop Land (15-Aug-1997)
Marvin's Room (18-Dec-1996)
Sleepers (18-Oct-1996)
The Fan (16-Aug-1996)
Heat (15-Dec-1995)
Casino (22-Nov-1995)
A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema (25-Jan-1995)
Frankenstein (4-Nov-1994)
A Bronx Tale (29-Sep-1993)
This Boy's Life (9-Apr-1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (5-Mar-1993)
Night and the City (16-Oct-1992)
Mistress (29-Apr-1992)
Cape Fear (13-Nov-1991)
Backdraft (24-May-1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (May-1991) Himself
Guilty by Suspicion (15-Mar-1991)
Awakenings (20-Dec-1990)
Goodfellas (19-Sep-1990)
Stanley & Iris (9-Feb-1990)
We're No Angels (15-Dec-1989)
Jacknife (10-Mar-1989)
Midnight Run (20-Jul-1988)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Oct-1987) [VOICE]
The Untouchables (3-Jun-1987)
Angel Heart (6-Mar-1987)
The Mission (29-Sep-1986)
Brazil (20-Feb-1985)
Falling in Love (21-Nov-1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (17-Feb-1984)
The King of Comedy (18-Feb-1983)
True Confessions (2-Oct-1981)
Raging Bull (14-Nov-1980)
The Deer Hunter (8-Dec-1978)
New York, New York (21-Jun-1977)
The Last Tycoon (15-Nov-1976)
1900 (15-Aug-1976)
Taxi Driver (8-Feb-1976)
The Godfather: Part II (12-Dec-1974)
Mean Streets (2-Oct-1973)
Bang the Drum Slowly (26-Aug-1973)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (22-Dec-1971)
Born to Win (1-Dec-1971)
Hi, Mom! (27-Apr-1970)
Bloody Mama (24-Mar-1970)
The Wedding Party (9-Apr-1969)
Sam's Song (1969)
Greetings (15-Dec-1968)
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