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Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro
Robert Mario De Niro Jr – born 17 August, 1943, in New York – long-time collaborator of Martin Scorsese, does a fine line in powerful crime figures (which he’s successfully leveraged into comedic roles), and is widely hailed as the greatest actor of his generation.

Al Pacino may have something to say about that, of course, with whom De Niro finally shared an electric on-screen pairing in Heat, two decades after his career was forged in the white-hot roles of Mean Streets, his first Oscar win for The Godfather Part 2, and Taxi Driver.

Training at several stage schools, and teenage years spent mostly Off-Broadway and in tHeatre workshops, formed De Niro's intense 'method' dedication to his craft. A dedication that extends to dramatic physical transformation: gaining 27 kg as aging boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (for which he won his second Oscar), grinding his teeth for Cape Fear, shaving his hairline to play Al Capone in The Untouchables.

Investing in his beloved TriBeCa neighbourhood of lower Manhattan, De Niro has established a film festival, restaurants and his own film company, TriBeCa Productions (since 1989). He made his directorial debut with A Bronx Tale in 1993, and the decade to date has seen a swing to more comedic roles, and his second and third helms: The Score and, most recently, The Good Shepherd.

Wise words: "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price."


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Robert De Niro - news / articles


  • Streisand injured massaging De Niro - 5 October 2009
    -Barbra Streisand sprained her thumbs giving Robert De Niro a massage while filming a scene for Meet The Fockers.- -The veteran actress starred alongside De Niro in the 2004 comedy, in which she plays a free-spirited sex therapist, and the actor demanded she put her all


  • De Niro helps Damon with weight gain - 14 September 2009
    -Matt Damon called on Robert De Niro for advice when he learned he'd have to pile on pounds for his role in The Informant - because the movie great had done such a great job of getting heavy for Raging Bull.- -Damon gained 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) to play Mark Whitacr


  • De Niro stole Taxi Driver line from Springsteen - 2 June 2009
    -Robert De Niro stole his famous "You talkin' to me?" Taxi Driver movie line from rock legend Bruce Springsteen. - -The line, which De Niro's character recites to himself in the 1976 Martin Scorsese movie, has become one of the most famous movie quotes of all time.- -

Robert De Niro - what members say


  • Goodfellas
  • Goodfellas review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Go home and get your shine box. 17 November 2007
    ...ect from people. He joins hands with Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro). This trio starts by hijacking, stealing and selling goods from huge truck loa...  
  • Heat
  • Heat review by from NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Rated - 5 stars 5 October 2004
    ...Loved this film to bits .... co starring the top ten actors together (Ronin) (Robert De Niro) and the very perdictable (Al Pacino) and batan star (Val Kilmer) the story start...  
  • The Untouchables
  • The Untouchables review by from Manchester, England
    Rated - 3 stars Could Have Been Better 8 September 2005
    ...s could have been a good film. It really had potential – great sets, nice cast (Robert De Niro is totally not typecast as Al Capone), and if you can get past a) the fact that...  

Robert De Niro - filmography


  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 21,309 members
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  • Good Shepherd, The - BLU-RAY Version (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 79 members
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  • The Good Shepherd on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 42,113 members
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  • Godsend on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Greg Kinnear,  Rebecca Romijn,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Nick Hamm
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul and Jessie Duncan have lost their beloved eight year-old son Adam in a tragic accident. As they are arranging for his burial, Dr. Richard Wells, approaches with the incredible offer to clone Adam, essentially bringing back their boy and reuniting their broken family. Despite the many legal, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 12,694 members
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  • Meet The Fockers on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ben Stiller,  Dustin Hoffman
    Director: Jay Roach
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Following the knee-slapping hit MEET THE PARENTS, director Jay Roach once again keeps audiences roaring with laughter as he presents MEET THE FOCKERS. This time, young engaged couple Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are getting their parents together a few months before the wedding. Greg ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 87,845 members
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  • Showtime on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Eddie Murphy
    Director: Tom Dey
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    SHOWTIME deftly combines clever satire and explosive action, taking the buddy cop movie in a new direction. Robert De Niro stars as Mitch Preston, a no-nonsense detective who makes headlines when he shoots the television camera right out of the hands of a meddlesome photographer during a bust. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,250 members
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  • The Score on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Edward Norton,  Angela Bassett
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 5,977 members
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  • Ronin on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jean Reno,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 18,796 members
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  • Great Expectations on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: Alfonso Cuaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of her eccentric, spiteful maiden aunt taints their relationship. A stylish, heavily romantic updating of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,407 members
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  • The Fan on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Wesley Snipes,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Quick-tempered Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) has an ex-wife who hates him, a son who fears him, and a job that he's about to lose. The only thing that this down-on-his-luck knife salesman can count on is baseball. He's a loyal, die hard fan, specifically when it comes to his favorite player, Bobby ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,188 members
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  • Heat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 38,875 members
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  • This Boy's Life (1993)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ellen Barkin,  Leonardo DiCaprio
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A film based on Tobias Wolff's much-praised autobiography about his troubled youth.Caroline Wolff, divorced and with no job prospects, takes her son Toby on an aimless journey across 1950s America. They stop for a while in several towns, where Caroline gets involved with different men, but they ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,671 members
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  • Backdraft - HD DVD Version (1990)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  William Baldwin,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two feuding brothers carry on an heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire Department. Whilst trying to resolve their own differences, they must solve a baffling series of arson attacks. Each fire ignited by the phenomena known as backdraft.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 294 members
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  • Goodfellas on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ray Liotta,  Joe Pesci
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 62,713 members
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  • Backdraft on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  William Baldwin,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two feuding brothers carry on a heroic family tradition in the Chicago Fire Department. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8,826 members
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  • Jacknife on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ed Harris,  Kathy Baker
    Director: David Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A troubled Vietnam vet pays a visit to an old war buddy. Finding him in a depressed and drunken state with only a sister for company, he stays around and helps to free his friend from the past. The sister comes to know a tender love that she has never experienced before.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 307 members
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  • We're No Angels (1989)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two escaped convicts on the run (Robert De Niro and Sean Penn) try to outsmart the law by masquerading as priests. Their goal is to find a way into Canada before they are discovered. The plan is complicated, however, when one of them falls in love with a hot-tempered woman (Demi Moore) with some ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 205 members
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  • Angel Heart on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Mickey Rourke,  Robert De Niro,  Lisa Bonet
    Director: Alan Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART, based on the novel FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, a New York City gumshoe is hired to find an aging blues singer. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) follows clues from the ominous ghettos of Harlem to the witchy backwoods of Louisiana, where he takes up with Epiphany ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,809 members
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  • The Untouchables on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Charles Martin Smith,  Andy Garcia,  Kevin Costner
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Kevin Costner is idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness, whose assignment to clean up Prohibition-era Chicago leads to violence and many questions about upholding the law. Initially powerless to stop the flow of booze into the city (the police force is corrupt and everyone in town seems to be on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 27,047 members
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  • The Mission on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jeremy Irons,  Ray McAnally
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A visually stunning epic, THE MISSION recounts the true story of two men--a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons)--both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,735 members
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  • Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Michael Moriarty,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: John Hancock
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Robert De Niro stars as Bruce Pearson, a baseball player stricken with Hodgkin's disease. During his illness, he befriends the team's star pitcher Henry Wiggin, who not only helps Bruce hide his illness from the materialist owners, but also emotionally supports his dying friend.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4 members
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  • Born To Win on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  George Segal,  Karen Black
    Director: Ivan Passer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A man is driven to plan a robbery of a New York restaurant to support his hundred dollar a day heroin habit. A witty comment on respectable people turned into outlaws by drug laws more dangerous than the drugs themselves. AKA "The Addict."
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 261 members
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Robert De Niro - watch online


  • The Untouchables to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Sean Connery,  Charles Martin Smith
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 119 minutes
    The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma's The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece - glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 81% from 130 members
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Robert De Niro facts

5 most recent films

Little Fockers - 3.5 stars
I Heard You Paint Houses - 4.0 stars
Everybody's Fine - 3.5 stars
What Just Happened? - 2.5 stars
Righteous Kill - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Goodfellas - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Godfather Trilogy, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Heat - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Goodfellas - HD DVD Version - 4.5 stars
Goodfellas - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Line Of Fire - 1.5 stars
Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 2 - 1.5 stars
Blue Manhattan - 2.0 stars
Hollywood Biographies - The Leading Men - 2.5 stars
Bang The Drum Slowly - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joe Pesci - 20 times - show films
Al Pacino - 13 times - show films
John Cazale - 7 times - show films
Angelina Jolie - 7 times - show films
Meryl Streep - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martin Scorsese - 19 times - show films
Brian De Palma - 7 times - show films
Michael Cimino - 4 times - show films
Michael Mann - 4 times - show films
Francis Ford Coppola - 3 times - show films


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