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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


  • Gervais mistaken for De Niro - 9 July 2008
    Gervais' reputation in Hollywood continues to rise – as he was recently pursued by a group of tourists who thought he was Robert De Niro.-The British comedian, who has had movie roles in Stardust and Night At The Museum, was spotted by a group of Swedish tourists


  • I'm not difficult, says De Niro - 24 June 2008
    Robert De Niro has refuted suggestions that he is difficult to work with, claiming that the process of filmmaking is tricky enough without adding to it with such behaviour.-The legendary star of classics such as Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Godfather II and Goodfellas,


  • De Niro joins Fine cast - 8 April 2008
    Screen legend Robert De Niro has joined Charlie's Angels star Drew Barrymore and Pearl Harbour's Kate Beckinsale in the cast of comedy remake Everybody's Fine, according to reports. -Industry newspaper Variety says De Niro, whose CV includes Raging Bull, Godfather II, G

Robert De Niro - what members say


  • Raging Bull
  • Raging Bull review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5 stars one of the all time greats 21 September 2003
    ...This is a two-man movie; Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are two of the brightest talents in their respective fields, and this film shows them at their best. Much has been...  
  • Goodfellas
  • Goodfellas review by Simon Broad 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 A customer 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...  

Robert De Niro - filmography


  • What Just Happened?
  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Sean Penn,  John Turturro
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: TBC
    "What Just Happened?" is about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer--as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. This is the tale of a man besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of ...
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  • Righteous Kill
  • Righteous Kill (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: TBC
    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: 5.0 (98%)
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  • Stardust - HD DVD Version
  • Stardust - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Charlie Cox,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Matthew Vaughn
    Certificate: 12
    Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (78%)
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  • The Good Shepherd
  • The Good Shepherd on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    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: 3.0 (58%)
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  • Godsend
  • Godsend on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Greg Kinnear,  Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Nick Hamm
    Certificate: 15
    The trials of parenthood are at the forefront of this murky horror effort that recalls 1970s child-possession hits like AUDREY ROSE ('77) and The EXORCIST ('73). Inner-city school teacher Paul (Greg Kinnear) and his wife Jessica (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) are distraught after losing their eight-year-...
    Rate this: 2.5 (53%)
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  • Meet The Fockers
  • Meet The Fockers on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ben Stiller,  Dustin Hoffman
    Director: Jay Roach
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (66%)
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  • Showtime
  • Showtime on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Eddie Murphy
    Director: Tom Dey
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (59%)
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  • Analyze That
  • Analyze That on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Billy Crystal,  Lisa Kudrow
    Director: Harold Ramis
    Certificate: 15
    ANALYZE THAT, the star-studded sequel to 1999's smash comedy hit ANALYZE THIS, reunites neurotic mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) with his former psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal). The anxious mob boss is about to finish his prison sentence but he is suffering a nervous breakdown behind ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (61%)
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  • The Score
  • The Score on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Edward Norton,  Angela Bassett
    Director: Frank Oz
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (67%)
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  • Meet The Parents
  • Meet The Parents on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Ben Stiller,  Blythe Danner
    Director: Jay Roach
    Certificate: 12
    MEET THE PARENTS stars Ben Stiller as the unfortunately named Greg Focker, a neurotic nurse intent on marrying his girlfriend, Pam (Teri Polo). But when the couple visits Pam's family home for her sister's wedding, he must first win the approval of her father, Jack (Robert De Niro), a protective ex-...
    Rate this: 3.5 (72%)
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  • The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle
  • The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Rene Russo,  Jason Alexander,  Randy Quaid
    Director: Des McAnuff
    Certificate: U
    The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle suffers from a problem common among live-action movies that are based on beloved cartoon characters--the humans are never as flexible, unpredictable, or just plain goofy as their animated counterparts. In this blend of animation and live action, Rocky and ...
    Rate this: 2.0 (43%)
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  • Flawless
  • Flawless on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Philip Seymour Hoffman,  Barry Miller
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: 15
    Walter Koontz (De Niro) - once a hero cop, now a security guard - lives in a rundown Hell's kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbour in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (60%)
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  • Analyze This
  • Analyze This on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Billy Crystal,  Lisa Kudrow
    Director: Harold Ramis
    Certificate: 15
    Paul Vitti is a New York gangster who suddenly has problems with his health after assuming the role of leader of his crime family. Even his henchmen become anxious as to his sudden change. Vitti decides to seek help from the only psychiatrist he's ever heard of - Ben Sobol - and demands that he ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (63%)
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  • Ronin
  • Ronin (2 discs) on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jean Reno,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (73%)
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  • Jackie Brown
  • Jackie Brown (2 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Pam Grier,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Quentin Tarantino
    Certificate: 18
    Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard's crime story from Miami to Tarantino's city of choice, Los Angeles, JACKIE BROWN cruises along smoothly, much like the film's 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (70%)
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  • Cop Land
  • Cop Land on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Robert De Niro,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: 18
    In the idyllic bedroom community of Garrison, New Jersey, a community of NYPD officers takes refuge away from the big city's troubles while still enjoying all the kickbacks, cover-ups, and mob-owned banking privileges from across the river. But the code of silence is tested when an off-duty, drunk ...
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  • Great Expectations
  • Great Expectations on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: Alfonso Cuaron
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (58%)
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  • Marvin's Room
  • Marvin's Room on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Leonardo DiCaprio,  Diane Keaton
    Director: Jerry Zaks
    Certificate: 12
    Upon receiving a call from her leukemia-stricken sister after not speaking with her for two decades, a devil-may-care single mother packs up her two sons--one, a rebellious teen who has spent time in a mental institution--and heads to Florida to reunite with her ailing sibling and their bedridden ...
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  • Sleepers
  • Sleepers on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Robert De Niro,  Dustin Hoffman
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 18
    Tommy, John, Michael, and Shakes are four young teenage punks growing up in the streets of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen in the mid-1960s. When these four friends pull a prank that that goes awry, they find themselves serving time at the Wilkinson School for Boys, where they are repeatedly and ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (73%)
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  • The Fan
  • The Fan on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Wesley Snipes,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Tony Scott
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (62%)
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  • Casino - BLU-RAY Version
  • Casino - BLU-RAY Version (1995)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Robert De Niro,  Joe Pesci
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: 18
    Martin Scorsese, one of America's most influential filmmakers, returns to the world of mobsters, greed, and excess that he explored so compellingly in 1990's GOODFELLAS. Set in the 1970s and revelling in the minute details of how Las Vegas casinos operate, the film chronicles the rise and fall of ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (81%)
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