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Robert De Niro filmographyPosted on 2008-Sep-14 at 01:29 - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link• Frankie Machine (2010) (in production) Frank Machianno Robert de Niro: Drena De Niro is his daughter through adoption, being Diahnne Abbott's daughter from a previous marriage. His wife Grace Hightower gave birth to their son, Elliot De Niro, on March 18, 1998. After being caught up in a Paris prostitution ring investigation, he, denying any involvement, vowed never to return to France again (1998). Father of actor Raphael De Niro. Ranked #5 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997). Turned down the role of Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Son of Robert De Niro Sr., an abstract expressionist, and Virginia Admiral, a painter. In his 1980 Oscar acceptance speech he thanked Joey LaMotta (brother of Jake LaMotta), who was at the time suing United Artists for the portrayal of him in Raging Bull (1980). He formed his production company, TriBeCa Productions, in 1989. He and girlfriend Toukie Smith have twin sons, Aaron Kendrick De Niro and Julian Henry De Niro, who were conceived by in vitro fertilization, and related links about penis enlargement , marire penis steroid use and penis blog here. Although he is commonly referred to as an Italian-American actor, De Niro is actually one-quarter Italian in ancestry. His father was half-Irish and half- Italian. His mother was of French, Dutch and German ancestry. He was, however, quite close to his Italian paternal grandfather, whom Robert visited frequently in Syracuse, NY when he was young. De Niro has stated that he identifies "more with [his] Italian side". Was offered but turned down the role of Sal the pizza shop owner in Do the Right Thing (1989). He is the second actor to win an Oscar for portraying Vito Corleone. He and Marlon Brando are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. He first discovered his love for acting at age 10 when he portrayed The Cowardly Lion in a local production of "The Wizard of Oz." He dropped out of high school to join a gang. Formerly held the World Record for Most Weight Gained for a Movie, in gaining over 60 pounds for his role in Raging Bull (1980). But seven years later, Vincent D'Onofrio eclipsed him in gaining 70 pounds for his role in Full Metal Jacket (1987). Three movies (at least) that De Niro has appeared in have the song "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones noticeably featured in the soundtrack - - The Fan (1996), Casino (1995) and Goodfellas (1990). Ranked #78 in Premiere's 2002 annual Power 100 List. In 1993 he was tapped to star as Enzo Ferrari in the film "Ferrari", which was budgeted at $65 million (U.S.) and had Michael Mann attached as director. The project fell through.Another friend of de Niro is Arnold Scwarzenegger. He organised the first Tribeca Film Festival in May 2002. He intended to revitalise the Lower Manhattan area after September 11th attacks. Has said that Meryl Streep is his favorite actress to work with. He was voted as the best actor of all time at FilmFour.com (2002). Inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Fame in 2002. British pop group Bananarama had a hit song dedicated to him called "Robert De Niro's Waiting." De Niro heard about it and arranged to meet the three girls, but they got so nervous, while waiting for him, that they got drunk before he even arrived. Diagnosed with prostate cancer, penis size and expected to make a full recovery (October 2003). Spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian dialect in order to play Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II (1974). Nearly all the dialogue that his character spoke in the movie was in Sicilian. When he was a child, he was an avid reader of playwrights. According to a profile in Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue, is the first actor to do a method interpretation of a cartoon character as Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000). He started the whole "awards show ribbon" tradition by wearing a green ribbon on his lapel at the 1981 Academy Awards. The ribbon was in rememberance of several African-American children who were victims of a serial killer in Atlanta, Georgia in 1980-1981. The ribbon was given to him by a fan in the bleachers as he arrived; the victims' families had been wearing them for months. Was in Ossining, New York (home of the infamous Sing Sing penitentiary) to shoot three different movies: Analyze This (1999), Analyze That (2002) and Hide and Seek (2005). In the Egyptian film Medina, El (1999), the main actor Ali has a duck that he named De Niro after his favorite actor. Was voted the Number 2 greatest movie star of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll, narrowly being beaten by Al Pacino. It was tricky to make him look huge as Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1994) , considering that Kenneth Branagh, who played Dr. Frankenstein, is of similar height. Many of the tricks used to make humans, wizards and elves dwarf the hobbits later on for "Lord of the Rings" trilogy were also employed to make De Niro appear much bigger than his co-stars, including using very large men as body doubles for shots where only the hands and feet are seen. He was voted the 34th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Singer P.J. Harvey refers to De Niro in a song, "Reeling," from her album '4-Track Demos". Finley Quaye mentions him in the song "Sunday Shining", in the line "I'm a hero like Robert De Niro". Was unable to accept his first Oscar in 1975 due to filming commitments to Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento (1976).
Robert De NiroPosted on 2008-Sep-14 at 01:23 - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is a two-time Academy Award winning American film actor, director and producer. Often regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro has also been called one of the most enigmatic.
He is noted for his method acting and portrayals of conflicted, troubled characters - as well as gangsters - and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. He is best-known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II; cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver; boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull; mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas; casino owner Sam Rothstein in Casino; Al Capone in The Untouchables; Noodles in Once Upon a Time in America; Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter and more recently as Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents.
Good quotes Robert De Niro, who is thought of as one of the greatest actors of his time, was born in New York City in 1943 to two artists. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974 De Niro received an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and received Academy Award nomations for best actor in Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), and Cape Fear (1991). He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull (1980). De Niro currently heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center, and made his directorial debut in 1993 with A Bronx Tale (1993). add url add link here
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