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