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Robert De Niro
17 August 1943
Robert De Niro played in 67 and created 2 movies in the Drama, Crime, Music, Comedy, Sport, Thriller, History, Romance, War, Music, Musical, Biography, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Action, Animation, Family, Documentary, Short genres.
Robert De Niro got succeed with average imdb rating 10.7.
After marrying African-American Diahnne Abbott he adopted her daughter 'Drena De Niro', Abbott's daughter from her previous marriage. Drena refuses to tag her biological framer. He also has son Raphael De Niro with Abbott.
Had a long clauses relationship with African-American fashion facsimile Toukie Smith. Smith is the sister of last fashion designer Willi Smith. They from twins sons together, twins Aaron Kendrick De Niro and Julian Henry De Niro (b. October 20, 1995). Their twins were conceived by means of in vitro fertilization.
... He married his second spouse Considerateness Hightower in 1997 and she gave origination to their son, Elliot De Niro on Cortege 18, 1998. In 1999 he renewed his confederation vows to Strength of character at their Ulster County let out draw near New York's Catskill Mountains, but later in the year he filed for part. Their fallout continued into 2001 as a dormant charge fray to their son Elliott heated up. Still, the divorce was never finalized and they managed to mitigate over their troubles.
When he was a woman, he was an avid reader of playwrights.
Growing up in the Pygmy Italy section of Brand-new York City, his sobriquet was "Bobby Milk" because he was so attenuated and as ineffectual as milk.
Turned down the role of Jesus in The Form Temptation of Christ (1988). Was considered benefit of the character of Josh Bakin in Big (1988). Was offered but turned down the role of Sal the pizza blow the whistle on buy owner in Do the Thing (1989).
Son of painter Virginia Admiral and cut down expressionist Robert De Niro Sr. Despite being raised Presbyterian, Virginia was an atheist for most of Robert's boyhood. Robert Sr was raised Inclusive but was not religious in any acknowledge proceeding. After De Niro was born, his frame Robert Sr came out as a homosexual male and eventually divorced Robert's native.
He formed his direction , TriBeCa Productions, in 1989.
In his 1980 Oscar acceptance speech he thanked Joey LaMotta (relative of Jake LaMotta), who was at the time suing Cooperative Artists for the portrayal of him in Raging Bull (1980).
After being caught up in a Paris prostitution ring questioning, he, denying any involvement, vowed never to amends to France again (1998).
Although he is commonly referred to as an Italian-American actor, De Niro is actually one-quarter Italian in ancestry. His create was half-Irish and half- Italian. His mamma was of French, Dutch and German ancestry. He was, manner, quite thick to his Italian paternal grandfather, whom Robert visited as often as not in Syracuse, NY when he was young. De Niro has stated that he identifies "more with [his] Italian side". Inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Reputation in 2002.
He is the stand-in actor to win an Oscar for portraying Vito Corleone. He and Marlon Brando are the only two actors to win an Oscar since playing the nonetheless character.
He first discovered his weakness in behalf of acting at age 10 when he portrayed The Cowardly Lion in a particular production of "The Wizard of Oz." He dropped visible of on a trip train to join a gang.
Formerly held the The human race Disc in requital for Most Weight Gained on the side of a Moving picture, in gaining over 60 pounds fit his role in Raging Bull (1980). But seven years later, Vincent D'Onofrio eclipsed him in gaining 70 pounds for his part in Well-rounded Metal Jacket (1987).
Three movies (at least) that De Niro has appeared in compel ought to the long explanation "Gimme Guard" next to The Rolling Stones noticeably featured in the soundtrack - - The Admirer (1996), Casino (1995) and Goodfellas (1990).
Ranked #78 in Debut's 2002 annual Power 100 Slant.
In 1993 he was tapped to as Enzo Ferrari in the cover "Ferrari", which was budgeted at $65 million (U.S.) and had Michael Mann attached as director. The project fell through.
He organised the first Tribeca Mist Holy day in May 2002. He intended to revitalise the Tone down Manhattan area after September 11th attacks.
Has said that Meryl Streep is his favorite actress to handle with.
He was voted as the best actor of all stretch at FilmFour.com (2002).
British cola group Bananarama had a flagellate bother dedicated to him called "Robert De Niro's Waiting." De Niro heard beside it and arranged to touch the three girls, but they got so skittish, while waiting quest of him, that they got drunk before he plane arrived.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer, and expected to make a obsessed deliverance (October 2003).
Spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian slang in order to play Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Duty II (1974). All but all the dialogue that his character spoke in the movie was in Sicilian.
When he was a newborn, he was an avid reader of playwrights.
According to a profile in Egotism Fair's annual Hollywood cause c‚lebre, is the at the outset actor to do a method construal of a cartoon hieroglyph as Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Firm & Bullwinkle (2000).
He started the unbroken "awards display ribbon" tradition on wearing a green ribbon on his lapel at the 1981 Academy Awards. The ribbon was in rememberance of certain African-American children who were victims of a serial cutthroat in Atlanta, Georgia in 1980-1981. The ribbon was given to him by a enthusiast in the bleachers as he arrived; the victims' families had been wearing them for months.
Was in Ossining, Green York (home of the shameful Rat Sing penitentiary) to shoot three peculiar movies: Analyze This (1999), Analyze That (2002) and Keep quiet and Invite (2005).
In the Egyptian film El Medina (1999), the main actor Ali has a stoop that he named De Niro after his favorite actor.
Was voted the Number 2 greatest flicks star of all measure in a Channel 4 (UK) poll, narrowly being beaten by Al Pacino.
It was uncertain to make him look whopping as Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1994) , everything considered that Kenneth Branagh, who played Dr. Frankenstein, is of similar height. Myriad of the tricks adapted to to make humans, wizards and elves dominate the hobbits later on appropriate for "Lord of the Rings" trilogy were also employed to make De Niro appear much bigger than his co-stars, including using extremely large men as body doubles for shots where exclusively the hands and feet are seen.
He was voted the 34th Greatest Talkie Heavenly body of all time past Enjoyment Weekly.
Singer P.J. Harvey refers to De Niro in a inexpensively, "Reeling," from her album '4-Track Demos".
Finley Quaye mentions him in the song "Sunday Shining", in the line "I'm a notable Robert De Niro".
Was unqualified to accept his first Oscar in 1975 due to filming commitments to Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento (1976).
Was good friends with comedian John Belushi, who died of a drug overdose on Walk 5, 1982. In particulars, De Niro and Robin Williams were the mould stars to detect Belushi alive, albeit on separate visits to Bungalow #3 of L.A.'s Chateau Marmont hotel that crucial day. De Niro visited Belushi at 3:00 am on the morning of his end, but, according to eyewitnesses, port side minutes later after seeing that Belushi was in a bad way. Less than an hour earlier, Belushi had been visited by Robin Williams, who also left straightforward away.
Ranked #1 in Empire (UK) periodical's "The Greatest Living Actor (Gods Among Us)" roll (October 2004).
At the age of 17, after leaving the movies with a friend, he unexpectedly stated that he was customary to be a film actor. No undivided believed him until he dropped unfashionable of his senior year of high school and joined Stella Adler's acting school.
His boyhood idols magnitude actors included Montgomery Clift, Robert Mitchum and Marlon Brando. He preferred the darker, more character-driven on of these men to the older stars of Hollywood, for whom their patent character as a star was more important than their immersion into the character.
Infrequently does interviews and is known as everybody of the most ultra-privileged celebrities. He was the substance of a up to the minute 90s interview (and cover photo) for Esquire magazine. Most of the article focused on how also leary he is with his special life-force, what infrequent details are known with respect to him, what rumors are speculated while just a minority of the article dealt with the genuine interview itself. The pencil-pusher celebrated that while the interview was ultimately agreed upon, he was confirmed a landed record of improbable-limit subjects NOT to request De Niro down. They included: politics, religion, his issue, his reported benefit in healthy wines, and so on.
When they met shortly before making Mean Streets (1973) De Niro and Harvey Keitel became fast friends. De Niro was from Greenwich Village in Manhattan and was taught by Stella Adler and Keitel was from the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn and was above all mentored by way of Lee Strasberg. But the two wary actors bonded and remain close to this day.
He and Martin Scorsese were brought up blocks apart in the Greenwich Village parade-ground of Manhattan, but never formally met when they were young. When introduced at a accessory in 1972, the two came to realize that they had seen each other multitudinous times but had never vocal.
Limo drivers in Los Angeles joke give his less than lofty tips at hand referring to him as "No Dinero".
Very good friends with fellow actor and frequent co-principal Joe Pesci. In experience, De Niro was considered championing the role of Harry in Stamping-ground By oneself (1990) that went Pesci.
In October 1997 he ranked #5 in Empire (UK) ammunition's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All On many occasions" list. In 2005 Premiere Magazine ranked him as #38 on a roster of the Greatest Flicks Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation puff up.
Both of his Oscar-winning performances involved Marlon Brando. His word go Oscar, for Superb Supporting Actor, had him playing the younger construction of Brando's character Vito Corleone. His impaired, for Best Actor in Raging Bull (1980), he recited Brando's popular lines from On the Waterfront (1954).
Underwent surgery in the service of prostate cancer at Recent York's Sloan-Kettering Hospital in December 2003. The cancer has now gone into remission.
Is sinistral handed. However, he wrote with his right indicator in Hack Driver (1976).
Co-owns the Rubicon restaurant in San Francisco with Bay court residents Francis Ford Coppola and Robin Williams. Much of his father's art work adorns the walls of the business. He also owns a restaurant in West Hollywood, Ago, and co-owns discrete restaurants in Fashionable York, including Nobu and Layla.
Shares a birthday with playmate and soon-co-celeb Sean Penn.
First performer to triumph an Oscar (for The Godfather: Part II (1974)) for a performance in a follow-up.
He is a undeviating supporter of the US Democratic Party. He lobbied Congress against impeaching President Pecker Clinton in 1998. He supported Al Butchery in the 2000 Presidential appointment and supported John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential choosing. Supported Democratic senator Barack Obama for the 2008 presidential plebiscite.
His act as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980) is ranked #10 on Opening night Periodical's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
His exhibition as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976) is ranked #42 on Premiere Journal's 100 Greatest Performances of All Meanwhile (2006).
His performance as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976) is ranked #22 on Opening Periodical's 100 Greatest Talking picture Characters of All But.
Early on, already Tim Burton was commissioned as supervisor, was considered as regards the task of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
Was offered the part of Dick Tracy in Dick Tracy (1990).
Turned down the character of Tony D'Amato in Any The truth Sunday (1999).
Passed up the opportunity to play Candid Costello in The Departed (2006) to work on his alternative directorial feature The Good Shepherd (2006).
He won an Oscar concerning playing Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), making him one of 11 actors to sway the Bestowal for playing a sincere themselves who was still 'brisk at the evening of the Award formality (as of 2007). The other ten actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Pop Edward Flanagan' in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards to go to playing Benjamin C. Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Softie Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Susan Sarandon in behalf of playing Sister Helen Prejean in Frigid Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing 'David Helfgott' in Glisten (1996), Julia Roberts because playing Erin Brockovich-Ellis in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001/I) and most recently Helen Mirren quest of playing Diva Elizabeth II in The Ruler (2006).
After Once Upon a Time in America (1984), director Sergio Leone planning to cast De Niro in a videotape he was working on here the besiegement of Leningrad in Faction War II, but that contract conditions came about due to Leone's dying in 1989.
For the role of Max Cady in Cape Hesitation (1991), he paid a dentist $5,000 to make his teeth look suitably vicious. After filming, he paid $20,000 to be suffering with them resolved. Through despite this film, he was tattooed with vegetable dyes, which faded after a infrequent months.
Accidentally ruined a rib of Joe Pesci in a sparring scene in Raging Bull (1980). This shot appears in the haze: De Niro hits Pesci in the side, Pesci groans, and there is a quick cut to another angle.
Mentioned in "Wierd Al" Yankovic's song 'Frank's 2000" TV'.
Owns residences on the east and west sides of Manhattan as well as near Marbletown, Different York.
Is one of five performers to win an Oscar playing a number that spoke mostly in a unconnected language. The other are Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard, Roberto Benigni and Benicio Del Toro.
Played a legitimate life CIA director in "The Credible Usher" (2006) and another real life CIA agent in "Ronin" (1998), as affectionately as fictional CIA vehicle in "Meet the Parents" (2000).
Mentioned in the ZZ Principal song, "Gun Love", in the underscore, "Runnin' with the Wild Posy, makin' like Robert De Niro".
Attended the star-studded opening of Dubai's effusive Atlantis Palms resort. Guests were welcomed in style with a spread of complete million fireworks, said to be obvious from blank. [November 11, 2008]
Is mentioned in Stephen Lynch's melody Vanilla Ice Cream.
Made his directorial debut in A Bronx Tale (1993).
As of the 5th edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Beforehand You Want (edited by Steven Jay Schneider), De Niro is the most represented actor, not later than 14 films. Included are the De Niro films Mean Streets (1973), The Godfather: Part II (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), Novecento (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1982), Upon a Time in America (1984), Brazil (1985), The Untouchables (1987), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Warmness (1995) and Collect the Parents (2000).
He based the movement of his position Travis Bickle in Ride on the ground Driver (1976) on that of a crab. He thought the was indirect and tended to staff from side to side.
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