“Taxi Driver” (1976), “The Deer Hunter” (1978), “Awakenings” (1990) and “Cape Fear” (1991) earned him subsequent nominations in lead, and he reaped another bid in supporting for “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012). He hit the jackpot yet again for his role as boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” (1980), which brought him a victory in Best Actor. He has never retired from acting, and continues to work regularly in mostly film.De Niro has been a frequent presence at the Academy Awards, winning his first Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for playing young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather, Part II” (1974). De Niro has also received the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. At the same time, he also directed and starred in such films as A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). Other notable performances include Brazil (1985), The Untouchables (1987), Backdraft (1991), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995) and Jackie Brown (1997). De Niro has earned four Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in New York, New York (1977), opposite Liza Minnelli, Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999) and Meet the Parents (2000). He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980). He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974) and received Academy Award nominations for best actor in Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Cape Fear (1991).

De Niro 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.

He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on Augin Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr.

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