Robert De Niro

<html> <head> <title>Robert De Niro</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/765/000023696/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Robert De Niro<img src="rdn-17.jpg" height=299 width=214 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Robert De Niro">AKA Robert De Niro, Jr.Born: <a href="/lists/747/000106429/" class=proflink>17-Aug</a>-<a href="/lists/942/000105627/" class=proflink>1943</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a> Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: The Godfather: Part IIRobert De Niro's first screen appearance came in a 1965 French drama filmed in New York, and De Niro had no lines (he just ate in a diner). His second film was <a href="/people/098/000024026/">Brian De Palma</a>'s farce Greetings, in 1968. He played his first gangster in <a href="/people/168/000023099/">Roger Corman</a>'s 1970 <a href="/people/707/000110377/">Ma Barker</a> melodrama Bloody Mama, starring <a href="/people/859/000022793/">Shelley Winters</a>. In 1973, Bang the Drum Slowly, a tearjerker about baseball buddies, made De Niro recognisable. In 1974, De Niro starred in The Godfather Part II. As the young Vito Corleone, he was hailed as the next coming of <a href="/people/721/000022655/">Marlon Brando</a>. Brando and De Niro are the only actors to win Oscars playing the same character. De Niro's other famous roles include the creepy Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, the tragic war hero in The Deer Hunter, the tortured boxer in Raging Bull, the psychotic Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, the anarchist plumber in Brazil, a recovering catatonic in Awakenings, a nightmare rapist in Cape Fear, and a fictionalized <a href="/people/353/000022287/">Karl Rove</a>-alike in Wag the Dog. And like Brando, after his string of terrific performances, De Niro seems to have settled into a succession of easy paychecks, squandering the second half of his career on projects of little interest and comedies capitalizing on his tough-guy image -- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Analyze This and That, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers, etc. In 1998, two articles in a French newspaper linked him to a prostitution ring. De Niro was questioned but never charged in that matter, and while he may or may not have slept with an employee of the ring, he insists he never paid for any services rendered. De Niro sued and won about $13,000 in damages. The press coverage, however, led the Vatican to drop De Niro from the roster of readers recording a CD of <a href="/people/366/000022300/">Pope John Paul II</a>'s poetry. De Niro was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, but his doctors insist that he is otherwise in excellent physical condition, and is expected to make a full recovery. Father: Robert De Niro, Sr. (d. 1993 cancer) Mother: Virginia Admiral Girlfriend: <a href="/people/882/000050732/">Leigh Taylor-Young</a> (actress, dated early 1970s) Wife: Diahnne Abbott (singer-actress, m. 1976, div. 1978, one son) Daughter: Dreena De Niro (stepdaughter, model) Son: Raphael De Niro (b. 1976, with Abbott) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/598/000023529/">Uma Thurman</a> (actress, dated early 1990s) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/760/000025685/">Naomi Campbell</a> (model, dated 1990s) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/761/000025686/">Ashley Judd</a> (actress, dated 1990s) Girlfriend: Toukie Smith (actress, dated 1990s, two surrogate children) Son: Aaron Kendrick De Niro (twin, born to surrogate for Smith, b. 20-Oct-1995) Son: Julian Henry De Niro (twin, born to surrogate for Smith, b. 20-Oct-1995) Wife: Grace Hightower (stewardess, m. 17-Jun-1997, two children) Son: Elliot De Niro (b. 18-Mar-1998) Daughter: Helen Grace De Niro (b. Dec-2011)     High School: <a href="/edu/191/000367087/">Rhodes Prep, New York City, NY</a>     <a href="/honors/860/000048716/">Oscar for Best Supporting Actor</a> 1975 for The Godfather: Part II     <a href="/honors/511/000032415/">Oscar for Best Actor</a> 1981 for Raging Bull     <a href="/honors/139/000048992/">French Legion of Honor</a>     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1981 for Raging Bull     <a href="/honors/469/000032373/">American Film Institute Life Achievement Award</a> 2003     <a href="/honors/109/000048962/">Kennedy Center Honor</a> 2009     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 2011, Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award     Endorsement of <a href="/company/028/000051872/">American Express</a>     <a href="/org/685/000168181/">Dean for America</a>     <a href="/org/291/000173769/">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a>     <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a>     <a href="/org/723/000216075/">Gephardt for President</a>     <a href="/org/781/000167280/">Gore 2000</a>     <a href="/org/805/000167304/">John Kerry for President</a>     <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a>     <a href="/org/970/000354905/">Obama Victory Fund 2012</a>     <a href="/org/221/000162732/">World Trade Center Memorial Foundation</a> Board of Directors     Nobu (Restaurant) Co-Founder, Partner (2007-)     <a href="/event/838/000159361/">Paternity Test</a> (4-Oct-1992)     <a href="/event/349/000172830/">Issued Concealed Carry Permit</a> New York City     <a href="/lists/936/000043807/">Irish Ancestry</a> Three-quarters Irish     <a href="/lists/347/000043218/">Italian Ancestry</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/446/000066248/">Prostate Cancer</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR     <a href="/films/502/000129115/">The Good Shepherd (11-Dec-2006)</a>     <a href="/films/967/000032871/">A Bronx Tale (29-Sep-1993)</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/781/000404566/">Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Jan-2018)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/677/000405459/">The Wizard of Lies (11-May-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/330/000402121/">Hands of Stone (16-May-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/600/000400397/">Dirty Grandpa (20-Jan-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/525/000400322/">Joy (24-Dec-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/376/000402167/">Heist (11-Nov-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/149/000396955/">The Intern (15-Sep-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/514/000380371/">The Bag Man (28-Feb-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/415/000378278/">Grudge Match (16-Dec-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/533/000373411/">Last Vegas (31-Oct-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/049/000383894/">Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/374/000370261/">The Family (10-Sep-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/237/000369127/">Killing Season (29-Jun-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/088/000365987/">The Big Wedding (26-Apr-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/632/000357558/">Silver Linings Playbook (8-Sep-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/011/000354943/">Freelancers (10-Aug-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/397/000281551/">Being Flynn (2-Mar-2012)</a> · Jonathan Flynn     <a href="/films/275/000346234/">Red Lights (20-Jan-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/931/000277100/">New Year's Eve (5-Dec-2011)</a> · Stan Harris     <a href="/films/846/000276018/">Killer Elite (10-Sep-2011)</a>     <a href="/films/166/000269356/">Limitless (8-Mar-2011)</a> · Carl Van Loon     <a href="/films/670/000281824/">The Ages of Love (25-Feb-2011)</a>     <a href="/films/947/000277116/">Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (21-Jan-2011)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/002/000263210/">Little Fockers (22-Dec-2010)</a> · Jack Byrnes     <a href="/films/045/000254280/">Stone (10-Sep-2010)</a> · Jack     <a href="/films/928/000250178/">Machete (1-Sep-2010)</a> · Sen. 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