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Robert De Niro

Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn August 17, 1943 (81 years)
Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.

De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first collaboration with Scorsese was with the 1973 film Mean Streets. De Niro earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).

Other notable roles include in 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), The Good Shepherd (2006), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He made his directorial film debut with A Bronx Tale (1993). His comedic roles include Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), the Meet the Parents films (2000-2010), and The Intern (2015).

Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He received further Emmy Award nominations for producing the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019), and for portraying Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live.[1]

De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the film and television production company TriBeCa Productions in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Limitless
  • Killer Elite
  • The King of Comedy
  • The Mission
  • The Big Wedding
  • Killing Season
  • What Just Happened
  • Freelancers
  • Guilty by Suspicion
  • Jacknife
  • Hi, Mom!
  • Adventures in Tinseltown
  • Born to Win
  • The Wedding Party
  • The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Known For
  • Goodfellas
  • Taxi Driver
  • Joker
  • Raging Bull
  • Casino
  • The Irishman
  • The Godfather Part II
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • Heat
  • Limitless
  • Cape Fear
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • The Intern
  • Meet the Parents
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Ronin
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • A Bronx Tale
  • Analyze This
  • Awakenings
  • The Good Shepherd
  • Meet the Fockers
  • The King of Comedy

Filmography

2025
Alto Knights · as Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
2025
Zero Day (TV Series) · as George Mullen
2024
How to Rob a Bank · as Neil Mccauley (archive Footage)
2023
Ezra · as Stan Bernal
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon · as William Hale
2023
Nada (TV Series) · as Vincent
2023
About My Father · as Salvo Maniscalco
2022
Savage Salvation · as Sheriff Church
2022
Amsterdam · as General Gil Dillenbeck
2021
2020
The Comeback Trail · as Max Barber
2020
2020
2020
Some Good News (TV Series) · as Weatherman
2019
The Irishman · as Frank Sheeran
2019
Joker · as Murray Franklin
2019
The Movies (TV Series) · as Actor, Heat
2017
The Wizard of Lies · as Bernie Madoff
2016
The Comedian · as Jackie Burke
2016
Hands of Stone · as Ray Arcel
2016
Dirty Grandpa · as Dick Kelly
2015
Joy · as Rudy
2015
2015
Heist · as The Pope
2015
The Intern · as Ben Whitaker
2014
The Bag Man · as Dragna
2013
Grudge Match · as Billy 'the Kid' Mcdonnen
2013
American Hustle · as Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
2013
Last Vegas · as Patrick 'paddy' Connors
2013
The Family · as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
2013
Killing Season · as Benjamin Ford
2013
The Big Wedding · as Don Griffin
2012
Silver Linings Playbook · as Pat Solatano Sr.
2012
Freelancers · as Sarcone
2012
Being Flynn · as Jonathan Flynn
2012
Red Lights · as Simon Silver
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage)
2011
New Year's Eve · as Stan Harris
2011
2011
2011
Limitless · as Carl Van Loon
2011
The Ages of Love · as Adrian
2011
2010
Little Fockers · as Jack Byrnes
2010
Stone · as Jack
2010
Machete · as Senator John Mclaughlin
2009
2009
Everybody's Fine · as Frank Goode
2009
The Cleveland Show (TV Series)
2008
2008
2008
Righteous Kill · as Detective Tom 'turk' Cowan
2008
Strictly Courtroom · as Max Cady
2007
Stardust · as Captain Shakespeare
2006
The Good Shepherd · as Bill Sullivan
2006
Arthur and the Invisibles · as King (voice)
2005
2005
Club Oscar · as Don Lino (voice)
2005
Hide and Seek · as David Callaway
2005
I Love the 90's Part Deux (TV Series) · as Cast
2004
Meet the Fockers · as Jack Byrnes
2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Archbishop Of Peru
2004
Shark Tale · as Don Lino (voice)
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Jon Rubin (archive Footage)
2004
Godsend · as Richard Wells
2003
2002
Analyze That · as Paul Vitti
2002
City by the Sea · as Vincent Lamarca
2002
Showtime · as Det. Mitch Preston
2001
The Score · as Nick Wells
2001
15 Minutes · as Eddie Flemming
2000
Men of Honor · as Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('billy')
2000
Meet the Parents · as Jack Byrnes
2000
1999
Flawless · as Walt Koontz
1999
Analyze This · as Paul Vitti
1998
Ronin · as Sam
1998
Great Expectations · as Prisoner / Lustig
1997
Jackie Brown · as Louis Gara
1997
Wag the Dog · as Conrad Brean
1997
Venice Report · as Lt. Moe Tilden
1997
Cop Land · as Lt. Moe Tilden
1996
Marvin's Room · as Wallace "wally" Carter
1996
Sleepers · as Father Bobby
1996
The Fan · as Gil Renard
1995
Heat · as Neil Mccauley
1995
Casino · as Sam 'ace' Rothstein
1995
One Hundred and One Nights · as The Husband Of The Star-Fantasy On A Cruise
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
1993
A Bronx Tale · as Lorenzo Anello
1993
This Boy's Life · as Dwight Hansen
1993
Mad Dog and Glory · as Wayne "mad Dog" Dobie
1992
Night and the City · as Harry Fabian
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Young Vito Corleone
1992
1992
Mistress · as Evan M. Wright
1992
1991
Cape Fear · as Max Cady
1991
Backdraft · as Donald Rimgale
1991
Guilty by Suspicion · as David Merrill
1990
Awakenings · as Leonard Lowe
1990
Goodfellas · as James Conway
1990
Stanley & Iris · as Stanley Cox
1989
We're No Angels · as Ned
1989
Jacknife · as Joseph 'jacknife' Megessey
1988
1988
Midnight Run · as Jack Walsh
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Great Sewer (voice)
1987
The Untouchables · as Al Capone
1987
The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Rodrigo Mendoza
1987
Angel Heart · as Louis Cyphre
1986
The Mission · as Rodrigo Mendoza
1985
Brazil · as Harry Tuttle
1984
Falling in Love · as Frank Raftis
1984
Once Upon a Time in America · as David 'noodles' Aaronson
1982
The King of Comedy · as Rupert Pupkin
1981
True Confessions · as Father Des Spellacy
1980
Raging Bull · as Jake Lamotta
1979
The Swap · as Sam Nicoletti (archive Footage)
1978
The Deer Hunter · as Michael Vronsky
1977
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV Series) · as Young Vito Corleone
1977
New York, New York · as Jimmy Doyle
1976
The Last Tycoon · as Monroe Stahr
1976
1900 · as Alfredo Berlinghieri
1976
Taxi Driver · as Travis Bickle
1974
The Godfather Part II · as Vito Corleone
1973
Mean Streets · as John 'johnny Boy' Civello
1973
Bang the Drum Slowly · as Bruce Pearson
1971
1971
1971
Jennifer on My Mind · as Mardigian
1970
Bloody Mama · as Lloyd Barker
1970
Hi, Mom! · as Jon Rubin
1969
1969
The Swap · as Sam Nicoletti
1968
Greetings · as Jon Rubin
1968
Young Wolves · as Un Hippie Chez Popov (uncredited)
1965
Three Rooms in Manhattan · as Client At The Diner (uncredited)

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