Robert De Niro is an American actor, director and producer. His early films included Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), Bloody Mama (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Jennifer on My Mind (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), and Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, De Niro was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II. His performance in the film led him to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. After The Godfather Part II, he starred in Martin Scorsese's psychological drama Taxi Driver (1976). In the film, De Niro portrayed Travis Bickle, who is a lonely, depressed 26-year-old living in isolation in New York City. He won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" dialogue was ranked number 10 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. In 1978, De Niro appeared in Michael Cimino's war drama The Deer Hunter, a film based on a trio of steelworkers whose lives were changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. De Niro was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

After Taxi Driver, De Niro collaborated with Scorsese on the musical drama New York, New York (1977). The film was a box-office failure, and its disappointing reception drove Scorsese into depression and drugs. While Scorsese was in rehab, De Niro asked him to read Raging Bull: My Story, a book about boxer Jake LaMotta, which Scorsese threw away and said was "full of shit". After nearly dying from a drug overdose, Scorsese agreed to make the film. Raging Bull (1980) received widespread critical acclaim, and De Niro received the Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. After Raging Bull, De Niro appeared in neo-noir True Confessions (1981), in which he was praised for his performance. In 1983, De Niro was cast in Martin Scorsese's satirical black comedy The King of Comedy, in which he appeared as a struggling comedian with mental health issues. While the film bombed at the box office, it was well received by critics. Mark Kermode of The Guardian wrote, "While all these movies are terrific indeed, they pale by comparison with Scorsese and De Niro's finest – and most often overlooked – work: The King of Comedy". The following year, De Niro appeared in the epic crime drama, Once Upon a Time in America. In the film, De Niro plays David "Noodles" Aaronson, who struggles as a street kid in a neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1920s. Once Upon a Time in America was a financial disaster, grossing $5.3 million on a $30 million budget.

In 1990, De Niro starred in Penny Marshall's Awakenings, based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir of the same title and for his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The following year, De Niro appeared in Scorsese's psychological thriller Cape Fear as Max Cady, a convicted rapist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. In 2000, De Niro appeared in the comedy film Meet the Parents, which was a commercial success, later reprising his role in the 2004 and 2010 sequels. In 2012, De Niro appeared in the David O. Russell film Silver Linings Playbook, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. In 2019, De Niro starred in Todd Phillips' psychological thriller Joker, based on DC Comics characters, as talk show host Murray Franklin. The film grossed over $1 billion, making it the first R-rated film to do so. After Joker, De Niro collaborated with Martin Scorsese on The Irishman (2019). In the film, he plays the role of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino and his crime family. De Niro's performance in the film was widely praised by critics.

Films

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Functioned as			Director	Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Producer	Role
1965	Three Rooms in Manhattan	Uncredited	No	Client At The Diner	Marcel Carné
1968	The Young Wolves	Uncredited	No	Un Hippie Chez Popov	Marcel Carné
	Greetings	Yes	No	Jon Rubin	Brian De Palma
1969	Sam's Song aka The Swap	Yes	No	Sam	Jordan Leondopoulos
	The Wedding Party	Yes	No	Cecil	Brian De Palma
1970	Bloody Mama	Yes	No	Lloyd Barker	Roger Corman
	Hi, Mom!	Yes	No	Jon Rubin	Brian De Palma
1971	Jennifer on My Mind	Yes	No	Mardigian	Noel Black
	Born to Win	Yes	No	Officer Danny	Ivan Passer
	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	Yes	No	Mario Trantino	James Goldstone
1973	Bang the Drum Slowly	Yes	No	Bruce Pearson	John D. Hancock
	Mean Streets	Yes	No	John 'Johnny Boy' Civello	Martin Scorsese
1974	The Godfather Part II	Yes	No	Vito Corleone	Francis Ford Coppola
1976	Taxi Driver	Yes	No	Travis Bickle	Martin Scorsese
	1900	Yes	No	Alfredo Berlinghieri	Bernardo Bertolucci
	The Last Tycoon	Yes	No	Monroe Stahr	Elia Kazan
1977	New York, New York	Yes	No	Jimmy Doyle	Martin Scorsese
1978	The Deer Hunter	Yes	No	Staff Sergeant Michael 'Mike' Vronsky	Michael Cimino
1980	Raging Bull	Yes	No	Jake LaMotta	Martin Scorsese
1981	True Confessions	Yes	No	Monsignor Desmond 'Des' Spellacy	Ulu Grosbard
1982	The King of Comedy	Yes	No	Rupert Pupkin	Martin Scorsese
1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Yes	No	David 'Noodles' Aaronson	Sergio Leone
	Falling in Love	Yes	No	Frank Raftis	Ulu Grosbard
1985	Brazil	Yes	No	Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle	Terry Gilliam
1986	The Mission	Yes	No	Rodrigo Mendoza	Roland Joffé
1987	Angel Heart	Yes	No	Louis Cyphre	Alan Parker
	The Untouchables	Yes	No	Al Capone	Brian De Palma
1988	Midnight Run	Yes	No	Jack Walsh	Martin Brest
1989	Jacknife	Yes	No	Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey	David Jones
	We're No Angels	Yes	Yes	Ned	Neil Jordan	Executive producer
1990	Stanley & Iris	Yes	No	Stanley Everett Cox	Martin Ritt
	Goodfellas	Yes	No	James 'Jimmy The Gent' Conway	Martin Scorsese
	Awakenings	Yes	No	Leonard Lowe	Penny Marshall
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Yes	No	David Merrill	Irwin Winkler
	Backdraft	Yes	No	Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale	Ron Howard
	Cape Fear	Yes	Yes	Maximilian 'Max' Cady	Martin Scorsese
1992	Mistress	Yes	Yes	Evan M. Wright	Barry Primus
	Night and the City	Yes	No	Harry Fabian	Irwin Winkler
1993	Mad Dog and Glory	Yes	No	Wayne 'Mad Dog' Dobie	John McNaughton
	This Boy's Life	Yes	No	Dwight Hansen	Michael Caton-Jones
	A Bronx Tale	Yes	No	Lorenzo Anello	Himself	Also director
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Yes	Yes	The Creature	Kenneth Branagh	Associate producer
1995	Casino	Yes	No	Sam 'Ace' Rothstein	Martin Scorsese
	Heat	Yes	No	Neil McCauley	Michael Mann
	One Hundred and One Nights	Yes	No	Le Mari de la Star-Fantasme en Croisière	Agnès Varda
1996	The Fan	Yes	No	Gilbert 'Gil' Renard	Tony Scott
	Sleepers	Yes	No	Father Bobby Carillo	Barry Levinson
	Marvin's Room	Yes	Yes	Dr. Wally	Jerry Zaks
1997	Cop Land	Yes	No	Lieutenant Moe Tilden	James Mangold
	Jackie Brown	Yes	No	Louis Gara	Quentin Tarantino
	Wag the Dog	Yes	Yes	Conrad Brean	Barry Levinson
1998	Great Expectations	Yes	No	Arthur Lustig	Alfonso Cuarón
	Ronin	Yes	No	CIA Agent Sam Regazolli	John Frankenheimer
1999	Analyze This	Yes	No	Paul Vitti	Harold Ramis
	Flawless	Yes	Yes	Walter Koontz	Joel Schumacher
2000	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Yes	Yes	Fearless Leader	Des McAnuff
	Men of Honor	Yes	No	Chief Leslie William 'Billy' Sunday	George Tillman Jr.
	Meet the Parents	Yes	Yes	Jack Tiberius Byrnes	Jay Roach
2001	15 Minutes	Yes	No	Detective Eddie Flemming	John Herzfeld
	The Score	Yes	No	Nick Wells	Frank Oz
2002	Showtime	Yes	No	Detective Mitch Preston	Tom Dey
	City by the Sea	Yes	No	Vincent Anthony LaMarca	Michael Caton-Jones
	Analyze That	Yes	No	Paul Vitti	Harold Ramis
2004	Godsend	Yes	No	Dr. Richard Wells	Nick Hamm
	Shark Tale	Yes	No	Don Lino	Bibo Bergeron Vicky Jenson Rob Letterman	Voice role
	Meet the Fockers	Yes	Yes	Jack Tiberius Byrnes	Jay Roach
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Yes	No	The Archbishop of Lima	Mary McGuckian
2005	Hide and Seek	Yes	No	David Callaway / Charlie	John Polson
2006	The Good Shepherd	Yes	Yes	General Bill Sullivan	Himself	Also director and producer
	Arthur and the Invisibles	Yes	No	Emperor Sifrat XVI	Luc Besson	Voice role
2007	Stardust	Yes	No	Captain Shakespeare	Matthew Vaughn
2008	Righteous Kill	Yes	No	Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan	Jon Avnet
	What Just Happened	Yes	Yes	Ben	Barry Levinson
2009	Everybody's Fine	Yes	No	Frank	Kirk Jones
2010	Machete	Yes	No	Senator John McLaughlin	Ethan Maniquis Robert Rodriguez
	Stone	Yes	No	Jack Mabry	John Curran
	Little Fockers	Yes	Yes	Jack Tiberius Byrnes	Paul Weitz
2011	The Ages of Love	Yes	No	Adrian	Giovanni Veronesi
	Killer Elite	Yes	No	Hunter	Gary McKendry
	Limitless	Yes	No	Carl Van Loon	Neil Burger
	New Year's Eve	Yes	No	Stan Harris	Garry Marshall
2012	Being Flynn	Yes	No	Jonathan Flynn	Paul Weitz
	Red Lights	Yes	No	Simon Silver	Rodrigo Cortés
	Freelancers	Yes	No	Sarcone	Jessy Terrero
	Silver Linings Playbook	Yes	No	Patrizio 'Pat' Solitano Sr.	David O. Russell
2013	The Big Wedding	Yes	No	Don Griffin	Justin Zackham
	Killing Season	Yes	No	Colonel Ben Ford	Mark Steven Johnson
	The Family	Yes	No	Giovanni Manzoni / Fred Blake	Luc Besson
	Last Vegas	Yes	No	Patrick 'Paddy' Connors	Jon Turteltaub
	American Hustle	Uncredited	No	Victor Tellegio	David O. Russell
	Grudge Match	Yes	No	Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen	Peter Segal
2014	The Bag Man	Yes	No	Dragna	David Grovic
2015	The Intern	Yes	No	Ben Whittaker	Nancy Meyers
	Heist	Yes	No	Frank 'The Pope' Silva	Scott Mann
	Joy	Yes	No	Rudy Mangano	David O. Russell
2016	Dirty Grandpa	Yes	No	Lieutenant Colonel Richard 'Dick' Kelly	Dan Mazer
	Hands of Stone	Yes	No	Ray Arcel	Jonathan Jakubowicz
	The Comedian	Yes	No	Jakov Berkowitz / Jackie Burke	Taylor Hackford
2019	Joker	Yes	No	Murray Franklin	Todd Phillips
	The Irishman	Yes	Yes	Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran	Martin Scorsese
2020	The War with Grandpa	Yes	No	Ed Marino	Tim Hill
	The Comeback Trail	Yes	No	Max Barber	George Gallo
2022	Amsterdam	Yes	No	Gil Dillenbeck	David O. Russell
	Savage Salvation	Yes	No	Sheriff Mike Church	Randall Emmett
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Yes	No	William King Hale	Martin Scorsese
	About My Father	Yes	No	Salvo Maniscalco	Laura Terruso
	Ezra	Yes	No	Stan	Tony Goldwyn
2025	Alto Knights †	Yes	No	Vito Genovese Frank Costello	Barry Levinson	Post-production
TBA	Tin Soldier †	Yes	No	Ashburn	Brad Furman	Post-production

Documentary and short films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Note(s)	Ref(s).
1965	Encounter	The Nephew	Norman C. Chaitin	Short film
1987	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	Great Sewer	Bill Couturié	Voice role Documentary
1998	Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth	Narrator	Robert B. Weide	Documentary
2002	9/11	Himself (host)	Gédéon Naudet / Jules Naudet / James Hanlon	Documentary
2003	Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist	Narrator	—	Documentary
2011	Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel	Himself	Alex Stapleton	Documentary
2014	The Man Who Saved the World	Himself	Peter Anthony	Documentary
	Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.	Himself	Geeta Gandbhir / Perri Peltz	Documentary short film
2015	The Audition	Himself	Martin Scorsese	Short film
	Ellis	Unnamed	JR	Short film
2020	Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish)	James	Nancy Meyers	Short film

As producer only

Year	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s).
1992	Thunderheart	Producer
1993	The Night We Never Met	Producer - uncredited
1995	Panther	Producer - uncredited
1996	Faithful	Producer
1998	Witness to the Mob	Executive producer, TV film
1999	Entropy	Producer
2000	Holiday Heart	Executive producer, TV film
2001	Prison Song	Producer
2002	About a Boy	Producer
2004	Stage Beauty	Producer
2005	Rent	Producer
2009	Public Enemies	Executive producer
2012	NYC 22	Executive producer
2014	About a Boy	Executive producer
2015	For Justice	Executive producer, TV film
2018	Quincy	Producer
2019	When They See Us	Executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Ref(s).
2001	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode: "Hurricane, Part 3"
2002–2010	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	3 episodes
2006	Extras	Himself	Episode: "Jonathan Ross"
2011	30 Rock	Himself	Episode: "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning"
2017	The Wizard of Lies	Bernie Madoff	Television film; also executive producer
2023	Nada	Vincent Parisi	5 episodes
TBA	Zero Day	George Mullen	Miniseries; also executive producer

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Ref(s).
1986	Cuba and His Teddy Bear	Cuba	Longacre Theatre

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Robert De Niro