Robert De Niro Age, Wiki and Bio

Robert De Niro

Quick Info

ProfessionActor, Director, Producer, Voice Actor
NationalityAmerican
Date of Birth17/08/1943
Age81 years
BirthplaceManhattan, New York, U.S.
HometownGreenwich Village
Zodiac signLeo

Bio/Wiki

Full NameRobert Anthony De Niro
NicknameBobby
Famous Roles
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Untouchables (1987)
  • Backdraft (1991)
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
  • Heat (1995)
  • Casino (1995)
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Machete (2010)
DebutThree Rooms in Manhattan
EthnicityItalian, half Irish descent, mother - half German ancestry, with her other roots being Dutch, English, French, and Irish.
ReligionAgnostic
Fan Mail AddressRobert De Niro, Tribeca Entertainment, 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, USA
Major Controversies
  • In February 1998, De Niro was questioned if he was involved in a prostitution racket. De Niro denied the accusation and said that he would never come back to France. Although he did come to France for shooting a movie and also was the member of "2011 Cannes Film Festival".
  • There have been legal issues over his property in Gardiner, New York. His trust had appealed to lower the tax payment ($6 million) and challenged the decision in Supreme Court, which they won. The local residents that were earlier sympathetic of DeNiro, started collecting money on personal level to defend the state as it was already short on funds to run the estates.

Physical Stats & More

Height5'9" (175 cm, 1.75 m)
Weight75 kg (175 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)
Chest43 Inches
Waist32 Inches
Biceps15 Inches
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

School
  • PS41 (Elementary public school)
  • Elisabeth Irwin High School
  • Little Red School House
  • High School of Music and Art
  • McBurney School
  • Rhodes Preparatory School
College/Institution
  • Stella Adler Conservatory
  • Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio

Personal Life

Current Relationship StatusMarried to Grace Hightower

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/Girlfriends
  • Karen Duffy
  • Tatiana Thumbtzen
  • Cindy Crawford
  • Moana Pozzi
  • Naomi Campbell (1971-1974)
  • Leigh Taylor-Young (1971-1974)
  • Carole Mallory (1975)
  • Diahnne Abbott (1976-1988)
  • Helena Springs (1979-1982)
  • Bette Midler (1979)
  • Barbara Carrerea (1979)
  • Veronica Webb (1990)
  • Toukie Smith (1990-1993)
  • Uma Thurman (1993)
  • Charmaine Sinclair (1993-1995)
  • Dominique Simone (1995)
  • Ashley Judd (1995)
  • Grace Hightower (1996)
Wife/Spouse
  • Diahnne Abbott (m. 1976; div. 1988)
  • Grace Hightower (m. 1997)

Family

FatherRobert De Niro Sr. (Abstract expressionist painter and sculptor)
MotherVirginia Admiral (painter and poet)
SpouseGrace Hightower
Children
Son
  • Name: Raphel De Niro Additional Info: Former actor; works in real estate now
  • Name: Elliot Deniro Additional Info: Was diagnosed with autism
  • Aaron Kendrick
  • Julian Henry De Niro
Daughter
  • Helena De Niro
  • Drena De Niro (adopted, from his first wife)

Career

Awards
  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II
  • Academy Award for Best Actor for his character Jake La Motta in the movie Raging Bull
  • AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003
  • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010
Other Contributions
  • Part of the jury at 15th Moscow International Film Festival
  • Honored at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival in 1997 for his contribution to cinema

Favourites

Favorite Actor
  • Montgomery Clift
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Marlon Brando

Style Quotient

HouseA 78-acre (32 ha) estate in Gardiner, New York

Some Lesser Known Facts

Robert De Niro smokes.
Robert De Niro drinks.
Robert De Niro has starred in over 100 films.
He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Godfather Part II.
He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Raging Bull.
De Niro received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010.
His parents divorced when he was three years old due to his father coming out as gay.
De Niro was baptized against his parents' wishes.
He played the Cowardly Lion in a school play of The Wizard of Oz.
De Niro was the first to win an Academy Award for speaking mostly a foreign language.
In 1987, he served on the jury at the Moscow International Film Festival.
He was honored at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival in 1997.
Director Elia Kazan praised De Niro for his meticulous acting.
De Niro practices method acting.
He gained weight for his role in Raging Bull and learned boxing for the part.
De Niro spent time in Sicily for The Godfather Part II.
He worked as a cab driver for Taxi Driver.
De Niro's commitment to his character once angered Jerry Lewis.
Robert De Niro supports the Democratic Party.
He founded the Tribeca Film Festival after 9/11.
De Niro supports the anti-vaccination movement.
He was the last person to see John Belushi alive.
De Niro battled prostate cancer in 2003.
Robert De Niro shares a birthday with Sean Penn.
De Niro and Martin Scorsese lived close but didn't meet until later.
He co-owns Nobu and Tribeca Grill restaurants.
De Niro improvised a famous scene in Taxi Driver.
He was chosen over many actors for the role of Vito Corleone.
The face-off scene with Al Pacino in Heat was unrehearsed.
De Niro performed many scenes in The Deer Hunter alone.
During a scene with Christopher Walken, De Niro's reaction was unplanned.
De Niro accidentally broke Joe Pesci's rib during a scene in Raging Bull.
He appeared in Sergio Leone's last film.
De Niro was nominated for an Academy Award in 2024 for Killers of the Flower Moon.

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