• BIRTHDAY: martedì 17 agosto 1943
• BIRTHPLACE: New York City, NY, USA
• BIRTH SIGN: Leo
• AGE: 81

About

Legendary actor who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 boxing film Raging Bull and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the 1974 classic The Godfather Part II.

Before Fame

He played the Cowardly Lion in a production of The Wizard of Oz when he was 10. He earned his first movie role when Brian De Palma cast him in his film The Wedding Party.

Trivia

He originally auditioned for the roles of Michael Corleone and Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, and director Francis Ford Coppola cited those original auditions as the inspiration for casting De Niro in The Godfather Part II.

Family Life

His father, Robert De Niro Sr., was an abstract painter and sculptor. He was married to Grace Hightower from 1997 to 2018 and Diahnne Abbot from 1976 to 1988. He has four sons and two daughters.