Barack Obama
Black History
African-American Firsts: Athletes
Don Cornelius
I Survived...
I Survived... Beyond and Back
Jamie Foxx
Magic Johnson
Tina Turner
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
Best Known For
Actor Robert De Niro brings to life some of the most abrasive, troubled, and troubling characters in cinema, often collaborating with director Martin Scorsese.
Robert A De Niro. (2012). Biography.com. Retrieved 01:54, Feb 10, 2012 from http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729
Robert A De Niro [Internet]. 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729, February 10
" Robert A De Niro." 2012. Biography.com 10 Feb 2012, 01:54 http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729
' Robert A De Niro', Biography.com,(2012) http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729 [accessed Feb 10, 2012]
" Robert A De Niro," Biography.com, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729 (accessed Feb 10, 2012).
Robert A De Niro [Internet]. Biography.com; 2012 [cited 2012 Feb 10]. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729.
Robert A De Niro, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729 (last visited Feb 10, 2012).
Robert A De Niro, http://www.biography.com/people/robert-de-niro-9271729 (last visited Feb 10, 2012).
Synopsis
Robert De Niro, born August 17, 1943, left school at age 16 to study acting with Stella Adler. He then worked with many acclaimed film directors like Brian DePalma, Elia Kazan, and, most importantly, Martin Scorsese. His roles in The Godfather, Part II
Contents
The Godfather
The son of two Greenwich Village artists, De Niro dropped out of school at age 16 to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. After working in a few Off-Off-Broadway plays, he appeared in his first film, Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party (1963, released 1969). During the next four years he appeared in several minor films, the most notable being The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971). It was not until his performance in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) that he was widely recognized as an excellent actor. Mean Streets (1973) marked De Niro's first association with director Martin Scorsese, with whom he would do some of his most celebrated work. Director Francis Ford Coppola, whose massively popular The Godfather (1972) had won the best picture Oscar, was so impressed by De Niro in Mean Streets that he offered the actor the part of young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II (1974), forgoing even a screen test. De Niro's brilliant take on the part that was created by Marlon Brando in the first Godfather film earned him a best supporting actor Oscar and made him an international star.
GetGlue
-
Celebrate Black History with BIO and GetGlue
All February, check in daily to BIO Black History on GetGlue to unlock stickers, videos, and more!
profile name: Robert De Niro profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Actors Turned Directors
View groupAfter years of on-screen success, many talented actors decide to take their chances on the other side of the camera—often to even greater acclaim. Here's our collection of performers who have made a new name for themselves as film and television directors.
Actors Turned Directors 56 people in this group
-
Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners 45 people in this group
-
Famous Leos 451 people in this group
More from Shmoop
Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, US history, music, life...) Check out: Lively Learning Guides, Teacher Resources, and Shmoop Biography.
More from Shmoop.com
