Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro had an intense and menacing presence in a succession of popular films, making him one of the most accomplished and recognized performers of the twentieth century and beyond.

Through visits to local movie theaters with his father, he developed a passion for acting and soon appeared in school shows. De Niro used his mother’s money for his college tuition to fund his acting career and began auditioning after a brief study with Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio in New York City. He made his breakthrough in a pair of critically acclaimed 1973 films: Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets. In 1974, De Niro established himself as one of the country’s finest actors with his Award-winning Academy performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II. He has acted in various genres of flicks throughout his career, gaining praise and credits for many of these movies.