ROBERT DE NIRO launched his prolific motion picture career with a role in Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party in 1969. By 1973, he had twice won the New York Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of his critically acclaimed performances in Bang the Drum Slowly and Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets.
De Niro’s current projects include The Good Shepherd, which is in development, The Bridges at San Luis Rey, and Hide and Seek. He is currently filming Meet the Fockers, the sequel to the huge boxoffice hit Meet the Parents.
In 1974, De Niro received the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, Part II. In 1980, he won his second Oscar®, as Best Actor, for his extraordinary portrayal of Jake La Motta in Scorsese's Raging Bull. De Niro has earned four additional Academy Award® nominations for his work as Travis Bickle in Scorsese's acclaimed Taxi Driver; the Vietnam veteran in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter; the catatonic patient brought to life in Penny Marshall's Awakenings, and the ex-con looking for revenge in Scorsese's 1992 remake of the 1962 classic Cape Fear.
De Niro's dynamic performances run through some of the modern classics of the gangster and thriller genres, including Scorsese’s Goodfellas, Casino; New York, New York, and The King of Comedy; Brian De Palma's The Untouchables; and Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America.
His distinguished body of work includes roles for some of America’s and the world’s most acclaimed directors, including Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon; Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900; Ulu Grosbard's True Confessions and Falling in Love; Terry Gilliam's Brazil; Roland Joffe's The Mission; Alan Parker's Angel Heart; Martin Brest's Midnight Run: David Jones' Jacknife; Martin Ritt's Stanley and Iris; Neil Jordan's We're No Angels; Ron Howard's Backdraft; Michael Caton-Jones' This Boy's Life; John McNaughton's Mad Dog and Glory; A Bronx Tale; Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Michael Mann's Heat; Barry Levinson's Sleepers and Wag the Dog; Jerry Zaks' Marvin's Room; Tony Scott's The Fan; James Mangold's Copland; Alfonso Cuarón's Great Expectations; Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown; John Frankenheimer's Ronin; Joel Schumacher's Flawless; Des MacAnuff's Rocky and Bullwinkle; George Tillman's Men of Honor; John Hershel’s Fifteen Minutes; Frank Oz’s The Score; Tom Dey’s Showtime, and Michael Caton-Jones’ City By The Sea.
This quintessential dramatic actor has also displayed a considerable gift for comedy, with his roles in Jay Roach’s Meet The Parents, Barry Levinson’s Wag The Dog, and Harold Ramis' Analyze This, all produced by De Niro’s own production company, Tribeca Productions. Through Tribeca, and the Tribeca Film Center, which he founded with Jane Rosenthal in 1988, De Niro develops projects on which he serves in a combination of capacities, including producer, director and actor. Tribeca's A Bronx Tale marked De Niro's directorial debut.
Other Tribeca features include Cape Fear; Analyze That; Thunderheart; Mistress; Night and the City; The Night We Never Met; Faithful; Panther; Marvin's Room; Flawless; and Rocky and Bullwinkle. In 1992, Tribeca TV was launched with the critically acclaimed series “Tribeca.” De Niro served as one of the series’ executive producers. In 1998, Tribeca produced a miniseries for NBC, based on the life of “Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano.”
Tribeca Productions is headquartered at De Niro's Tribeca Film Center, in the TriBeCa district of New York. The Film Center is a state-of-the-art office building designed for the film and television industry. The eight-story facility features office space, a screening room, banquet hall and restaurant, in addition to a full range of services for entertainment industry professionals.
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