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Robert Anthony De Niro [9] was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 17, 1943, [10] the only child of painters Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr. [11] His father was of Irish and Italian descent, [12] while his mother had Dutch, English, French, and German ancestry. [13]
The film stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as New York City Police Department detectives on the hunt for a serial killer. It is the third film in which both De Niro and Pacino appear in starring roles (after The Godfather Part II and Heat), and also stars John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy and Curtis Jackson.
De Niro Sr. died of cancer on the morning of May 3, 1993 (his 71st birthday), at his Manhattan home. [3] He is interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. [10] The 1993 film A Bronx Tale was dedicated to De Niro after his death; it was the directorial debut of his son, Robert Anthony De Niro. [11]
In 2000, De Niro appeared in the comedy film Meet the Parents, which was a commercial success, later reprising his role in the 2004 and 2010 sequels. In 2012, De Niro appeared in the David O. Russell film Silver Linings Playbook, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. [35]
It went on to debut to $23 million. The total was above the average Scorsese–DiCaprio collaboration ($19 million), the highest opening of Scorsese–De Niro collaborations, topping Cape Fear ' s $10.2 million in 1991, and the third-best of Scorsese's career. 61% of the audience was male, with "an amazing" 38% over 45 years old.
The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 American television biopic film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Sam Levinson, Sam Baum, and John Burnham Schwartz, [1] based on the 2011 non-fiction book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques.
15 Minutes is a 2001 American satirical buddy cop action thriller film directed and written by John Herzfeld and starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns.Its story revolves around a homicide detective (De Niro) and a fire marshal (Burns) who join forces to apprehend a pair of Eastern European murderers (Karel Roden and Oleg Taktarov) videotaping their crimes in order to become rich and famous.
Ronin is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by John David Zeik and David Mamet, under the pseudonym Richard Weisz.It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce.