His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). De Niro earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). His first collaboration with Scorsese was with the 1973 film Mean Streets. President Barack Obama in 2016.ĭe Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio.
In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the most influential actors of his generation. Robert Anthony De Niro ( / d ə ˈ n ɪər oʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: born August 17, 1943) is an American actor.
