Robert De Niro

FilmTelevision Age

Raging Bull and The Godfather Part II

Facts

Born: 1943
Country: United States
Field: Film
Era: Television Age

Overview

Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II 1974 and Best Actor for Raging Bull 1980, with eight nominations overall. Taxi Driver 1976, The Deer Hunter 1978, and Goodfellas 1990 are central works of American cinema. He trained with Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. He co founded the Tribeca Festival in 2002 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

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