Often regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was also considered to be one of... (Learn more)
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Robert De Niro’s Milestones
| Had bit part in the daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" | |
| 1953 | Earliest stage experience, playing the Cowardly Lion in a PS 41 production of "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 1959 | Left school at age 16 to begin studying acting with Stella Adler |
| 1965 | Had a walk-on role in Marcel Carne's "Trois Chambre a Manhattan/Three Rooms in Manhattan" |
| 1966 | Feature starring debut, Brian De Palma's "The Wedding Party" (shelved until 1969) |
| 1968 | First released feature, De Palma's "Greetings" |
| 1970 | Co-starred with Shelley Winters in "Bloody Mama" |
| 1970 | Off-Broadway debut in Winters' play "One Night Stand of a Noisy Passenger" |
| 1970 | Reprised "Greetings" role for De Palma's "Hi, Mom!" |
| 1971 | First collaboration with producer Irwin Winkler, "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" |
| 1973 | Delivered the poignant portrayal of a dying catcher in the baseball picture "Bang the Drum Slowly" |
| 1973 | First film with director Martin Scorsese, "Mean Streets"; the two had actually been boyhood acquaintances but had not seen each other in 14 years |
| 1974 | Earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as a young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather II"; spoke only eight words in English, rigorously researching and learning the Sicilian dialect which predominates |
| 1976 | Essayed Irving Thalberg-like movie mogul in "The Last Tycoon"; was adapted from the unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| 1976 | Portrayed pampered bourgeois grandson of the tyrannical landowner Burt Lancaster in Bernardo Bertolucci's "1900" |
| 1976 | Re-teamed with Scorsese for "Taxi Driver"; his first solo billing above the title; garnered first Best Actor Academy Award nomination |
| 1977 | Re-teamed with Scorsese to portray a musician romancing a band singer (Liza Minnelli) in "New York, New York"; produced by Winkler |
| 1978 | Starred as Pennsylvania steelworker-turned Green Beret Michael Vronsky in Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter"; received second Best Actor Academy Award nomination |
| 1980 | Received Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of boxer Jake La Motta in Scorsese's "Raging Bull"; first film with Joe Pesci who played his brother |
| 1983 | Played world class loser Rupert Pupkin, who kidnaps a famous late-night talk show host (Jerry Lewis) in Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" |
| 1984 | Joined director Sergio Leone for his mob tale "Once Upon a Time in America"; second film with Pesci |
| 1986 | Made Broadway debut in "Cuba and His Teddy Bear" |
| 1987 | Portrayed Al Capone in De Palma's "The Untouchables"; scripted by David Mamet |
| 1988 | Founded TriBeCa Films with Jane Rosenthal |
| 1988 | Matched wits with Charles Grodin in Martin Brest's socko action-comedy "Midnight Run" |
| 1989 | Debut as an executive producer, the remake of "We're No Angels"; scripted by Mamet and co-starring Sean Penn |
| 1990 | Earned another Best Actor Oscar nomination as a patient who regains consciousness after three decades in a coma in "Awakenings" |
| 1990 | Reteamed with Scorsese and Pesci for "GoodFellas" |
| 1991 | First film with Winkler as a director, "Guilty By Suspicion"; played a film director confounded by the blacklist |
| 1991 | Played the monstrous Max Cady in Scorsese's remake of "Cape Fear"; nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award |
| 1992 | First credit as producer on a film in which he did not act, "Thunderheart" |
| 1992 | Starred in Winkler's "Night and the City" opposite Jessica Lange |
| 1993 | Debut as an executive producer, the anthology TV series "Tribeca" (Fox) |
| 1993 | Delivered low key turn as nerdy cop in John McNaughton's "Mad Dog and Glory"; Scorsese served as a producer |
| 1993 | Feature directorial debut, "A Bronx Tale" (also acted and produced); fourth film with Pesci |
| 1995 | First onscreen pairing with Al Pacino in Michael Mann's "Heat" |
| 1995 | Reunited again with Scorsese and Pesci for "Casino" |
| 1996 | Produced and acted in "Marvin's Room," an adaptation of Scott McPerson's off-Broadway play |
| 1997 | Cast in a supporting role as NYPD internal affairs special agent Moe Tilden in James Mangold's "Cop Land" |
| 1997 | Played a political fixer who hires a Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) to stage a nonexistent war in Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" |
| 1998 | Essayed the small role of prisoner-benefactor in the remake of "Great Expectations" |
| 1998 | Starred in John Frankenheimer's international thriller "Ronin" |
| 1999 | Played an ultra-conservative, retired security guard who takes singing lessons from his drag queen neighbor (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in Joel Schumacher's "Flawless" |
| 1999 | Portrayed a New York gangland boss suffering from anxiety attacks in Harold Ramis' "Analyze This" |
| 2000 | Enjoyed box office success as the oddball father in Jay Roach's "Meet the Parents" |
| 2000 | Starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Men of Honor" |
| 2001 | Portrayed a decorated police detective teamed up with a fire department investigator (Ed Burns) in "15 Minutes" |
| 2001 | Teamed on screen with Marlon Brando and Edward Norton in the heist thriller "The Score" |
| 2002 | Made rare TV appearance as host of the two-hour CBS special "9/11" |
| 2002 | Played a NYC policeman investigating a murder that hits close to home in "City by the Sea" |
| 2002 | Reprised role of gangster Paul Vitti in the sequel "Analyze That" opposite Billy Crystal |
| 2002 | Teamed with Eddie Murphy for the comedy "Showtime" |
| 2004 | Reprised role of Jack Byrnes in the comedy sequel "Meet the Fockers" |
| 2004 | Voiced mob boss Don Lino in the animated feature "Shark Tale" |
| 2005 | Played a widowed father opposite Dakota Fanning in the thriller "Hide and Seek" |
| 2006 | Directed second feature, "The Good Shepherd," which is loosely based on the life of CIA agent James Angleton; also co-starred in the film with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie |
| 2007 | Co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Danes in the fantasy adventure film "Stardust" |
| 2008 | Again teamed with Al Pacino as cops on the hunt of a serial killer in "Righteous Kill" |
| 2008 | Starred as a fading Hollywood producer in Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened" |
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