Robert
Mario De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is a two-time Academy
Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film actor, director, and
producer, widely considered to be one of the greatest and most
influential actors of all time. He is noted for his method acting
and portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters and for his
enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. He is best
known for his roles as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather
Part II, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Michael "Mike"
Vronsky in The Deer Hunter, Max Cady in Cape Fear, boxer Jake
Lamotta in Raging Bull, and as Al Capone in The Untouchables. De
Niro was voted #2 for the Channel 4 website's "100 greatest
actors of all time". De Niro and Marlon Brando are the only
actors who won Academy Awards for portraying the same character:
Brando won for playing the elderly Don Vito Corleone (though he
declined the award) in The Godfather while De Niro later won the
award for playing the young Vito in The Godfather Part II. Brando
and De Niro came together onscreen for the first and only time in
The Score (2001). De Niro's recent project, he directed and
co-starred in The
Good Shepherd (2006), also starring Matt
Damon and Angelina
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