Robert De Niro

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. Often regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro has also been called one of the most enigmatic actors of his time. He is noted for his method acting and portrayals 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; cabbie Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver; boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull; mobster Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas; Al Capone in The Untouchables; and Michael Vronsky in The Deer Hunter. De Niro was born in New York, the son of Virginia Admiral, a painter, and Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor. De Niro's father was a lapsed Catholic of Italian and Irish descent, and his mother was a Presbyterian-raised atheist of English, German, Dutch, and... full article at wikipedia