On August 17 of this year, Robert De Niro will turn 79 years old. A veteran actor whose career began in the late 1960s, he is most known for working with Martin Scorsese, winner of the Academy Award for Best Director.
De Niro was a key figure of the American New Wave and has appeared in over a hundred movies (1960-1980). Many people still admire his work from the Godfather films, Taxi Driver, and Raging Bull. Here are five of the award-winning films in which he appeared.
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets is the first film that Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have worked on together. Here he portrays John Civello, often known as “Johnny Boy,” a cocky gambler who endangers himself and his best buddy Charlie Cappa (Harvey Keitel). De Niro has won multiple Best Supporting Actor honors, including from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Robert De Niro as a younger version of Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in the original 1972 film, is widely regarded as one of the best movies of all time. The film received six Oscars, including the actor’s first.
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Taxi Driver (1976)
Scorsese and De Niro worked together for the second time on Taxi Driver, which was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the work of Satyajit Ray and follows the story of Travis Bickle, a Vietnam War veteran suffering from paranoia and despair who decides to rescue a 12-year-old girl from the prostitution trade.
Raging Bull (1980)
In Scorsese’s fourth collaboration with De Niro, the actor portrays the American boxer, Jake LaMotta. The actor won his second Academy Award for his portrayal of LaMotta, a character who achieves enormous success in the ring at the expense of the harmony in his life and the alienation of those who love him.
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America is a film directed by Sergio Leone that depicts the rise and fall of a group of impoverished Jewish youngsters from a New York neighborhood during the Prohibition era. Noodles, the main character, was portrayed by Robert De Niro. The movie was honored with two BAFTAs.
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