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".

Robert De Niro, who is thought of as one of the greatest actors of his time, was born in New York City in 1943 to two artists. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), but he gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first film with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974 De Niro received an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Godfather: Part II, The (1974) and received Academy Award nomations for best actor in Taxi Driver (1976), Deer Hunter, The (1978), and Cape Fear (1991). He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull (1980). De Niro currently heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center, and made his directorial debut in 1993 with Bronx Tale, A (1993).