Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro was born in New York in 1943 into an artistic family: his parents, Robert De Niro Sr. Edmiral and Virginia knew in Bohemian New York this time. They divorced two years after the birth of a son, after having decided to divorce amicably, but for others, and Robert - why young people and the solutions remains a mystery - perhaps it was too wing complicated nature of these creators, and perhaps this was the cause of the plot on the Virginia side. 

Robert of childhood took place near the Italian neighborhood of New York: the boy spent much time in the streets, talking with adolescents, who, for the thinness and pallor Emergency De Niro gave him the nickname of "Bobby Milk". At the same time, Robert and has acquired its first theatrical experience, performing in school productions "The Wizard of Oz country" cowardly Lion. 

Virginia, back after a divorce, creative activity and the opening of its publishing company, has paid little attention to more and more his son, he, however, safe, and perhaps the only actor Bobby inclinations helped, to be without adult supervision, not to become a member of a gang and end their days in the streets of New York - many of his childhood friends were 17 years behind bars. 

The scene is constantly attracted Robert and age 15-16 years, he has been involved in many theatrical productions, studies at the same time, acting with Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, are followers of the school Stanislavsky. De Niro was also a supporter of this method is carefully entering each role before filming: for "Taxi Driver" / Taxi Driver, 1976 / Martin Scorsese, Robert has spent considerable time kolesya the streets of New York for reasons of "Mad Bull" / Raging Bull, 1980 / actor has gained over 20 kg and training in the ring, but for the film "New York, New York / New York, New York, 1977 / a even took lessons to play the saxophone. 

For the first time, De Niro has appeared on kinoekrane in the movie by Brian De Palma "The Wedding Party" / 1969 /, which was withdrawn in 1963, was released only a few years later and was, in fact, unnoticed . Only in 1973, a young actor called attention: the role of a baseball player to die in the movie "Bang The Drum Slowly" Robert has been appointed the New York Film Critics Guild / New York Film Critcs / best player . In the same year, De Niro dropped in a tape of Martin Scorsese's "Evil Streets" / Mean Streets, 1973 / which was the beginning of a long-term creation of brilliant union of two persons on behalf of these bands as "Taxi Driver" / Taxi Driver, 1976 / New York, New York / New York, New York, 1977 / "Crazy Bull" / Raging Bull, 1980 / "The King of Comedy" / The King of Comedy, 1983. 

This success has come to Robert after the execution of his role as young Vito Karleone to the Godfather / The Godfather: Part II / Francis Ford Coppola - De Niro received an Academy Award for best actor, the second and been named by many critics, the "second Marlon Brando."