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Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. Considered one of his generation's greatest and most influential actors, De Niro has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019. De Niro was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016. De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first credited screen role was in Brian de Palma's Greetings (1968). De Niro's first collaboration with Martin Scorsese was with the crime drama film Mean Streets (1973). De Niro has earned two Academy Awards: one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). De Niro was also Oscar-nominated for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He is also known for his film roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America(1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Angel Heart (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He directed and acted in A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). His comedic roles include Hi, Mom! (1970), Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999) and its sequel, Analyze That (2002), the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), and The Intern (2015). Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He received further Emmy Award nominations for producing the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019) and for portraying Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live. De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the film and television production company TriBeCa Productions in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. Many of De Niro's films are considered classics of American cinema. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" as of 2023. Five films are featured on the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the 100 greatest American films ever. Timeout magazine's list of 100 best movies included seven of De Niro's films, as chosen by actors in the industry.
Robert De Niro
Richie Dimaso
for Richie Dimaso in American Hustle (1975)
Suggested by lump0324
Set in 1975, we’re introduced to Irving Rosenfeld, a brilliant but slovenly con artist, and his seductive “British” partner, Sydney Prosser, who adopts the alias Lady Edith Greensly. Their lucrative loan-scamming operation is busted by ambitious, volatile FBI agent Richie DiMaso, who subsequently forces the pair to cooperate in a high-stakes sting operation targeting corrupt politicians. This operation, nicknamed Abscam, requires Irving and Sydney to use their skills to lure unsuspecting targets, most notably the sincere but desperate New Jersey Mayor Carmine Polito, into accepting bribes from a fictional, wealthy Arab Sheikh. As the operation escalates, the personal and professional lines blur. Complications mount due to the unpredictable behavior of Irving's highly unstable wife, Rosalyn, whose careless talk and jealousy threaten to expose the entire operation to the mafia. Agent DiMaso's increasing self-importance and recklessness also push the boundaries of legality, putting Irving and Sydney in genuine danger. Ultimately, Irving must out-hustle the FBI, the politicians, and even his own wife, by orchestrating a final, layered con that ensures his and Sydney's survival, resulting in a lighter sentence and their collective escape from the tangled mess.
