Robert De Niro
Born August 17, 1943 (Age: 82)
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Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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 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.
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Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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as Travis Bickle (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Megadoc
2025
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 82
The Alto Knights
2025
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as Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
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Age: 81
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
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as Self
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Age: 81
Ezra
2024
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as Stan Bernal
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Age: 80
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
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as William Hale
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Age: 80
About My Father
2023
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as Salvo Maniscalco
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Age: 79
Amsterdam
2022
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as General Gil Dillenbeck
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Age: 79
Fuck Coin
2021
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as Self
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Age: 77
No Image
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
No Image
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
2020
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as Self (Archive Footage)
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Age: 77
The War with Grandpa
2020
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as Ed
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Age: 77
The Irishman
2019
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as Frank Sheeran
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Age: 76
Joker
2019
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as Murray Franklin
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Age: 76
Hands of Stone
2016
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as Ray Arcel
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Age: 73
Dirty Grandpa
2016
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as Dick Kelly
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Age: 72
Joy
2015
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as Rudy
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Age: 72
Heist
2015
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as The Pope
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Age: 72
The Intern
2015
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as Ben Whitaker
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Age: 72
The Bag Man
2014
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as Dragna
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Age: 70
Grudge Match
2013
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as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen
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Age: 70
American Hustle
2013
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as Victor Tellegio (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Last Vegas
2013
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as Patrick 'Paddy' Connors
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Age: 70
The Family
2013
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as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
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Age: 70
The Big Wedding
2013
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as Don Griffin
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Age: 69
Silver Linings Playbook
2012
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as Pat Solatano Sr.
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Age: 69
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 69
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 69
Python Legs!
2012
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as
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Age: 68
Being Flynn
2012
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as Jonathan Flynn
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Age: 68
Red Lights
2012
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as Simon Silver
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Age: 68
New Year's Eve
2011
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as Stan Harris
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Age: 68
Killer Elite
2011
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as Hunter
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Age: 68
Limitless
2011
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as Carl Van Loon
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Age: 67
Ages of Love
2011
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as Adrian
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Age: 67
No Image
Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic
2011
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Marty and Bobby
2011
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as Self
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Age: 67
Little Fockers
2010
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as Jack Byrnes
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Age: 67
Stone
2010
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as Jack
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Age: 67
Machete
2010
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as Senator John McLaughlin
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Age: 67
Everybody's Fine
2009
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as Frank Goode
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Age: 66
What Just Happened
2008
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as Ben
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Age: 65
Righteous Kill
2008
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as Turk
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Age: 65
Stardust
2007
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as Captain Shakespeare
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Age: 63
Making Casino
2007
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as Self
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Age: 63
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
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as King (voice)
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Age: 63
The Good Shepherd
2006
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as Bill Sullivan
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Age: 63
Hide and Seek
2005
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as David Callaway
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Age: 61
Meet the Fockers
2004
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as Jack Byrnes
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Age: 61
Shark Tale
2004
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as Don Lino (voice)
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Age: 61
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 61
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Godsend
2004
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as Richard Wells
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Age: 60
Analyze That
2002
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as Paul Vitti
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Age: 59
City by the Sea
2002
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as Vincent LaMarca
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Age: 59
Showtime
2002
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as Det. Mitch Preston
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Age: 58
Making "The Score"
2001
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as Himself
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Age: 58
The Score
2001
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as Nick Wells
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Age: 57
15 Minutes
2001
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as Eddie Flemming
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Age: 57
Meet the Parents
2000
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as Jack Byrnes
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Age: 57
Men of Honor
2000
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as Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy')
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Age: 57
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
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as Fearless Leader
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Age: 56
Flawless
1999
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as Walt Koontz
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Age: 56
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999
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as Self
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Age: 55
Analyze This
1999
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as Paul Vitti
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Age: 55
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 55
Junket Whore
1998
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as Self
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Age: 55
Ronin
1998
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as Sam
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Age: 55
Great Expectations
1998
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as Prisoner / Lustig
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Age: 54
Jackie Brown
1997
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as Louis Gara
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Age: 54
Wag the Dog
1997
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as Conrad Brean
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Age: 54
Cop Land
1997
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as Lt. Moe Tilden
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Age: 53
Marvin's Room
1996
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as Wallace "Wally" Carter
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Age: 53
Sleepers
1996
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as Father Bobby
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Age: 53
The Fan
1996
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as Gil Renard
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Age: 52
Heat
1995
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as Neil McCauley
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Age: 52
Casino
1995
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as Sam "Ace" Rothstein
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Age: 52
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
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as The Creature / Sharp Featured Man
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Age: 51
You Talkin' to Me?
1994
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as Self
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Age: 50
A Bronx Tale
1993
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as Lorenzo Anello
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Age: 50
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
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as Self
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Age: 49
This Boy's Life
1993
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as Dwight Hansen
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Age: 49
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
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as Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie
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Age: 49
Mistress
1992
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as Evan M. Wright
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Age: 48
Cape Fear
1991
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as Max Cady
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Age: 48
Backdraft
1991
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as Donald Rimgale
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Age: 47
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
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as David Merrill
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Age: 47
Awakenings
1990
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as Leonard Lowe
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Age: 47
GoodFellas
1990
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as James Conway
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Age: 47
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
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as Self
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Age: 47
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
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as Self
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Age: 46
Stanley & Iris
1990
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as Stanley Cox
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Age: 46
Midnight Run
1988
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as John Wesley “Jack” Walsh
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Age: 44
Movies Are My Life
1988
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as Self
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Age: 44
The Untouchables
1987
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as Al Capone
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Age: 43
The Mission
1986
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as Rodrigo Mendoza
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Age: 43
Brazil
1985
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as Harry Tuttle
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Age: 41
Falling in Love
1984
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as Frank Raftis
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Age: 41
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
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as David 'Noodles' Aaronson
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Age: 40
The King of Comedy
1982
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as Rupert Pupkin
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Age: 39
The Deer Hunter
1978
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as Michael Vronsky
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Age: 35
New York, New York
1977
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as Jimmy Doyle
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Age: 33
Taxi Driver
1976
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as Travis Bickle
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Age: 32
The Godfather Part II
1974
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as Vito Corleone
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Age: 31
Mean Streets
1973
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as John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
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Age: 30
The Wedding Party
1969
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as Cecil
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Age: 25