In what year was Robert De Niro born?

Robert De Niro was born in 1943. He was born on August 17, 1943, in New York City, to artists Robert De Niro Sr. and Virginia Admiral.

De Niro grew up in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village and Little Italy, environments that later informed some of his most recognizable performances. He studied acting with influential teachers including Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg before building a career in film during the 1960s.

His major breakthrough came with Mean Streets in 1973, his first collaboration with director Martin Scorsese. He later won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, released in 1974, and another Oscar for Best Actor in Raging Bull in 1980.

People sometimes confuse De Niro’s birth year with the dates of his most famous early films. Taxi Driver was released in 1976, The Deer Hunter in 1978, and Raging Bull in 1980, but De Niro was born decades earlier. He turned 30 in 1973, the year Mean Streets helped establish him as a major actor.