Robert De Niro
Name: | Robert De Niro |
Birth Name: | Robert De Niro Jr. |
Height: | 5’9″ |
S.: | M |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | August 17, 1943 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, USA |
Profession: | actor, producer, director |
Education: | Rhodes Prep, New York City, New York |
Stella Adler Conservatory in New York | |
American Workshop | |
New York University (received Honorary Doctorate in 1996) | |
Studied acting with Luther James and Lee Strasberg | |
Husband/Wife: | Grace Hightower (former flight attendant; married on June 17, 1997; divorced in 1999), Diahnne Abbott (actress, singer; married in 1976; divorced in 1988) |
Relationship: | Leigh Taylor-Young (actress), Toukie Smith (actress, restaurateur, TV host; sister of designer Willi Smith), Naomi Campbell (model; b. May 22, 1970) |
Father: | Robert De Niro Sr. (separated; died on May 3, 1993) |
Mother: | Virginia Admiral (artist) |
Son: | Elliott (born on March 18, 1998; mother: Grace Hightower), Aaron Kendrick and Julian Henry (twins; born on October 20, 1995; to surrogate mother: Toukie Smithtwin), Raphael (born in 1978; mother: Diahnne Abbott) |
Daughter: | Dreena (mother: Diahnne Abbott; De Niro adopted her; model) |
Claim to fame: | as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976), played young Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II |