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De Niro was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, where he spent most of his childhood. His father Robert De Niro Sr. was an expressionist painter and his mother, Virginia Holton Admiral, was also a painter and a poet.
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In 1946 Robert De Niro's parents got divorced.
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Robert De Niro dropped out of high school in 1959 to pursue a career in acting. He took acting classes at the Stella Adler conservatory during the day and tried to finish high school by taking night classes but he never passed.
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In 1965 Robert De Niro scored his first ever role in a feature film named "Encounter".
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In 1973 Robert De Niro scored roles in two of his most famous movies one of which was named "Bang the drum slowly" where he played a baseball catcher. The other was named "Mean Streats" where he plays a street thug . This Movie is also how he met his biggest collaborator Martin Scorsese.
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Robert De Niro had to learn how to speak italian for his role in "The Godfather Part 2". In the movie he does not speak a word of english.
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In 1974 Robert De Niro was awarded Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role in " The Godfather Part 2".
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Robert De Niro married his first wife Diahnne Abbott In 1976.
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In 1980 Robert De Niro was once again awarded best actor by the academy award for his performance in "Raging Bull".
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Robert De Niro Divorced his wife Diahnne Abbott in 1988.
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Robert De Niro Co starred in Martin Scorsese's Crime epic 'Goodfellas" which is considered one of the most iconic movies of all time.
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Robert De Niro starred in one of his most famous movies "Casino" directed by martin scorcese and also starring Joe Pecsi.
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Robert De Niro married his second wife Grace Hightower in 1997.
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Robert De Niro hosted the Tribeca Film Festival where he gathered many people to look at the beauty of New York City even after the attacks on 9/11.
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Robert De Niro was awarded the Entertainment Icon Award On October 7th 2014. Their has only been five people to ever recieve this award.
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Robert De Niro's Latest movie is a comedy starring himself and Anne Hathaway Named "The Intern".
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You'll have time to rest when you're dead. One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price. The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.
