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-->--'''Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle''' in ''Film/TaxiDriver''

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-->--'''Robert De Niro Niro''' as Travis '''Travis Bickle''' in ''Film/TaxiDriver''
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* ''15 Minutes'' (2001) - Eddie Flemming

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* ''15 Minutes'' ''Film/FifteenMinutes'' (2001) - Eddie Flemming
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* ''Film/{{Joy}}'' (2015) - Rudy Mangano
* ''[[Film/Heist2015 Heist]]'' (2015) - Francis "The Pope" Silva

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* ''Film/{{Joy}}'' ''Film/{{Joy|2015}}'' (2015) - Rudy Mangano
* ''[[Film/Heist2015 Heist]]'' ''Film/{{Heist|2015}}'' (2015) - Francis "The Pope" Silva
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* BeautyMark: So well-known that even the shark he voices on ''Westernanimation/SharkTale'' has it!
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* ProductionPosse: De Niro's most famous collaborator is Creator/MartinScorsese. Other people he has regularly worked with include directors David O. Russel, Creator/BrianDePalma, Barry Levinson, Michael Caton-Jones, Creator/HaroldRamis, Jay Roach, and Creator/LucBesson; screenwriters Creator/PaulSchrader, Nicholas Pileggi, Creator/DavidMamet, Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Jim Herzfeld, and John Hamburg; and actors Creator/JoePesci, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/BillyCrystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palmintieri, Creator/BenStiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, John Cazale, and Frank Vincent.

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* ProductionPosse: De Niro's most famous collaborator is Creator/MartinScorsese. Other people he has regularly worked with include directors David O. Russel, Creator/DavidORussell, Creator/BrianDePalma, Barry Levinson, Creator/BarryLevinson, Michael Caton-Jones, Creator/HaroldRamis, Jay Roach, and Creator/LucBesson; screenwriters Creator/PaulSchrader, Nicholas Pileggi, Creator/DavidMamet, Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Jim Herzfeld, and John Hamburg; and actors Creator/JoePesci, Creator/AlPacino, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/BillyCrystal, Lisa Kudrow, Creator/LisaKudrow, Chazz Palmintieri, Creator/BenStiller, Teri Polo, Creator/TeriPolo, Blythe Danner, John Cazale, and Frank Vincent.Creator/FrankVincent.
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Whether an actor really is one of the greatest actors of all time is entirely a matter of opinion.


Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is one of the greatest actors in American film history.

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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is often regarded as one of the greatest actors in American film history.


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* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' - Fearless Leader
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!! Tropes associated with Robert [=De Niro's=] roles:

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!! Tropes associated with Robert [=De Niro's=] roles:
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* ''Film/BloodyMama'' (1970) - Lloyd Barker
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* AffablyEvil: When they aren't outright {{Jerkass}}es, his villainous characters are this, and will even extend into MagnificentBastard territory, like with [[Film/AngelHeart Louie]] [[{{Satan}} Cyphre]]. This sometimes becomes FauxAffablyEvil, like with [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} Jimmy Conway]].

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* AffablyEvil: When they aren't outright {{Jerkass}}es, his villainous characters are this, and will even extend into MagnificentBastard TheChessmaster territory, like with [[Film/AngelHeart Louie]] [[{{Satan}} Cyphre]]. This sometimes becomes FauxAffablyEvil, like with [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} Jimmy Conway]].
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* ''Film/TheGangThatCouldntShootStraight'' (1971) - Mario Trantino
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* ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (1974) - [[Characters/TheGodfatherVitoCorleone Vito Corleone]]

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* ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (1974) - [[Characters/TheGodfatherVitoCorleone Vito Corleone]]Corleone
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* ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (1974) - Vito Corleone

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* ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (1974) - [[Characters/TheGodfatherVitoCorleone Vito CorleoneCorleone]]
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* ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'' (1973) - Bruce Pearson
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* ''Film/Heist2015'' (2015) - Francis "The Pope" Silva

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* ''Film/Heist2015'' ''[[Film/Heist2015 Heist]]'' (2015) - Francis "The Pope" Silva
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* ''Film/{{Joy}}'' (2015) - Rudy Mangano



* ''Film/{{Joy}}'' (2015) - Rudy Mangano
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* ''Film/Heist2015'' (2015) - Francis "The Pope" Silva
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* ''Film/TrueConfessions'' (1981) - Desmond
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* BigNameFan: Was such a fan of Creator/MontyPython that he begged Creator/TerryGilliam to cast him in his movie ''Film/{{Brazil}}''.
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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943 in New York City, New York) is one of the greatest actors in American film history.

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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943 in New York City, New York) 1943) is one of the greatest actors in American film history.
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** De Niro himself has aged quite well into a SilverFox, but he was a full-blown PrettyBoy in the '70s and '80s.

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** De Niro himself has aged quite well into a SilverFox, but he was a full-blown PrettyBoy in the '70s and a good chunk of the '80s.
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** He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that role, which is the only role for which two different actors have won acting Oscars.

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** He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that role, which is the only first role for which two different actors have won acting Oscars.Oscars, with Marlon Brando having won for the first movie. [[note]] The second ones to pull off this feat were Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix for their portrayals of ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'', respectively.[[/note]]

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Some of his characters, particularly [[Film/TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]] and [[Film/TheGodfatherPartII Vito Corleone]], are reserved and calm, traits that bely their sudden and unflinching outbreaks of violence.
** Also a trait that seems to apply to De Niro in {{Real Life}}.

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Some of his characters, particularly [[Film/TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]] and [[Film/TheGodfatherPartII Vito Corleone]], are reserved and calm, traits that bely their sudden and unflinching outbreaks of violence.
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violence. Also a trait that seems to apply to De Niro in {{Real Life}}.



* CharacterTic: Several show up in his performances, including:

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* CharacterTic: Several show up in his performances, including:



* IWasQuiteALooker: Jake La Motta begins ''Film/RagingBull'' as an extremely fit boxer and ends as an obese old man.
** De Niro himself was quite good-looking in his younger years.

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* IWasQuiteALooker: IWasQuiteALooker:
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Jake La Motta begins ''Film/RagingBull'' as an extremely fit boxer and ends as an obese old middle-aged man.
** De Niro himself was has aged quite good-looking well into a SilverFox, but he was a full-blown PrettyBoy in his younger years.the '70s and '80s.



** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On occasion.

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** * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On occasion.



* StarMakingRole: He may have won an Oscar for playing Vito Corleone the year before in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'', but the role that solidified his status as an actor was as Travis Bickle in ''Film/TaxiDriver'' in 1975.

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* StarMakingRole: He may have won an Oscar for playing Vito Corleone the year before in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'', but which won him the role that solidified his status as an actor was as Travis Bickle in ''Film/TaxiDriver'' in 1975.Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is one of the greatest actors in American film history.

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Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) 1943 in New York City, New York) is one of the greatest actors in American film history.

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* EvilIsHammy: Many of his villainous roles have him overacting as much as possible.



* EvilIsHammy: Many of his villainous roles have him overacting as much as possible.
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* ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'' (1983) - Rupert Pupkin

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