Robert De Niro is an American actor and film producer, who has starred in over 90 films. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets. In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also highly regarded for his role in the 1990 crime film Goodfellas. De Niro's longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese began with Mean Streets, and later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He earned nominations for Taxi Driver in 1976 and Cape Fear in 1991. De Niro received additional Academy Award nominations for Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter, Penny Marshall's Awakenings, and David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook. His portrayal of gangster Jimmy Conway in Scorsese's Goodfellas earned him a BAFTA nomination in 1990. 

August 17th, 1943 in New York City (Age 81)