What is Robert De Niro?
{{Infobox person | name = Robert De Niro | image = Robert De Niro Cannes 2016 2.jpg | caption = De Niro in 2016 | birth_name = Robert Anthony De Niro | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|08|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | nationality = American | citizenship = United States, Italy | education = [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School|High School of Music Art]] | alma_mater = [[Stella Adler]] Studio of Acting | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * movie producer * movie director }} | years_active = 1963–present | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Diahnne Abbott]]|1976|1988}}<br>{{Marriage|[[Grace Hightower]]|1997}} | children = 7, including [[Drena De Niro]] | parents = Virginia Admiral<br>Robert Henry De Niro }} '''Robert Anthony De Niro''' (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer and director. His most well-known movies include ''[[Mean Streets]]'' (1973), ''[[The Godfather Part II|The Godfather: Part II]]'' (1974), ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976), ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978), ''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980) ''[[Casino (movie)|Casino]]'' (1995), ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' (2000), ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'' (2012), ''[[Joker (2019 movie)|Joker]]'' (2019) and ''[[The Irishman (2019 movie)|The Irishman]]'' (2019). ==Early life== Robert Anthony De Niro was born on August 17, 1943, in [[Greenwich Village]],<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 1998</ref> [[New York City]], the son of Virginia Holton Admiral, a painter and poet, and Robert Henry De Niro, an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert De Niro Biography (1943–)|work=filmreference.com | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Robert-DE-Niro.html|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> His father is half [[Irish people|Irish]] and half [[Italians|Italian]] descent and His mother is of half [[Germa