FrameThrower · Actors · Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
28 films · 2,277 frames · top-billed in 24 · 1973–2025
Born 17 August 1943 · Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor and film producer. Considered one of his generation's greatest and most influential actors, De Niro has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019. De Niro was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 28 films · 2,277 frames · top-billed in 24 · 1973–2025
- Academy Award for Best Actor1981
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1975
- Academy Awards1975
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2010
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1980
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award2019
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement1993
- Golden Lion1993
- Knight of the Legion of Honour1997
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Legion of Honour
How their films are shot
Measured across 2,277 frames from the 28 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 28 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Robert takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Alto Knights
2025 · Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · William Hale
Joker
2019 · Murray Franklin
The Irishman
2019 · Frank Sheeran
The Intern
2015 · Ben Whitaker
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 · Pat Solatano Sr.
Limitless
2011 · Carl Van Loon
Shark Tale
2004 · Don Lino (voice)
Analyze That
2002 · Paul Vitti
Heat
1995 · Neil McCauley
Casino
1995 · Sam "Ace" Rothstein
This Boy's Life
1993 · Dwight
Cape Fear
1991 · Max Cady
Goodfellas
1990 · James Conway
The Untouchables
1987 · Al Capone
Angel Heart
1987 · Louis Cyphre
Brazil
1985 · Harry Tuttle
Once Upon A Time In America
1984 · David 'Noodles' Aaronson
The King Of Comedy
1982 · Rupert Pupkin
Raging Bull
1980 · Jake LaMotta
The Deer Hunter
1978 · Michael Vronsky
Taxi Driver
1976 · Travis Bickle
Mean Streets
1973 · John 'Johnny Boy' Civello
Jackie Brown
· Louis Gara
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018 · Self
Great Expectations
1998 · Prisoner / Lustig
Cop Land
1997 · Lt. Moe Tilden
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Vito Corleone
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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