Robert De Niro in his youth

The eighty-ten-year-old actor Robert De Niro is still in demand and loved. In the far eighties, he became the first actor in the history of world cinema, who was awarded the highest award, the Oscar, for the role he played in the film, speaking in a non-native language. Today, Robert De Niro is not only an actor. He produces successful projects, makes films.

Youth

In the United States, the actor's grandfather and grandmother emigrated from Italy. An employee of the emigration service made a mistake by changing the family name from "Di Niro" to "De Niro". The family settled in the Italian district of Manhattan, where Robert's parents were born, and he himself. Young years Robert De Niro spent in the New York bohemian environment. Already at the age of ten he was on stage for the first time. The cowardly Lion in the play "The Wizard of Oz" in his performance proved to be convincing. The boy firmly decided to become a servant of Melpomene, so he became a student of the Higher School of Music, Art and Performing Mastery named after Guardia. Then he graduated from the courses taught by Stella Adler, studied at the acting studio of Lee Strasberg.

Young Robert De Niro for the first time starred in a feature film in 1963 at the age of twenty. But the first played role of the groom's friend in the "Wedding Party", filmed by Brian De Palma, did not debut. In the filmography of the actor, this status entrenched behind the episodic role in the film "Three Rooms in Manhattan", published in 1965. The fact is that the "Wedding Party" was released only four years later.

At the beginning of his career Robert De Niro took up any work, but success came to him in 1973. The film "Beat the drum slowly" allowed him to demonstrate remarkable talent in full. And the reward did not take long to wait - the actor won the award for the role of the second plan. In the early eighties, he worked well with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, who became his favorite directors. The worldwide fame, enjoyed by Robert De Niro in his youth, allowed him to take part in the filming of the legendary "Godfather". It was this picture that gave him the Oscar in 1981. Vito Corleone he played phenomenally! Since then almost all projects with his participation are doomed to success.

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Do not belittle the fact that the audience's love is explained by the attractive appearance of the actor. In his youth, Robert De Niro looked incredibly impressive, and today, over this charismatic man is not domineering.