Robert De Niro
With 50 years of career, more than 100 films rolled, about thirty nominations, Robert De Niro is considered as one of the best actor for generations. After a few classes of dramatic art, and the Actor’s studio, he had got a discreet beginning in the cinema. His talents of comedian were revealed thanks to Martin Scorsese in his movie untitled “Mean Streets”.
It will not the only collaboration because he becomes at this moment, the fetish actor of the director and they will work together for “Goodfellas”, “Cape Fear”, “Casino” or “Taxi Driver”...
He worked with the greatest directors in the world, like Francis Ford Coppola in “The Godfather”, Quentin Tarantino in “Jackie Brown”, Luc Besson in “The Family”.
Last year, he played the role of an invasive father in the David O. Russell’s comedy, untitled “Silver Linings Playbook”. Thanks to it, he won the Oscar of the best actor in a supporting role.
He appears also in “American Bluff” where he plays a traditional Mafioso. A brief apparition but essential, no one except him will give to the character this incredible nonchalance and rigidity.