“Unmasking the Icon: How Robert De Niro’s Career Journey from Mobster to Taxi Driver Redefined the Silver Screen”
Meet The Parents
In one of Robert De Niro’s more comedic performances, his performance as retired CIA agent Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents is classic. Upon its release in 2000, the film was considered “the funniest” or “one of the funniest” films of the entire year!
De Niro even earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance.
Bang The Drum Slowly
Considered one of the greatest baseball movies of all time, Bang the Drum Slowly was widely praised upon its release in 1973.
A solid 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, Robert De Niro’s performance as player Bruce Pearson who learns he has Hodgkin’s Disease earned him a New York Film Critics Circle Award win for Best Supporting Actor.
Joker
Upon its release in 2019, Joker blew audiences away with its “not your regular comic book film” cinematography and the insane acting chops of Joaquin Phoenix as the title character and Robert De Niro as talk show host Murray Franklin.
The film grossed $1.074 billion at the box office and became one of De Niro’s best films of all time as it received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning two.
The Godfather: Part II
Playing the role of a young Don Vito Corleone growing up and becoming head of the crime family, it can be argued that Robert De Niro’s performance in The Godfather: Part II is his best ever.
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