10 Roles We Love From Robert De Niro: 'The Godfather Part II', 'Goodfellas' and More

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From 'Taxi Driver' to 'The Irishman', Robert De Niro has become one of the most acclaimed and celebrated actors in all of Hollywood. Here are 10 roles we love from Robert De Niro.

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00:00From Taxi Driver to The Irishman, Robert De Niro has become one of the most acclaimed and celebrated actors in all of Hollywood.

00:08Here are 10 roles we love from Robert De Niro.

00:11In 1973, De Niro starred in what would become the first of many collaborations with Martin Scorsese for Mean Streets.

00:18The actor starred alongside Harvey Keitel as Johnny Boy in the American crime film

00:22about a small-time criminal in New York City who gets in over his head as he aspires to work his way up within the local mob.

00:30Mikey, I f*** you right where you breathe because I don't give two s*** about you or nobody else.

00:36Just one year later in 1974, De Niro earned massive success with a key role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II,

00:44stepping in to play the young Vito Corleone, the infamous character originated by Marlon Brando in The First Godfather.

00:50The role earned De Niro his first Academy Award nomination and win for Best Supporting Actor.

01:06In 1976 came De Niro's next collaboration with Scorsese, Taxi Driver.

01:11The psychological thriller follows a war veteran who takes up a job as a taxi driver

01:16working the streets of New York City while his mental state slowly unravels

01:20and he heads towards violent behavior.

01:22The film, which earned De Niro another Oscar nomination,

01:25went on to produce one of the most famous lines in movie history.

01:30You talking to me?

01:34You talking to me?

01:35Then there was 1978's The Deer Hunter, which gave the actor his third Oscar nom.

01:40The film follows three men and how their lives have been affected

01:44during and after their time serving in the Vietnam War.

01:47The movie also starred Christopher Walken, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor,

01:52and Meryl Streep, who was nominated for Supporting Actress.

01:55Stanley, see this?

01:56This is this.

01:57This ain't something else.

01:58This is this.

02:00From now on, you're on your own.

02:02De Niro and Scorsese teamed up once again in 1980's Raging Bull,

02:07which followed hot-tempered real-life boxing champion Jake LaMotta

02:10and recounted the rise and fall of his boxing career,

02:13as well as his troubled personal life.

02:15The film earned De Niro his second Oscar win, this time for Best Actor.

02:20All right, go ahead.

02:21You want me to hit you?

02:22I want you to be with everything you've got.

02:23I want you to f***ing lay me out.

02:24Go ahead.

02:25You sure?

02:26Yeah.

02:26All right.

02:28Hot.

02:29Flash forward a decade, we have one of the most acclaimed films of all time,

02:341990's Goodfellas.

02:36This Scorsese collab also starred Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci,

02:40which follows the story of real-life mobster Henry Hill

02:42and his rise and fall within the mafia.

02:45De Niro played Irish-American gangster Jimmy Conway.

02:48Did you hear what I said?

02:49Don't buy anything, don't get anything, nothing big.

02:52Did you hear what I said?

02:52What's the matter with you?

02:54What are you getting excited for?

02:55What am I getting excited about?

02:56Because you're going to get us all f***ing pinched, that's why.

02:58What are you, stupid?

02:59In 1991, came Cape Fear, a remake of the 1962 film.

03:04This tells the story of a convicted rapist who seeks revenge on a former public defender

03:09and his family, whom he blames for his 14-year prison sentence.

03:13Counselor?

03:15Is that you?

03:18Counselor?

03:19In 2000, De Niro swapped out his usual crime films

03:27for a much more comedic role in Meet the Parents.

03:31The comedy starred Ben Stiller as a man that desperately tries to impress his girlfriend's

03:35parents, played by Blythe Danner and De Niro.

03:37But not everything goes according to plan, and chaos ensues.

03:42Well, Puffs was just the name of the boy's magical dragon.

03:45Right.

03:52Are you a pothead f***er?

03:53No.

03:54After starring in a number of commercially and critically successful films, as well as

03:58a turn for more comedic roles, we're bringing it all the way to 2012 for David O. Russell's

04:03Silver Linings Playbook.

04:05The film, which also stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, follows a man who recently

04:10moves back in with his parents, played by De Niro and Jackie Weaver, after leaving a psychiatric

04:15facility and starting fresh.

04:17I didn't know anything.

04:18I couldn't handle it.

04:21I mean, that's what all this eagler stuff is about.

04:24It's about us spending time now.

04:28And finally, we have De Niro and Scorsese's ninth collaboration together for 2019's The

04:34Irishman.

04:34The story follows the life of Frank Sheeran as he meets and becomes a hitman for the

04:39Bufalino crime family and his ties to the death of Jimmy Hoffa.

04:43It was like the army.

04:45You followed orders.

04:48You did the right thing.

04:51You got rewarded.

04:53Other celebrated roles for De Niro included The King of Comedy, Casino, Heat, Awakenings,

04:59Joker.

05:00The list goes on and on.

05:02For more on Robert De Niro and other roles we love, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter

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