1. Actually he’s Robert De Niro Jr. His father was Robert De Niro Sr but the actor’s middle name is Anthony and his father’s was Henry.
2. Robert De Niro Sr was an acclaimed abstract impressionist painter. In 2011, De Niro Jr created the annual $25,000 Robert De Niro Sr Prize for excellence and innovation in American painting.
3. Robert De Niro is an anagram of Nerdier robot or Into bed error. 4.
At the age of 10, De Niro’s played the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard Of Oz.
5. Both De Niro and Marlon Brando won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone in the Godfather films.
6. In the last US election, De Niro called Donald Trump “blatantly stupid” and said: “I’d like to punch him in the face.”
7. Despite his portrayal of violent Mafia gangsters, De Niro was granted Italian citizenship in 2006.
8. He has had seven Oscar nominations winning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor once each.
9. His role as Vito Corleone was the first time an acting Oscar was given for a role spoken mainly in a foreign language. He learnt Sicilian for the part.
10. Robert De Niro was born on the same day as broadcaster John Humphrys: August 17, 1943.