Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis attended the same theatre school, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with fellow British thespian Miranda Richardson. In 2004 De Niro re-married his wife Grace Hightower. Day-Lewis has also a son from a former relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani. De Niro played a younger version of Pacino's father in The Godfather, Part II.. They live in Ireland and have two sons. De Niro is often compared to fellow iconic actor Al Pacino and they finally teamed together in Michael Mann's Heat (1995). Daniel Day-Lewis is married to actress and director Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller (author of The Crucible). In December De Niro attended an art exhibit in Rome where he presented his late father's art for the first time - Italian officials were surprised and claim that there are now no hard feelings.

Other film roles have included The Age of Innocence co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer, In the Name of the Father, The Crucible with Winona Ryder, Last of the Mohicans, and Gangs of New York with Leonardo DiCaprio. In October 2004 he canceled an appearance in Rome, Italy after Italian officials claimed he had presented negative stereotypes of their ethnicity in his films. He returned to the stage to work again with Richard Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theater, but was forced to leave the production close to the end of its run suffering from exhaustion, and has not appeared on stage since. Contrary to popular belief De Niro is primarily Irish-American, not Italian. His performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot (1989) won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for best actor. Interestingly, De Niro and Marlon Brando are the only pair of actors who have won Academy Awards for portraying the same person: De Niro won for playing young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II, and Brando had won previously (although he declined the award) for playing the elderly Don Vito in The Godfather. In 1987 he assumed leading man status in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being co-starring Juliette Binoche. He has won two Academy Awards: as Best Actor for his role in Raging Bull; and as Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, Part II.

The latter two films opened in New York City on the same day. In the mid-1980s, De Niro began expanding into occasional comedic roles, and has had much success in that area as well with such films as Brazil (1985), Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), and Meet the Parents (2000). This role was followed by a completely different character in A Room with a View in 1986, where he played a snobbish, clumsy upper-class-dandy. In these films, De Niro has primarily played charming but emotionally unstable characters who have sociopathic tendencies. In 1984 he had a supporting role in The Bounty, but came to public notice as half of a gay biracial couple in My Beautiful Laundrette. He began to work with Martin Scorsese in the same year when the two collaborated on Mean Streets. Later Scorsese films in which De Niro has participated are Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Casino (1995). He then went back to the stage in both Bristol and London, and did not return to movies until appearing in a bit part in Gandhi in 1982. After that, he played some major and minor roles in other films not widely seen, until he gained popularity with his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973).

He was trained on the stage, in Bristol, but he made his film debut in Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1971. A graduate of the Little Red School House, De Niro made his first film appearance in 1968 in Greetings (directed by Brian De Palma). Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the gifted actors of his generation, known for his total devotion to the role he plays. Although not articulate, De Niro is generally considered a skilled observer of physical tics and details, and an intense perfectionist. His mother is Jill Balcon, actress daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, head of Ealing Studios. Praised for his commitment to his roles, De Niro gained 60 pounds (27 kg) and learned how to box for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, ground his teeth for Cape Fear, and learned to play the saxophone for New York, New York (all Scorsese films). Although born in London he holds an Irish passport as his father was the Anglo-Irish poet Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of England. Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943 in New York City) is an acclaimed American film actor who is noted for having starred in several of director Martin Scorsese's films.

Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born April 29, 1957) is a British actor. Hide and Seek (2005). 1990 - Won - Best Actor in a Leading Role - My Left Foot. Shark Tale (2004). 1994 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role - In the Name of the Father. Meet The Fockers (2004). 2002 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Gangs of New York. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004).

Godsend (2004). Analyze That (2002). The Score (2001). Men of Honor (2000).

Ronin (1998). Jackie Brown (1997). Cop Land (1997). Heat (1995).

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994). A Bronx Tale (1993) (also directed). This Boy's Life (1993). Backdraft (1991).

Awakenings (1990). The Untouchables (1987). Angel Heart (1987). The Mission (1986).

Once Upon a Time in America (1984). True Confessions (1981). The Deer Hunter (1978). The Last Tycoon (1976).

1900 (1976).