“One of the greatest actor in history!” In which many people describe Robert De Niro. He was born in New York City in 1943 and started off training at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American Workshop. He first became famous through the movie “Bang the Drum Slowly”(1973) but received better reputation as a volatile actor in the film “Mean Streets”. He has received countless amounts of awards through movies he was in. Some of the movies he is known for is “Casino”(1995), “Meet the Parents”(2000), and “Goodfellas”(1990).
In the movie “Casino” Robert De Niro acts as Sam Rothstien, who runs the mob-owned casino “Tangiers” and his relation ships with his friend Nicky Santoro and his married love Ginger. In the film Sam Rothstien is a very smart and sharp person. He finds all the flaws going on in the casino and always protects the casino from it. He is also very serious and strict, if he finds a goal he will try to achieve it no matter what. Robert De Niro does very well on acting on all of these main aspects of Sam Rothstein and especially his sharpness.
In the movie “Meet the Parents” Robert De Niro acts as Jack, a strict father of Pam who is Greg’s girlfriend. Greg plans to marry Pam but her strict father Jack expects to receive permission before he asks Pam. Greg goes to Pam’s house to meet Jack for the first time over the weekend. In the film, Jack is a mysterious character throughout the film. He seems very nice at first, but there are many signs of his dark side throughout the film. He is also very protective towards Pam; Jack tries to figure out every single imperfection of Greg. Robert De Niro acts well at being a seemingly nice character, who is not.
In the film “Goodfellas”, Robert De Niro acts as Jimmy Conway who is one of Henry Hills partner. Henry Hill, a gangster at the bottom of the hierarchy of the mob, slowly works his way up with Jimmy Conway and Tom De Vito through numerous hijacks and burglaries. Jimmy Conway is a very