This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Robert De Niro.
Robert De Niro is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.
De Niro won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the Francis Ford Coppola's crime epic The Godfather Part II (1974) and his second for Best Actor for his portrayal of boxer Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances as Travis Bickle in the crime drama Taxi Driver (1976), a soldier in the Vietnam War in the war epic The Deer Hunter (1978), an encephalitis lethargica patient in drama Awakenings (1990), Max Cady in crime thriller Cape Fear (1991), a concerned father in comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and William King Hale in western epic Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
A nine-time Academy Award nominee, he is also an eight-time BAFTA Award nominee, and a ten-time Golden Globe Award nominee, having won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Raging Bull (1980). On television, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie his portrayal of Bernie Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live (2019).
Over his career he has received numerous honorary awards including the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion in 1993, the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear in 2000, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019. De Niro received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2016. De Niro was also due to receive a leadership award from the National Association of Broadcasters in 2024, before the honour was withdrawn following De Niro's criticism of Donald Trump outside the President's criminal trial in New York.
Major associations Academy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 1975 Best Supporting Actor The Godfather Part II 1977Best Actor Taxi Driver 1979 The Deer Hunter 1981 Raging Bull 1991 Awakenings 1992 Cape Fear 2013 Best Supporting Actor Silver Linings Playbook 2020Best Picture The Irishman 2024 Best Supporting Actor Killers of the Flower Moon
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1976 Best Film Newcomer The Godfather Part II 1977 Best Actor in a Leading Role Taxi Driver 1980 The Deer Hunter 1982 Raging Bull 1984 The King of Comedy 1991 Goodfellas 2020 Best Film The Irishman 2024 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Killers of the Flower Moon
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2017 Outstanding Television Movie The Wizard of Lies Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie 2019 Outstanding Limited Series When They See Us Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1977 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Taxi Driver 1978 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy New York, New York 1979 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama The Deer Hunter 1981 Raging Bull 1989 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Midnight Run 1992 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Cape Fear 2000 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Analyze This 2001 Meet the Parents 2011 Cecil B. DeMille Award 2018 Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television The Wizard of Lies 2020 Best Motion Picture – Drama The Irishman 2024 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Killers of the Flower Moon
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Marvin's Room 2013 Silver Linings Playbook Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role 2018 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries Movie The Wizard of Lies 2020 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Irishman Life Achievement Award 2024Outstanding Actor in a Supporting RoleKillers of the Flower Moon Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Boston Society of Film Critics 1981 Best Actor Raging Bull Critics' Choice Awards 2017 Best Television Movie or Miniseries Actor The Wizard of Lies 2020 Best MovieThe Irishman Best Actor Best Cast 2023 Best Supporting Actor Killers of the Flower Moon Best Cast Detroit Film Critics Society2012 Best Supporting Actor Silver Linings Playbook Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1976 Best Actor Taxi Driver 1980 Raging Bull National Board of Review 1980 Best Actor Raging Bull 1990 Best Actor (tied) Awakenings National Society of Film Critics1974 Best Supporting Actor Mean Streets 1977 Best Actor Taxi Driver New York Film Critics Circle 1974 Best Supporting Actor Mean Streets 1977 Best Actor Taxi Driver 1981 Raging Bull 1991 Awakenings Goodfellas
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Awards 2013 Best International Supporting Actor – Cinema Silver Linings Playbook 2020 Best International Lead Actor – Cinema The Irishman 2024 Best International Supporting Actor – Cinema Killers of the Flower Moon American Comedy Awards 2000 Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Analyze This 2001 Meet the Parents American Movie Awards 1980 Best Actor The Deer Hunter Berlin International Film Festival 2007 Golden Berlin Bear The Good Shepherd Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (shared with ensemble cast) Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000 Favorite a Comedy Team Analyze This 2001 Favorite Actor – Comedy Meet the Parents Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2012Best Ensemble Cast (shared with the cast)Silver Linings PlaybookChristopher Award1997 Motion Pictures (shared) Marvin's Room MTV Movie Awards 1992 Best Male Performance Cape Fear Best Villain Best Kiss (shared) 1997 Best Villain The Fan 1999 Best Action Sequence (shared) Ronin 2001 Best Line from a Movie Meet the Parents Best On-Screen Team (shared) Satellite Awards 2001 Best Supporting Actor – Film Men of Honor 2012 Silver Linings Playbook 2017 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Wizard of Lies 2023Best Supporting Actor – FilmKillers of the Flower Moon Saturn Awards 1988 Best Supporting Actor Angel Heart 1995 Frankenstein
Honorary awards
Organizations Year Award Result Hasty Pudding Theatricals 1979 Man of the Year Venice International Film Festival 1993 Golden Lion Honorary Award Moscow International Film Festival 1997 Contribution to World Cinema San Sebastián International Film Festival 2000 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award Berlin International Film Festival 2000 Silver Bear for Artistic Contribution Gotham Awards 2001 Honorary Award American Film Institute 2003 AFI Lifetime Achievement Golden Camera, Germany 2008 Lifetime Achievement, International Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008 Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema Kennedy Center Honors 2009 Medal Golden Globe Awards 2011 The Cecil B. DeMille Award Bates College 2012 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts GLAAD Media Award 2016 Excellence in Media Award Presidential Medal of Freedom 2016 Medal Sarajevo Film Festival 2016 Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Brown University 2017 Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Cannes Film Festival2025 Honorary Palme d'Or
Citations
This list includes ranks and honors given by websites, channels or magazines: Year Vote / rank List name 1997 5 Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" 2002 78 Premiere magazine's annual Power 100 List 2004 1 Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest Living Actor (Gods Among Us)" List 2005 38 Premiere magazine's "Greatest Movie Stars of All Time (Stars in Our Constellation)" List 2005 10 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes for his line "You talkin' to me?" 2006 10 Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time for his performance as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull 2006 42 Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time for his performance as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
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