Who are Robert De Niro's parents?

Actor Robert De Niro is the son of Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr.

Robert Anthony De Niro, professionally known as Robert De Niro, is one of the most prominent and well-known actors from the New Hollywood era. The actor is renowned for collaborating with Martin Scorsese and has starred in various blockbuster movies. Some of his major works are movies like The Godfather Part 2, The Irishman, Goodfellas, The Intern, Joker, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The War with Grandpa among others.

Robert De Niro has received various accolades and awards such as 3 Academy Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and one Golden Globe Award. The actor was noted to be the 56th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and it was Leonardo DiCaprio who presented him with the honor. Apart from this, the actor also received the honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.

Who are Robert De Niro's parents?

As mentioned earlier, Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is the son of Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr. Both her mother and father were painters by profession. When Robert was 2 years old, his mother and father split as the latter had declared himself to be gay.

Born on August 17, 1943, in New York City in the United States, Robert De Niro is the eldest of three siblings. The actor has two brothers, namely John and Joan. As of 2024, the actor has done a great job keeping his brothers’ profiles and personal lives hidden from social media.

Who is Robert De Niro's father?

Robert Henry De Niro, better known as Robert De Niro Sr., is actor Robert De Niro's father. De Niro Sr. is a renowned American abstract expressionist painter who was born in an Irish American family in Syracuse, New York. After completing his studies in the late 1930s and early 1940s, De Niro Sr. worked for five years at Hilla Rebay's legendary Museum of Non-Objective Art.

Robert De Niro Sr. had his first exhibition in 1946 at Guggenheim's gallery in April and May. Unfortunately at that time due to a fire in the studio, the painter had lost most of his work. In the 1950s, De Niro Sr. had a series of solo exhibitions at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York. In 1968, the artist was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

It was on May 3, 1993, when Robert De Niro Sr. was reported to have died. The artist was reported to be 71 years old when he passed, and his cause of death was claimed to be cancer. The 1993 movie A Bronx Tale was a movie dedicated to Robert De Niro Sr. and was the directorial debut of his son Robert Anthony De Niro.

Who is Robert De Niro's mother?

Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro is actor Robert De Niro's mother and one of the most well-known painters and poets in America. She has studied the art of painting under Hans Hofmann in New York, and among her multiple projects, her most notable compilation comes from the Peggy Guggenheim collection.

Born on July 27, 2000, in New York City, in the United States, Virgina Admiral had completed her graduation from the Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she majored in journalism and got her art education from the Art Institute of Chicago under Hans Hofmann. The artist started her first project in 1938 where she was working on the Federal Art Project, in Oakland, California. It was in December 1942 when she got married to Robert De Niro Sr. and in 1943 she gave birth to Robert De Niro Jr.

Who is Robert De Niro's wife?

While Robert De Niro prefers to keep his personal life private, his professional life has revealed various relationships that the actor had in the past. His first wife was Diahnne Abbott who he met back when he was working on Taxi Driver. After marriage, the actor adopted Abbott’s daughter from her previous relationship and also had a son with her in 1988.

After splitting up with Abbott, the actor was seen in private relationships with various women including Naomi Campbell and Toukie Smith. By 1997, the actor decided to settle down again and got married to Grace Hightower, who was someone he had known for over a decade. After being with each other for 20 years, the couple decided to call it quits and had a divorce. After that, the actor was in a relationship with martial arts instructor Tiffany Chen. While De Niro was quite private about his relationship with Tiffany, eventually he had to break the news when the couple welcomed a baby, a daughter named Gia Virginia Chen De Niro.