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Birth Name:
Robert Mario De Niro Jr
Birth Place:
New York City, USA
Date of Birth:
August 17, 1943
Ethnicity:
Italian, Irish, German, French, Dutch, English
The American actor is famous for starring in the films, Once Upon a Time in America and Good Fellas, among many others. Despite starring in numerous films as an American Italian character, De Niro is only a quarter Italian.
His father was of Italian and Irish descent while his mother was of German, French, English and Dutch descent.
He was asked to be an Italian citizen, and he stated that he identifies with his Italian ancestry more than his other roots.
Source:
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5982475/
- http://www.contactmusic.com/info/robert_de_niro
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Only one quarter Italian.I taught he was just Italian aswell.But he has five other ethnicitys aswell, He just relates more to Italian side that`s ok.
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TO ME HE LOOKS 100% ITALIAN, A GOOD LOOKING MAN, AND I BET IF HIM & HIS WIFE HAD KIDS{were younger to do so } THEY WOULD BE ALL THAT
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Im italiaann & apreciae how robert de nirooo recognizee himself more italian !!
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He was EXCELLENT playing “Michael” in “The Deer Hunter”, especially him and Christopher Walken in the russian roulette scene. I read an article on Wikipedia that the guy running the game had a great distaste for Americans and had no problem slapping his face. One guy the casting crew wanted to play the part could not bring himself to slap DeNiro so they got the guy in the scene, also, DeNiro told the director to have the guard slap Walken before his scene[unbeknownst to Walken] so his reaction was genuine…pretty interesting.
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I thought he was albanian as well! :O
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italain is a nationality not a race i’m italain and other things too
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You’re also a douche. Spell ITALIAN right if you’re ITALIAN as well…
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