Robert De Niro

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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.

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Maria January 22, 2012 at 12:57 pm

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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Donnamaria January 8, 2012 at 9:00 pm

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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TooPrettyNdPaid January 7, 2012 at 12:00 am

Im italiaann & apreciae how robert de nirooo recognizee himself more italian !!

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Jane November 24, 2011 at 11:18 am

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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Mamacita Italianaa October 29, 2011 at 6:09 am

I thought he was albanian as well! :O

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jina October 17, 2011 at 1:13 pm

italain is a nationality not a race i’m italain and other things too

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non-douche October 28, 2011 at 8:26 am

You’re also a douche. Spell ITALIAN right if you’re ITALIAN as well…

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