| Robert De Niro | |
| Wins: | 42 |
| Nominations: | 97 |
This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Robert De Niro.
Robert De Niro is an American film actor, director, and producer. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for 8 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), a 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was also due to receive a leadership award from the National Association of Broadcasters in 2024, before the honour was withdrawn following De Niro's criticism of Donald Trump outside the former President's criminal trial in New York.[1]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Best Supporting Actor | The Godfather Part II | [2] | ||
| 1976 | Best Actor | Taxi Driver | [3] | ||
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | [4] | |||
| 1980 | Raging Bull | [5] | |||
| 1990 | Awakenings | [6] | |||
| 1991 | Cape Fear | [7] | |||
| 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Silver Linings Playbook | [8] | ||
| 2019 | Best Picture | The Irishman | [9] | ||
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Killers of the Flower Moon | [10] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 1976 | Best Film Newcomer | The Godfather Part II | [11] | |
| 1977 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Taxi Driver | [12] | |
| 1980 | The Deer Hunter | [13] | ||
| 1982 | Raging Bull | [14] | ||
| 1984 | The King of Comedy | [15] | ||
| 1991 | Goodfellas | [16] | ||
| 2020 | Best Film | The Irishman | [17] | |
| 2024 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Killers of the Flower Moon | [18] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2017 | Outstanding Television Movie | The Wizard of Lies | [19] | |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | ||||
| 2019 | Outstanding Limited Series | When They See Us | [20] | |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live | |||
| Organizations | Year | Award | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasty Pudding Theatricals | 1979 | Man of the Year | ||
| Venice International Film Festival | 1993 | Golden Lion Honorary Award | [30] | |
| Moscow International Film Festival | 1997 | Contribution to World Cinema | [31] | |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 2000 | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | [32] | |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2000 | Silver Bear for Artistic Contribution | [33] | |
| Gotham Awards | 2001 | Honorary Award | [34] | |
| American Film Institute | 2003 | AFI Lifetime Achievement | [35] | |
| Golden Camera, Germany | 2008 | Lifetime Achievement, International | [36] | |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2008 | [37] | ||
| Kennedy Center Honors | 2009 | Medal | [38] | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | The Cecil B. DeMille Award | [39] | |
| Bates College | 2012 | Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts | [40] | |
| GLAAD Media Award | 2016 | Excellence in Media Award | [41] | |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | 2016 | Medal | [42] | |
| Sarajevo Film Festival | 2016 | Honorary Heart of Sarajevo | [43] | |
| Brown University | 2017 | Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts | [44] | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2019 | [45] | ||
This list includes ranks and honors given by websites, channels or magazines:
| Year | Vote / rank | List name | class=unsortable | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |