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 Robert
De Niro is widely regarded as one of the most talented of today's living actors and one of the greatest movie stars of all time.
He rose to prominence in the early '70s with a series of iconic films
directed by long-time collaborators Francis Ford Coppola and Martin
Scorsese (Mean
Streets, The Godfather II,
Taxi
Driver), and his powerful method acting led to him being
dubbed the new Marlon Brando.
De Niro continued to deliver fine (if safe) roles throughout the '80s and
'90s, and he has
maintained both his integrity and his star status. However, in the
2000s, he began to show signs
of stagnation, with a series of more uninspired
performances. |
