"De Niro's work as ""more like a riff on Rupert Pupkin, the goofy talk show fan he played in Scorsese's ""The King of Comedy"""". Ebert and Howe both agreed, however, that Alan King's performance was fantastic. Owen Gleiberman concurred in his review, but he sided with Ebert regarding De Niro, concluding, ""the actor who once seemed the heir to Brando, Clift, and, yes, Widmark — the actor who once got so far inside his roles that he just about detonated the screen — now plays characters who don't seem to have any inner life at all."" David Ansen praised the"
"his role and Scorsese was nominated as best director, as well as the film collected 6 other Oscar nominations. The film has been considered one of the greatest films of all time, and was chosen as the best sports film ever by the American Film Institute. In 1982, Scorsese and De Niro made their first film to feature several comedic elements, while still being connected with the crime genre. The film follows aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), who wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves privacy."
"shots, and fewer dramatic close-ups. Scorsese has noted that Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film ""Life of an American Fireman"" had greatly influenced ""The King of Comedy""'s visual style. De Niro prepared for Rupert Pupkin's role by developing a ""role reversal"" technique, consisting of chasing down his own autograph-hunters, stalking them and asking them lots of questions. As Scorsese remembered, he even agreed to meet and talk with one of his longtime stalkers:The guy was waiting for him with his wife, a shy suburban woman who was rather embarrassed by the situation. He wanted to take him to dinner at their"
"De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring, mentally-deranged stand-up comedian unsuccessfully trying to launch his career. After meeting Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), a successful comedian and talk show host, Rupert believes his ""big break"" has finally come. He attempts to book a spot on the show but is continually rebuffed by Langford's staff and finally by Langford himself. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies in which he and Langford are colleagues and friends. Hoping to impress, Rupert invites a date, Rita, to accompany him when he decides to show up uninvited at Langford's country"
"of killing him. The police now believe his story and investigate the publisher who goes to jail, where he finally finds success as a comedian, performing for the other inmates. Pupkin goes insane and is confined to a hospital. Gus reconciles with his wife and finally gets a job. In a minor role, Jean-Claude Van Damme appears as an imagined version of himself, when one character who idolises him as the ultimate 'Karate man', imagines a conversation where he acts as that character's conscience. Narco (film) Narco is a 2004 French film about Gus (played by Guillaume Canet) a narcoleptic,"
"""Mr. Popper's Penguins""; ""Norbit"", the comedy starring Eddie Murphy for DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures; the blockbuster ""The Firm"", starring Tom Cruise; the two ""Dr. Dolittle"" films, starring Eddie Murphy; the ""Garfield"" franchise series for Fox; ""Waterworld"", starring Kevin Costner; the Eddie Murphy comedy ""Daddy Day Care""; ""Predator"", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau trilogy ""Out to Sea"", ""Grumpy Old Men"", and ""Grumpier Old Men""; ""Behind Enemy Lines"", starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman; ""Predator 2"", John Woo's ""Paycheck"", starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, for Paramount Pictures; and ""Alien vs. Predator"", an action thriller combining the two iconic cinematic aliens, among"
"Richard Dillane Richard Dillane (born 1964) is an English actor. He played British agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's 2012 Iran-based political thriller, ""Argo"", winner among other things of the 2013 Oscar, Bafta and Golden Globe for Best Picture, and Merv the husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie ""Oranges and Sunshine"". He was Wernher von Braun in the BBC television docudrama ""Space Race"", Nero in Howard Brenton's play ""Paul"" at the National Theatre of GB and appeared several times as Stephen Maturin in the BBC radio adaptations of the Patrick O'Brian ""Aubrey–Maturin"" novels"
"chance"". According to an interview with Lewis in the February 7, 1983, edition of ""People"" magazine, he claimed that Scorsese and De Niro employed method acting tricks, including making a slew of anti-Semitic epithets during the filming in order to ""pump up Lewis's anger"". Lewis described making the film as a pleasurable experience and noted that he got along well with both Scorsese and De Niro. Lewis said he was invited to collaborate on certain aspects of the script dealing with celebrity life. He suggested an ending in which Rupert Pupkin kills Jerry, but was turned down. As a result,"
"release on Blu-ray in the US by Scorpion Releasing on 29 October 2013 under its original title. Harlequin (film) Harlequin (known as Dark Forces in US) is a 1980 Australian thriller film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Robert Powell, Carmen Duncan, David Hemmings and Broderick Crawford. The film is a modern-day version of Rasputin's story: the major characters have the same first names as Rasputin and the Romanov royal family; and their family name, 'Rast', is simply the word 'Tsar' backwards. An up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, has a young son who is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith"
"a Zoo"" (2011) starring Matt Damon, and the final season of ""Chuck"" as villain Nicholas Quinn. Macfadyen also starred as Robert Rogers in AMC's historical drama series """" (2014–17), and Allan Pinkerton on the first-run syndicated series ""The Pinkertons"" (2014–15). ""Macbeth: Unhinged"" (2016) is a modernised feature-length film adapted from the Shakespearean play in which he stars and directs. He appeared opposite Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson as biologist James Murray in the 2016 biographical drama ""The Lost City of Z."" Angus Macfadyen Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor known for his roles as Robert the"
"Robert De Niro and the independent film ""Punks"". Besides his feature-film work he has made guest appearances on such shows as ""The Tyra Banks Show"", and ""America's Next Top Model"", also hosted by Tyra Banks, and worked with artists like Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston. His songs ""Din Da Da"", ""Rhythm Is My Bitch"", ""Alive"", ""Give It Up"" and ""Strut"", have all reached Number 1 of the Billboard dance chart. The only one of his singles not to peak at Number 1 to date is ""Dance For Love"". Aviance's most successful dance radio hit to date is ""Give It Up"""
"Tim Robbins Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. He is well known for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in the prison drama film ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994). His other roles include Nuke LaLoosh in ""Bull Durham"", Jacob Singer in ""Jacob's Ladder"", Griffin Mill in ""The Player"", and Dave Boyle in ""Mystic River"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for directing such films as ""Dead Man Walking"" and ""Bob Roberts"", both of which received critical acclaim. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for"
"and Pacino appear up to 30 years younger at various points throughout the film. By August of that year, the cost had risen to as much as $175 million, the most expensive of Scorsese's career. The Irishman (2019 film) The Irishman is an upcoming American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the book ""I Heard You Paint Houses"" by Charles Brandt. The film stars Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman for the Bufalino crime family, and Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa. Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin,"
"Dabney Coleman Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor. Coleman's best known films include ""The Towering Inferno"" (1974), ""9 to 5"" (1980), ""On Golden Pond"" (1981), ""Tootsie"" (1982), ""WarGames"" (1983), ""Cloak & Dagger"" (1984), ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" (1993), ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), """" (2001), ""Moonlight Mile"" (2002), and ""Rules Don't Apply"" (2016). Coleman's television roles include the title character in ""Buffalo Bill"" (1983–1984), Burton Fallin in ""The Guardian"" (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in ""Recess"" (1997–2001), and Louis ""The Commodore"" Kaestner in ""Boardwalk Empire"" (2010–2011). He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from six"
"Nigel Plaskitt Nigel Plaskitt (born 27 July 1950) is an English actor, puppeteer, producer, and both stage and television director. His voice and puppetry talents have appeared on television shows such as ""Pipkins"" (for which he provided the narration, as well as voicing and operating the characters of Hartley Hare and Tortoise), ""Spitting Image"" and ""Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet"". He has also contributed to films, such as ""Muppet Treasure Island"" and ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". Plaskitt appeared as Unstoffe in the four-part ""Doctor Who"" science-fiction serial ""The Ribos Operation"" in 1978. (Something to look out for in"
"of the Owl"" (1968), ""The Mercenary"" (1968), ""Battle of Neretva"" (1969), ""Tristana"" (1970), ""Compañeros"" (1970), ""Confessions of a Police Captain"" (1971), ""Keoma"" (1976), ""Hitch-Hike"" (1977), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Enter the Ninja"" (1981), ""Die Hard 2"" (1990), ""Letters to Juliet"" (2010) and """" (2017). He also played the narrator in the film ""Rasputin"" (2010), directed by Louis Nero, and voiced the character of Uncle Topolino in the animated film ""Cars 2"" (2011) directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Brad Lewis. In 2012, Nero made a cameo appearance in Quentin Tarantino's ""Django Unchained"". Nero is known for his ties"
"Chris Pine Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. Pine made his feature debut as Lord Devereaux in """" (2004). He is known for playing James T. Kirk in the ""Star Trek"" reboot film series (2009–2016), Will in ""Unstoppable"" (2010), Cinderella's Prince in ""Into the Woods"" (2014), Jack Ryan in """" (2014), Toby Howard in ""Hell or High Water"" (2016), Bernie Webber in ""The Finest Hours"" (2016), Steve Trevor in ""Wonder Woman"" (2017), and Dr. Alexander Murry in ""A Wrinkle in Time"" (2018). Pine was born in Los Angeles. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor"
"Parents Terribles"", ""Island"" at Belvoir Street and for the Bell Shakespeare Company he played Romeo in ""Romeo and Juliet"" as well as appearing in ""Hamlet"" and ""Richard III"". Lapaine has made two appearances in the UK TV Show ""Black Mirror"", six years apart. First in 2011 as the morally dubious Max in ""The Entire History of You"", and later as the masochistic Dr Dawson in 2017's ""Black Museum"". Lapaine's recent film work includes Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning ""Zero Dark Thirty"", ""Last Chance Harvey"" opposite Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, and ""Shanghai"", opposite John Cusack. He played the lead role in Pathe's"
"De Niro again for the Sergio Leone gangster epic, ""Once Upon a Time in America"" (1984), as a police chief whose name was also ""Aiello."" His many film appearances included two for director Woody Allen, who cast him in ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985) and ""Radio Days"" (1987). Aiello is perhaps best known for his role as pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee's ""Do the Right Thing"" (1989). At the time of the film's release, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, he called the role his ""first focal part"". He further identified the film as a very collaborative"
"(1978), ""Gallipoli"" (1981), ""The Dismissal"", ""Scales of Justice"" (1983), ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992), ""Muriel's Wedding"" (1994), ""The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"" (1994) and ""Australia"" (2008). In 2007, he reprised the role of Bob in the Australian touring stage production of ""Priscilla"". He also provided the voice of the dentist in ""Finding Nemo"" (2003) and the voice of Bubo in """" (2010). He portrayed United Nations Secretary General Spencer Chartwell in the American science fiction series """". His last film role was in ""The Cup"" (2011). Of acting, Hunter said, ""As long as the director told me where to"
"Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012 that combined grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. ""Twilight"" brought Pattinson worldwide fame, and established him among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of"
"been diagnosed two years prior. Richard Libertini Richard Joseph Libertini (May 21, 1933 – January 7, 2016) was an American stage, film and television actor. He was known for playing character roles and his ability to speak in numerous accents. His films include ""Catch-22"" (1970), ""The In-Laws"" (1979), ""Popeye"" (1980), ""All of Me"" (1984), ""Fletch"" (1985), ""Fletch Lives"" (1989), ""Awakenings"" (1990), ""Lethal Weapon 4"" (1998), and ""Dolphin Tale"" (2011). Libertini was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Emerson College in Boston. During his early years, Libertini worked in New York City and in Chicago. He moved to Los Angeles"
"John D'Aquino John D'Aquino (born April 14, 1958) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg in ""seaQuest DSV"", Joel in the film ""Pumpkinhead"" and U.S. President Richard Martinez in the Disney Channel Original Series ""Cory in the House"". In 1985 he co-starred with William Smith, Howard Rollins, Meg Ryan and Terry Funk as Varges de la Cosa in the western series Wildside on ABC. He has made guest appearances on ""Baywatch"", ""Matlock"", ""Melrose Place"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Seinfeld"", ""Sliders"", ""Quantum Leap"", """", ""Crossing Jordan"", ""Hannah Montana"", ""Monk"", ""Shake It Up"", and"
"Francis Ford Coppola, Barry Levinson, Stuart Rosenberg, Nicolas Roeg, Michael Cimino, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, Mike Hodges, Barbet Schroeder, Walter Hill, Tsui Hark, Terrence Malick, Jonas Åkerlund, Wong Kar-wai, Tony Scott, Robert Rodriguez and John Madden, as well as actors-turned-directors Sean Penn, Vincent Gallo and Steve Buscemi. Actors he worked with include Kim Basinger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Helena Bonham Carter, Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Tupac Shakur, Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, and Robert De Niro. Rourke has worked five times with fellow actor Christopher"
"Scorsese earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film ""Raging Bull"". De Niro's first major film roles were in the sports drama ""Bang the Drum Slowly"" (1973) and Scorsese's crime film ""Mean Streets"" (1973). He earned Academy Award nominations for the psychological thrillers ""Taxi Driver"" (1976) and ""Cape Fear"" (1991), both directed by Scorsese. De Niro received additional nominations for Michael Cimino's Vietnam war drama ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978), Penny Marshall's drama ""Awakenings"" (1990), and David O. Russell's romantic comedy-drama ""Silver Linings Playbook"" (2012). His portrayal of gangster Jimmy Conway"
"character named Saul, Rifkin's real-life name. Rifkin received a 1998 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the Broadway revival of ""Cabaret"". Additional theatre credits include David Hirson's ""Wrong Mountain"", Arthur Miller's ""Broken Glass"", Ivan Turgenev's ""A Month in the Country"", and Neil Simon's ""Proposals"". Rifkin's extensive film credits include ""Silent Running"" (1972), ""The Sunshine Boys"" (1975), ""The Big Fix"" (1978), ""JFK"" (1991), ""Husbands and Wives"" (1992), ""Manhattan Murder Mystery"" (1993), ""Wolf"" (1994), ""L.A. Confidential"" (1997), ""The Negotiator"" (1998), ""Boiler Room"" (2000), ""Keeping the Faith"" (2000), ""The Majestic"" (2001), ""Dragonfly"" (2002), ""The Sum of All Fears"" (2002),"
"he discovered after Pattinson, as ""246789 Pattinson"". He was honoured with a tribute at 2017 Deauville American Film Festival on 2 September 2017, with screening of selected films of his during the festival run. Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012"
"director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who gained about 60 pounds during the shooting of the film to play the older LaMotta in later scenes. To accurately portray the younger LaMotta, De Niro trained with LaMotta until LaMotta felt he was ready to box professionally. De Niro lived in Paris for three months, eating at the finest restaurants in order to gain sufficient weight to portray LaMotta after retirement. De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. LaMotta had a troubled personal life, including a spell in a reformatory, and was married seven times."
"released in theaters on April 13, 2018. Landon Liboiron Landon Liboiron (born March 10, 1991) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Declan Coyne in """" and his lead role as Peter Rumancek in Netflix's original series ""Hemlock Grove"" (2013–15). Liboiron is from the small farming community of Jenner, Alberta, where he and his two older brothers were raised. He is the son of Lorraine Mack and Marcel Liboiron. His mother, an artist, supportive of his desire to act, frequently drove her son to Vancouver for acting classes and auditions. Liboiron was cast in TV films before"
"De Niro, ""Sisters"" (1973) and ""The Fury"" (1978). He also appeared in """" (1972) with Barbara Hershey and John Lithgow. Durning's performances in Broadway productions include ""Drat! The Cat!"" (1965), ""Pousse-Café"" (1966), ""The Happy Time"" (1968), ""Indians"" (1969), ""That Championship Season"" (1972), ""In the Boom Boom Room"" (1973), ""The au Pair Man"" (1973), ""Knock Knock"" (1976), ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1990), ""Inherit the Wind"" (1996), ""The Gin Game"" (1997), and ""The Best Man"" (2000). In 2002, he performed in Bertolt Brecht's ""The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"" with Al Pacino, produced by Tony Randall. He played the role"
"Harlequin (film) Harlequin (known as Dark Forces in US) is a 1980 Australian thriller film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Robert Powell, Carmen Duncan, David Hemmings and Broderick Crawford. The film is a modern-day version of Rasputin's story: the major characters have the same first names as Rasputin and the Romanov royal family; and their family name, 'Rast', is simply the word 'Tsar' backwards. An up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, has a young son who is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with"
"(Robert De Niro), a psychologist working in New York City, decides to move with his 9-year-old daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning) to Upstate New York. There, Emily makes an apparently imaginary friend she calls ""Charlie"". Her friendship with Charlie begins to disturb David when he discovers their cat dead in the bathtub, who, Emily claims, was a victim of ""Charlie"". Meanwhile, David has nightmares of the New Year's Eve party that occurred the night before his wife died. When a family friend, Dr. Katherine Carson (Famke Janssen), comes to visit David and Emily, Emily reveals that she and Charlie have a"
"""Curb Your Enthusiasm"", a role for which he received a 2008 Emmy Award nomination. Among Berman's film credits are ""Dementia"" (1955, with Shorty Rogers), ""The Best Man"" (1964, with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson), ""Divorce American Style"" (1967, with Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds), ""Every Home Should Have One"" (1970, with Marty Feldman), ""Beware! The Blob"" (1972, with Robert Walker Jr.), ""Rented Lips"" (1988, with Martin Mull and Robert Downey Jr.), ""Teen Witch"" (1989, with Robyn Lively and Zelda Rubinstein), ""The Last Producer"" (2000, with Burt Reynolds), ""Meet the Fockers"" (2004, with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller), ""The"