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Robert De Niro (/dəˈnɪroʊ/; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer, who has starred in over 90 films.[1] His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.