The multiple award-winning actor Robert De Niro has definitely become an alive legend
of Hollywood cinematography.
De Niro is known for his great commitment to roles.
The actor investigates both internal and external aspects of the character to portray him.
As a director Robert is also recognized by his own style, which includes extreme tactic
make actors do their best.
The Academy Award winning actor was born in 1943 in the family of painters.
His father Robert De Niro Sr. painted in expressionism manner.
When his son was two De Niro Sr. publicly confirmed his homosexuality and divorced his
wife.
Luckily, he lived close to his family, and spent a lot of time with his son.
Virginia Admiral, the actor’s mother, was also an artist, whose works are included in
the Peggy Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum of Art etc.
Virginia was a very talented person, she is also known as a poet.
The Vito Corleone actor is the only child in the family.
He has been officially married twice.
Robert married his first wife Diahnne Abbott, American actress and singer, in 1976.
They were together for 12 years and became parents of a son.
De Niro also adopted Diahnne’s daughter from the previous relationship.
Having separated with his first wife, the Taxi Driver star started long-term relationship
with Toukie Smith, a former model and TV actress.
They never came down the aisle, but became parents for two handsome sons.
The twins were conceived through IVF and delivered by a surrogate mother.
Grace Hightower has become the actor’s second wife.
She is an actress, a singer and a social activist.
They were dating with each other for ten years before getting married in 1997.
However, the couple broke up in a year after their son’s birth.
Luckily, they managed to get along, and renewed their vows in 2004.
The Raging Bull actor and his wife became the parents once more though surrogacy.
Thus, the famous actor is a father of six kids, and a grandpa of four grandchildren.
Drena De Niro is the actor’s adopted daughter from his first spouse.
After school, Drena started her career in entertainment industry as a model.
Later, she found out she was interested in music and started working as a DJ in fashion
industry, managing soundtracks for runway shows.
Drena appeared in her father’s several movies.
Today she lives together with her son in NYC.
Raphael De Niro is the first son of the Hollywood star.
He also tried himself in show business, but later gave up.
Today he is a successful real estate businessman.
Raphael lives together with his wife and three kids.
Aaron and Julian Kendrick De Niro arrived in 2005.
They were born via surrogate mother.
Elliot De Niro is the son born to Grace and Robert in 1998.
In 2016, the actor said that his son is diagnosed with autism.
The parents claim that it had happened overnight, probably as a complication of the vaccination.
At the age of 68, the Meet the Parents star became a father once more.
Helen Grace De Niro was born in 2011 to a surrogate mother.