The Life and Works of Robert De Niro Quiz

Answer: New York City, NY

Robert De Niro was born in New York City in 1943. It's obvious that he truly loves that city, since most of his movies take place in New York.

Answer: The Wedding Party

His first credited film role was that of Cecil in the 1969 film "The Wedding Party", a comedy directed by Brian de Palma. He had an uncredited film role before that in the 1965 Marcel Carnč film "Trois Chambres á Manhattan" as a client in a diner.

Answer: Bang The Drum Slowly

Only one of these baseball movies was made in 1973, and that was "Bang The Drum Slowly", where De Niro played a half-witted catcher. "The Natural" (1984) starred Robert Redford. "A League of their Own" (1992) was about a group of women who tried to start a professional league of baseball. "Major League" (1989) is a baseball-related comedy starting Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.

Answer: Martin Scorsese

This was his first of many efforts with Martin Scorsese. In it, he plays a street tough who is prone to violence, showing that De Niro has a grittier side to him as well. Whenever Scorsese and De Niro collaborate, they create some great films.

Answer: Vito Corleone

"The Godfather, Part II" is arguably one of the greatest movie sequels ever. In fact, it's the first sequel to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture. In it, Robert De Niro plays the role of a young Vito Corleone, a role already played flawlessly by Marlon Brando in the previous film.

He played it so well that he and Brando became the only actors ever to win Oscars for playing the same character.

Answer: "You talkin' to me?"

In "Taxi Driver," another Scorsese effort, De Niro plays a delusional cabbie with a messianic complex who believes that all evil people should be wiped off the face of the Earth, and proceeds to wipe out several of them. The famous line "You talkin' to me?," was improvised by De Niro using the script direction "Travis looks in the mirror." Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster also contribute great performances.

The other three quotes were from Scarface, Citizen Kane, and Star Wars.

Answer: The Deer Hunter

"The Deer Hunter" is a movie depicting the Vietnam War and its effect on a small industrial town. De Niro stars along with Christopher Walken, John Savage, and Meryl Streep.

Answer: Raging Bull

"Raging Bull" (1980) is yet another testament to De Niro's talent. Here he plays the physically tough but emotionally destructive Jake La Motta, who starts out as a prize fighter and eventually becomes a fat has-been. Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarity also have great roles in what I think is Martin Scorsese's masterpiece.

Answer: The King of Comedy

In "The King of Comedy," De Niro plays an aspiring, startlingly unfunny comedian who stalks a talk show host (Jerry Lewis) in an effort to achieve fame. It is another Martin Scorsese movie and by far one of De Niro's most underappreciated roles.

Answer: false

This gangster epic was directed by Sergio Leone. Simply put, it portrays De Niro as a kid who lived on the streets of Brooklyn when organized crime was born in America and he grew into and out of it. I'd recommend it for anyone who has 4 hours to kill and wants to kill them productively.

Answer: Kevin Costner

All of these actors were in this Brian de Palma movie. In fact, these four actors received top billing over De Niro.

Answer: Midnight Run

"The Cable Guy" was a Jim Carrey film.

Answer: Willem Dafoe

Interesting how in "Platoon" (1986), the other soldiers commented on Willem Dafoe's character saying that he acted like he was Jesus. It's also interesting how in his death scene, he makes a Jesus Christ pose.

Answer: Jimmy Conway

One of Scorsese's best. Tommy DeVito was played by Joe Pesci, Henry Hill by Ray Liotta, and Paul Cicero by Paul Sorvino.

Answer: Robert Mitchum

Gregory Peck was in the original Cape Fear, but he played the part of lawyer Sam Bowden, played in the remake by Nick Nolte. Unlike many remakes, this one was actually very well done. Watch for cameos from the cast of the original Cape Fear.

Answer: A Bronx Tale

"A Bronx Tale" is about a New York City resident (De Niro) who becomes worried when his son is befriended by a local gangster (Chazz Palminteri) and the boy is therefore forced to choose between living an honest life or being a criminal. It was De Niro's first effort as a director and Palminteri's first as a screenwriter.

Answer: Heat

All of these are Al Pacino films, but only one of them features De Niro. In "Heat," Pacino and De Niro play two men on opposite sides of the law.

Answer: true

Casino also starred Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, and Sharon Stone.

Answer: Billy Crystal

Robert De Niro has recently made a string of comedy movies. As he said on a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, "Some people say drama is easy, comedy is hard. Not true. I've been making comedies for the last couple of years, and it's nice. When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home."

Answer: 2002

If you're a fan of Robert De Niro, then this quiz should've been easy.