Robert De Niro Biography

- In 1998, De Niro was caught up in an investigation into prostitution in Paris, where he was filming Ronin. Outraged, he denies any connection with the story and swore never to set foot in France ever again.

- De Niro is left-handed but wrote with his right hand in 'Taxi Driver'.

- Was offered the role of 'Jesus' in the 1988 movie 'The Last Temptation of Christ', but declined it.

- Meryl Streep, whom he worked with on 'The Deer Hunter', is De Niro’s favorite actress to work with.

- He, Francis Ford Coppola, and Robin Williams own a restaurant in San Francisco called Rubicon. He also owns two restaurants in New York and one in Los Angeles.

- In 2002, at FilmFour.com he was voted as the best actor of all-time.