Robert De Niro into occasional comedic roles in the mid-1980s and has had much success there as well, with such films as "Brazil" (1985), "Midnight Run" (1988), "Analyze This" (1999), "Meet the Parents" (2000), and "Meet the Fockers" (2004). Other films include "True Confessions" (1981), "Falling in Love" (1984), "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), "The Mission" (1986), "Angel Heart" (1987), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Goodfellas" (1990), "Awakenings" (1990), "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1994), "Heat" (1995), "The Fan" (1996), "Sleepers" (1996), "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Jackie Brown" (1997), "Ronin" (1998) and "Flawless" (1999). In 1987, De Niro was the President of the Jury at
Robert De Niro he was two years old after his father announced that he was gay. De Niro was raised by his mother in the Greenwich Village and Little Italy areas of Manhattan. His father lived within walking distance and De Niro spent much time with him as he grew up. His mother was raised Presbyterian but became an atheist as an adult, while his father had been a lapsed Catholic since the age of 12. Against his parents' wishes, his grandparents had him secretly baptized into the Catholic Church while he was staying with them during his parents' divorce. De Niro attended