Robert De Niro, who plays media-savvy homicide detective Eddie Flemming, most recently received acclaim in the hit comedy Meet the Parents with Ben Stiller and the moving drama Men of Honor with Cuba Gooding, Jr.

De Niro launched his prolific motion picture career in Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party in 1969. By 1973, De Niro had twice won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of his critically-acclaimed performances in Bang the Drum Slowly and Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. In 1974, De Niro received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II. In 1980, he won his second Oscar, this time as Best Actor, for his extraordinary portrayal of Jake La Motta in Scorsese's Raging Bull. De Niro has earned Academy Award nominations for his work in four additional films: Scorsese's Taxi Driver and Cape Fear, Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter and Penny Marshall's Awakenings.

De Niro 's distinguished body of work also includes performances in The Last Tycoon, 1900, True Confessions, Falling in Love, Once Upon a Time in America, Brazil, The Mission, The Untouchables, Angel Heart, Midnight Run, Jackknife, Stanley and Iris, We're No Angels, Backdraft, This Boy's Life, Mad Dog and Glory, A Bronx Tale, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Heat, Sleepers, The Fan, Marvin's Room, Copland and four more films directed by Martin Scorsese: The King of Comedy, New York, New York, GoodFellas and Casino.

De Niro's most recent film credits include Great Expectations, Wag the Dog, Jackie Brown, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Flawless and Analyze This. He will next be seen in Frank Oz's The Score with Edward Norton, Marlon Brando and Angela Bassett. He also recently completed production on City by the Sea.

De Niro opened his own production company, Tribeca Productions, with his partner Jane Rosenthal in 1988. Through Tribeca (which is housed in his Tribeca Film Center, a downtown film facility in Manhattan, which he founded simultaneously), he develops a wide variety of projects on which he serves in a combination of capacities, including producer, director and actor. De Niro made his feature film directorial debut in 1993 with A Bronx Tale. Other Tribeca features include Thunderheart, Cape Fear, Mistress, Night and the City, The Night We Never Met, Faithful, Panther, Marvin's Room and Wag the Dog.

Tribeca Television was launched in 1992 with the critically acclaimed series "Tribeca," on which De Niro served as executive producer. Most recently, Tribeca produced a miniseries based on the life of mobster Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, which aired in 1998, earning impressive ratings as well as critical praise.