Robert de niro actor biography book

Compelling and full of insight, Untouchable: A Biography of Robert De Niro is the definitive account of a great actor's career, and a fascinating view of his.

Robert De Niro: The Man, the Myth and the Movies Patrick Agan ; The Films of Robert De Niro Douglas Brode ; Untouchable: A Biography of Robert De Niro Andy Dougan.

In this elegant and compelling biography, bestselling writer Shawn Levy writes of these many De Niros--the characters and the man--seeking to understand the.

The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film.

A very well-written, well-researched book on the life and acting career of Robert De Niro, possibly the greatest actor in the last 50 years.

In this elegant and compelling biography, bestselling writer Shawn Levy writes of these many De Niros--the characters and the man--seeking to understand the..

From Publishers Weekly

According to prolific film biographer Baxter (The Hollywood Exiles, etc.), "Rage is Robert De Niros gift to the cinema." In this unauthorized, carefully researched biography, Baxter traces the enigmatic actors life, starting with his formative years in Greenwich Village, where De Niro tagged along with Italian street gangs and had a complicated relationship with his gay artist father, a fact that Baxter suggests has greatly informed the actors choice of morally conflicted characters.

Using numerous interviews and anecdotes, Baxter sketches a picture that is never quite flattering, but is empathetic and fascinating. He tells De Niros story through the prism of the actors most notable cinematic endeavors (including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull) as well as through his biggest failures.

As a result, the book is equal parts life story and film analysis. This works to great effect, since De Niros artistic choices, many of which involved physical transformation