Robert De Niro and wife Grace Hightower

Robert De Niro;

-Date of Birth; 17 August 1943, New York City, New York, USA
-Birth Name; Robert Mario De Niro Jr.

-After marrying African-American actress Diahnne Abbott he adopted her daughter 'Drena De Niro', Abbott's daughter from her previous marriage. Drena refuses to identify her biological father. He also has son actor Raphael De Niro with Abbott.

-Had a long term relationship with African-American fashion model Toukie Smith. Smith is the sister of late fashion designer Willi Smith. They have twins sons together, twins Aaron Kendrick De Niro and Julian Henry De Niro (b. October 20, 1995). Their twins were conceived by in vitro fertilization.

-He married his second wife Grace Hightower in 1997 and she gave birth to their son, Elliot De Niro on March 18, 1998.

-Son of painter Virginia Admiral and abstract expressionist Robert De Niro Sr. Despite being raised Presbyterian, Virginia was an atheist for most of Robert's childhood. Robert Sr was raised Catholic but was not religious in any way. After De Niro was born, his father Robert Sr came out as a homosexual male and eventually divorced Robert's mother.

-Although he is commonly referred to as an Italian-American actor, De Niro is actually one-quarter Italian in ancestry. His father was half-Irish and half- Italian. His mother was of French, Dutch and German ancestry.