‘I hope that I can share this with anyone that it means anything to, and the rest of the world, and especially all the terrible things that are happening, and, I love everyone’ — List of Robert De Niro Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: February 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Robert De Niro. Robert De Niro has been nominated for 9 Academy Awards, across 3 categories, and won 2. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon (Best Supporting Actor) — lost to Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer). Other nominees: Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), Ryan Gosling (Barbie), Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
2019: The Irishman (Best Picture) (shared with Martin Scorsese, Jane Rosenthal, Emma Tillinger Koskoff) — lost to Parasite (Kwak Sin-ae, Bong Joon Ho). Other nominees: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino), 1917 (Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall), Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, David Heyman), Joker (Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff), Jojo Rabbit (Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley), Little Women (Amy Pascal), Ford v Ferrari (Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, James Mangold)
2012: Silver Linings Playbook (Best Supporting Actor) — lost to Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained). Other nominees: Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Alan Arkin (Argo), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
1991: Cape Fear (Best Actor) — lost to Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs). Other nominees: Warren Beatty (Bugsy), Nick Nolte (The Prince of Tides), Robin Williams (The Fisher King)
1990: Awakenings (Best Actor) — lost to Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune). Other nominees: Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves), Richard Harris (The Field), Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac)
WON: 1980: Raging Bull (Best Actor) — Other nominees: Robert Duvall (The Great Santini), John Hurt (The Elephant Man), Peter O’Toole (The Stunt Man), Jack Lemmon (Tribute)
1978: The Deer Hunter (Best Actor) — lost to Jon Voight (Coming Home). Other nominees: Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait), Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story), Laurence Olivier (The Boys from Brazil)
1976: Taxi Driver (Best Actor) — lost to Peter Finch (Network) (Posthumous). Other nominees: William Holden (Network), Giancarlo Giannini (Seven Beauties), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)
WON: 1974: The Godfather Part II (Best Supporting Actor) — Other nominees: Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II), Michael V. Gazzo (The Godfather Part II), Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot), Fred Astaire (The Towering Inferno)
