

"Thank you for making it and inspiring so many actors and filmmakers for generations, including myself. "This is a true cinematic masterpiece that's going to live on for centuries," said Leonardo DiCaprio, another longtime Scorsese collaborator, who moderated Sunday's Q&A. The famous Actor Robert De Niro wins an academy award for his role in Director.

Sign in Robert De Niro Wins an Oscar for Raging Bull. It co-stars Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci as Jake's wife and brother, respectively. The famous Actor Robert De Niro wins an academy award for his role in Director Martin Scorcese’s Raging Bull.Go to. 24 on the American Film Institute's 100 greatest American movies of all time list, tells the true story of former boxing champ Jake LaMotta. To play Jake La Motta in Raging Bull Robert De Niro famously gained 60 pounds, a feat which many critics called transformative and set the bar for all actors after him. The filmmaking legend sat down with Robert De Niro for a virtual panel at Sunday's Tribeca Festival to discuss their 1980 boxing classic, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two (including best editing and actor, for De Niro). Martin Scorsese left it all in the ring making "Raging Bull." The biggest shock to viewers upon watching Raging Bull was the fact that after all his boxing training, De Niro put on a whopping 60 pounds by allegedly eating pasta and 'grand European.
