Posted on 11/13/2019 8:43:23 AM PST by EdnaMode
Robert De Niro will be honored with a SAG life achievement award.
The legendary actor, who currently stars in Netflix’s “The Irishman” and Warner Bros.’ “Joker,” will receive the performers’ union’s top accolade at the 26th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 19 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The award is given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession.”
“Robert De Niro is an actor of extraordinary depth and ability,” said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. “The characters he creates captivate our imaginations. From the smoldering inferno of young Vito Corleone to the raging bull Jake Lamotta and everybody’s grandpa Ben Whittaker, he continues to touch our hearts and open our minds to new and exciting worlds of understanding and emotion. It is my great privilege to announce that SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor will be presented to one of the most singular talents of our generation, Robert De Niro.”
De Niro won Academy Awards for “The Godfather Part II” and “Raging Bull.” He was nominated for “Taxi Driver,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Awakenings,” “Cape Fear” and “Silver Linings Playbook.”
De Niro won a SAG Award as a cast member of “American Hustle” and received SAG Award nominations for “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Marvin’s Room.” He broke out in 1973 with “Bang the Drum Slowly” and “Mean Streets,” the first of nine collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. Those collaborations have included “Goodfellas,” “Cape Fear,” “Casino” and “The Irishman.”
De Niro received Emmy nominations for starring in and producing “Wizard of Lies” and for executive producing “When They See Us.”
In 1989, he and Jane Rosenthal founded the Tribeca Film Center, the first commercial space in Tribeca dedicated to housing film, television, and entertainment companies. After the attacks of 9/11, De Niro and Rosenthal co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to breathe new life into their neighborhood and spur economic development.
De Niro said, “I have been a member of this union for over 50 years. It’s an honor to receive this award from SAG-AFTRA.”
Since the 1970s, the only good DeNiro roles have been DeNiro parodying DeNiro roles.
Now it’s SAG-AFRTA?
So his speech will be SAG-AFTRA words?
It’s an Affirmative Action participation trophy for high profile SJW.
He belongs in Brussels.
I cannot read SAG without thinking of Team America.
LOL, no...you have it wrong. You are thinking of the Film Actors Guild!!!!!!
That was one of the funniest movies...ever!
Does not De Niro play the same type of guy?
You know why he hates Trumps guts so much? Because 20 years ago DeNiro badmouthed Trump in some magazine interview, I think it was over Trumps Rosie O’Donnell feud. So Trump called DeNiro “a retard who can’t talk” lol, and ever since then DeNiro has wanted to kill him. Trump has this talent of zeroing in on someones weak spot and back then DeNiro had some issue of not being able to speak when he appeared on television interviews, he would clam up and Trump went for the jugular and wow, even before Trump was President DeNiro has wanted to kick his butt. And DeNiro can’t talk, he is a moron. What kind of moron appears on stage at an awards show and the first words out of his mouth is “F Trump” (using the full F word)? What is this guy, 11 years old? “F Trump duh!” Gee what brilliance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNr8Pf1QkY
“What are the odds that his entire speech will be about Trump?”
Yeah like:
“I’ve known Trump most of my life and always wanted to punch him in the face.”
That’s FAG.
Yeah, yeah, yeah bobby. We know. You want to punch him and all that. Bring your milk crate so you can reach that high.
I ignore entertainers awarding entertainers.
Liberals giving awards to liberals for being liberal. I’ll pass.
I watched Mean Streets again the other night. I think that was his best performance and that was from 1973.
They are the only labor union to put two of their members in the White House.
Good job, guys.
Is it SAG or FAG?!
In between making movies, they give each other awards. Heh.
A lot has changed in 15 years. They couldn’t do that now.
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