Robert De Niro needs little introduction. The veteran actor has been gracing the screen for six decades and is widely regarded as one of the greatest performers of his generation. With two Academy Awards under his belt, he continues to appear in movies, showing no sign of slowing down.
As a result, his net worth should be substantial by now, right? Here’s what we know about the actor’s earnings.
Robert De Niro Net Worth
In 2026, Robert De Niro’s net worth is estimated to be $500 million.
Part of it comes from his film career. De Niro got started with minor roles. His breakthrough was in the late 1960s with Greetings, but he gained further attention in Bang the Drum Slowly in 1973, where he plays a baseball player dying of Hodgkin’s disease. That same year, he began his landmark creative partnership with Martin Scorsese in Mean Streets, portraying the volatile Johnny Boy.
Before long, De Niro became a bona fide international star. He was in The Godfather Part II as young Vito Corleone, a performance that won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He followed it with Taxi Driver, probably the defining movie of his career. Then, he won his second Oscar for his transformation into boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese’s Raging Bull.
The 1980s saw De Niro move between intense dramas, crime films, and unconventional characters. You might have seen him in The King of Comedy, Once Upon a Time in America, Brazil, The Untouchables, or Midnight Run. He continued to gravitate towards morally complex characters during the ‘90s. His collaborations with Scorsese included Goodfellas, Cape Fear, and Casino, while he also appeared in memorable films like Heat, Sleepers, and Jackie Brown. De Niro tried his hand at directing with A Bronx Tale and later The Good Shepherd.
During the aughts, the actor’s career took a more commercial turn. Notable roles during the last couple of decades include Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Shark Tale, Analyze That, Silver Linings Playbook, Dirty Grandpa, and The Intern.
In more recent years, De Niro has alternated between prestige projects and mainstream entertainment. He reunited with Scorsese for The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon. He also appeared in Todd Phillips’ Joker and in The Alto Knights, in which he played both Mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. Last year, he starred in the Netflix series Zero Day.
On top of his acting career, De Niro is a successful businessman. He co-founded TriBeCa Productions and the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Nobu chain of restaurants and hotels.
Robert De Niro Salary
While actor salaries are not often public, hiring Robert De Niro doesn’t come cheap. According to a 2017 Variety report, the actor demanded $775,000 per episode for television series.
De Niro accepted a big pay cut to star in Taxi Driver for $35,000 as a favour to Scorsese, despite commanding around $500,000 per movie at that point in his career. Soon, that number skyrocketed to millions.
Robert De Niro Highest Grossing Movies
While crime dramas and character pieces made De Niro a legend, mainstream comedies/franchises became some of his biggest commercial hits.
His highest-grossing film is Joker, which made $1.079 billion worldwide. Meet the Fockers was also a big earner with $522 million.
This year, fans can catch De Niro in The Whisper Man, now streaming on Netflix. He will also appear in sequel Focker-in-Law, coming in November.