About
Robert De Niro
Overview
Robert Anthony De Niro (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, De Niro received the Kennedy Center Honor, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
De Niro studied acting at HB Studio, Stella Adler Conservatory, and Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. His first collaboration with Scorsese was with the 1973 film Mean Streets. De Niro earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor portraying Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's drama Raging Bull (1980). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
Other notable roles include in 1900 (1976), The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Brazil (1985), The Mission (1986), Goodfellas (1990), This Boy's Life (1993), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), The Good Shepherd (2006), Joker (2019), and The Irishman (2019). He made his directorial film debut with A Bronx Tale (1993). His comedic roles include Midnight Run (1988), Wag the Dog (1997), Analyze This (1999), the Meet the Parents films (2000-2010), and The Intern (2015).
Also known for his television roles, De Niro portrayed Bernie Madoff in the HBO film The Wizard of Lies (2017), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination. He received further Emmy Award nominations for producing the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019), and for portraying Robert Mueller on Saturday Night Live.[1]
De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal founded the film and television production company TriBeCa Productions in 1989, which has produced several films alongside his own. Also with Rosenthal, he founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. Six of De Niro's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Alto Knights | Actor | Vito Genovese / Frank Costello | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Tin Soldier | Actor | Emmanuel Ashburn | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | How to Rob a Bank | Actor | Neil McCauley (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Ezra | Actor | Stan Bernal | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | #LoveArmy : Où es-tu Jérôme ? | Actor | Lui-même (Archive) | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | The intimate film: Sewer of the Killer Croc | Actor | Alfred Pennyworth | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Actor | William Hale | 72 Good |
| 2023 | Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Nothing | Actor | Vincent | 72 Good |
| 2023 | Sly | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 2023 | Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight | Actor | Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | About My Father | Actor | Salvo Maniscalco | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Savage Salvation | Actor | Sheriff Church | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Amsterdam | Actor | General Gil Dillenbeck | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | The Past Goes Fast | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Becoming Al Pacino | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Mr. Saturday Night | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Making 'The Irishman' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail | Actor | Max Barber | 58 Average |
| 2020 | 537 Votes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) | Actor | James | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The War with Grandpa | Actor | Ed | 62 Fair |
| 2020 | Crazy, Not Insane | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Irishman: In Conversation | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Actor | Frank Sheeran | 74 Good |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | Joker | Actor | Murray Franklin | 81 Very good |
| 2019 | Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | I Am Durán | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Alec Baldwin: One Night Only | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Actor | Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Lies | Actor | Bernie Madoff | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Actor | Jackie Burke | 58 Average |
| 2016 | National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Hands of Stone | Actor | Ray Arcel | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | I Am JFK Jr. | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa | Actor | Dick Kelly | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Joy | Actor | Rudy | 64 Fair |
| 2015 | Heist | Actor | The Pope | 60 Fair |
| 2015 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Ellis | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2015 | The Audition | Actor | Robert De Niro | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Intern | Actor | Ben Whitaker | 71 Good |
| 2015 | Scorsese's GoodFellas | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Robin Williams Remembered | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | The Man Who Saved the World | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Don Rickles: One Night Only | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Inside Rupert Pupkin | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | The Bag Man | Actor | Dragna | 56 Average |
| 2013 | Grudge Match | Actor | Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | American Hustle | Actor | Victor Tellegio (uncredited) | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Actor | Patrick 'Paddy' Connors | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | The Family | Actor | Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Killing Season | Actor | Benjamin Ford | 56 Average |
| 2013 | The Big Wedding | Actor | Don Griffin | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Miracle Rising: South Africa | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | Actor | Pat Solatano Sr. | 70 Good |
| 2012 | Casting By | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Close Up | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Bergmans video | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Freelancers | Actor | Sarcone | 56 Average |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Actor | Simon Silver | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Actor | Jonathan Flynn | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Corman's World | Actor | Self - Actor | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve | Actor | Stan Harris | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Actor | Hunter | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | 9/11: 10 Years Later | Actor | Host | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Limitless | Actor | Carl Van Loon | 71 Good |
| 2011 | Ages of Love | Actor | Adrian | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Behind Bars: The Making of Stone | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Marty and Bobby | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Actor | Jack Byrnes | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Stone | Actor | Jack | 55 Average |
| 2010 | Machete | Actor | Senator John McLaughlin | 62 Fair |
| 2010 | Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days | Actor | Self (uncredited) (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Actor | Frank Goode | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Beaches of Agnès | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Actor | Ben | 56 Average |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Actor | Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Spisok korabley | Actor | Max Cady (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Stardust | Actor | Captain Shakespeare | 71 Good |
| 2007 | Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Arthur and the Invisibles | Actor | King (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Actor | Bill Sullivan | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Actor | Self - Speaker | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Heat' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Raging Bull: Outside the Ring | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Raging Bull: After the Fight | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Club Oscar | Actor | Don Lino (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The 'New York, New York' Stories | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Raging Bull: Inside the Ring | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Raging Bull: Before the Fight | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Actor | David Callaway | 62 Fair |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Actor | Archbishop of Peru | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Actor | Jack Byrnes | 61 Fair |
| 2004 | Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Actor | Don Lino (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Actor | Jon Rubin (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 2004 | Godsend | Actor | Richard Wells | 54 Average |
| 2002 | A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Analyze That | Actor | Paul Vitti | 58 Average |
| 2002 | City by the Sea | Actor | Vincent LaMarca | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Showtime | Actor | Det. Mitch Preston | 56 Average |
| 2002 | 9/11 | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Score | Actor | Nick Wells | 65 Fair |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | Actor | Eddie Flemming | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Actor | Jack Byrnes | 66 Fair |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Actor | Master Chief Leslie W. Sunday ('Billy') | 72 Good |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Actor | Fearless Leader | 51 Average |
| 1999 | Flawless | Actor | Walt Koontz | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Actor | Paul Vitti | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Ronin | Actor | Sam | 68 Fair |
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Actor | Prisoner / Lustig | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Jackie Brown | Actor | Louis Gara | 72 Good |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Actor | Conrad Brean | 66 Fair |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Actor | Lt. Moe Tilden | 65 Fair |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Actor | Wallace "Wally" Carter | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Actor | Father Bobby | 73 Good |
| 1996 | The Fan | Actor | Gil Renard | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Heat | Actor | Neil McCauley | 77 Good |
| 1995 | Casino | Actor | Sam 'Ace' Rothstein | 78 Good |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Actor | The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Ennio Morricone | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Actor | The Creature / Sharp Featured Man | 62 Fair |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1994 | You Talkin' to Me? | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | A Bronx Tale | Actor | Lorenzo Anello | 75 Good |
| 1993 | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1993 | This Boy's Life | Actor | Dwight Hansen | 66 Fair |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | Actor | Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Actor | Harry Fabian | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mistress | Actor | Evan M. Wright | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Actor | Max Cady | 70 Good |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Actor | Donald Rimgale | 64 Fair |
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Actor | David Merrill | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Actor | Leonard Lowe | 74 Good |
| 1990 | GoodFellas | Actor | James Conway | 84 Very good |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese Directs | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Stanley & Iris | Actor | Stanley Everett Cox | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | Jacknife | Actor | Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey | 59 Average |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Actor | Ned | 60 Fair |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Midnight Run | Actor | Jack Walsh | 67 Fair |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Actor | Great Sewer (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Untouchables | Actor | Al Capone | 76 Good |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Actor | Louis Cyphre | 67 Fair |
| 1986 | The Mission | Actor | Rodrigo Mendoza | 70 Good |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Brazil | Actor | Harry Tuttle | 74 Good |
| 1984 | Falling in Love | Actor | Frank Raftis | 62 Fair |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Actor | David 'Noodles' Aaronson | 81 Very good |
| 1982 | The King of Comedy | Actor | Rupert Pupkin | 74 Good |
| 1982 | Elia Kazan: An Outsider | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Actor | Father Des Spellacy | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Actor | Young Vito Corleone | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Actor | Jake LaMotta | 77 Good |
| 1979 | The Swap | Actor | Sam Nicoletti (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Actor | Michael Vronsky | 77 Good |
| 1978 | Movies Are My Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television | Actor | Young Vito Corleone | 78 Good |
| 1977 | New York, New York | Actor | Jimmy Doyle | 62 Fair |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Actor | Monroe Stahr | 60 Fair |
| 1976 | 1900 | Actor | Alfredo Berlinghieri | 69 Fair |
| 1976 | The Cinema According to Bertolucci | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Actor | Travis Bickle | 80 Very good |
| 1975 | Abicinema | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Actor | Vito Corleone | 84 Very good |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Actor | John 'Johnny Boy' Civello | 68 Fair |
| 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Actor | Bruce Pearson | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Actor | Mario | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Born to Win | Actor | Danny | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Jennifer on My Mind | Actor | Mardigian | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Actor | Jon Rubin | 60 Fair |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | Actor | Lloyd Barker | 58 Average |
| 1969 | The Wedding Party | Actor | Cecil | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Sam's Song | Actor | Sam Nicoletti | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Greetings | Actor | Jon Rubin | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Young Wolves | Actor | Un hippie chez Popov (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1965 | Three Rooms in Manhattan | Actor | Client at the Diner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| After Exile | Actor | Ted Delaney | N/A N/A |
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| De Niro, New York | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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| Untitled De Niro/Ramirez/Jakubowicz Project | Actor | G.B. | N/A N/A |
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| Zero Day | Actor | George Mullen | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 1993 | A Bronx Tale | Directing | Director | 75 Good |
Production |
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| 2024 | Ezra | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Production | Executive Producer | 56 Average |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Production | Producer | 74 Good |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Production | Executive Producer | 81 Very good |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Production | Producer | 79 Good |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Lies | Production | Executive Producer | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | For Justice | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Production | Producer | 56 Average |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Production | Executive Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Production | Producer | 56 Average |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
| 2005 | Rent | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | About a Boy | Production | Producer | 65 Fair |
| 2001 | Prison Song | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Holiday Heart | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Production | Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Production | Producer | 51 Average |
| 1999 | Entropy | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Witness to the Mob | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Production | Producer | 66 Fair |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | Faithful | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Panther | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Production | Associate Producer | 62 Fair |
| 1993 | A Bronx Tale | Production | Producer | 75 Good |
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Mistress | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| The Formula | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| Zero Day | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2015 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Crew | Thanks | 72 Good |
| 1998 | La surface de réparation | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |