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Introduction :
- Aaron Kendrick De Niro, a young man with dark hair and an eye-catching smile, is the 25-year-old son of famous actor Robert De Niro and actress Toukie Smith.
- De Niro is currently beginning his career, and is exploring mediums of all kinds, including acting, modeling, and business.
Professional Life :
- De Niro’s professional life is quite limited right now, mainly due to his time going through education and living a sheltered life because of his parents’ fame.
- He has been in a few short productions and has made some cameos in films, but has not had any concrete roles.
Personal Life :
Father :
- De Niro is the son of one of the United States’ most famous actors, Robert De Niro.
- Born in 1943 to an Italian family, Robert always liked the idea of having a large family. He first got in the public eye through the 1973 film Band the Drum Slowly, a story about two baseball players trying to help each other through the season.
- He then went on to appear in other classics, such as Mean Streets, his first true blockbuster; The Godfather:Part II, where he received his first Academy Award; and Taxi Driver, where he got an Academy Award nomination.
- He is now 74 years old and continues to act.
Mother :
- De Niro’s mother, Toukie Smith, was born in 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Smith began acting in the late 80s, and stopped just after a decade of work.
- Her first role was in the 1988 film Me and Him, which was about a man dealing with a talking penis.
- She then went on to appear on the TV series 277 as Eva Rawley.
- Smith had a string of appearances in other films, including The Preacher’s Wife in 1996 and Goosed in 1999, but stopped acting shortly afterward.
Parents’ Relationship :
- Smith and Robert began dating in 1988, just as Smith was beginning her career.
- At this point, Robert had already been married and subsequently divorced from his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, also an actress. His first marriage gave Robert 2 children, one of whom was biological and one of whom was from Abbott’s first marriage.
- In 1995, Smith had two twin sons with Robert, one of which was Aaron De Niro and the other was Julian. The twins were carried by a surrogate after being conceived through in vitro fertilization.
- Smith and Robert separated a year later.
Siblings :
- Aside from his twin brother Julian, De Niro has 4 other siblings, the eldest of which is Drena De Niro, Robert’s adopted daughter from Abbott’s previous marriage. Next was Raphael De Niro, born in 1976 and now a real estate broker. After De Niro and his brother came Elliot De Niro, born in 1998, and their newest sibling, Helen Grace De Niro, born in 2011.
Current Life :
- When he is not working on his career, De Niro can be found visiting his family.