Meet Robert De Niro’s handsome son Julian De Niro, who plays a young Barack Obama in The First Lady and dines at New York’s Locanda Verde like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
- The 26-year-old seems to be carving a path to stardom like dad, already acting on screens with Selena Gomez, James Franco, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning
- He holidayed in Egypt with Pharrell Williams, pursued education first like Emma Watson and Natalie Portman, and once did a Twitter study at NYU
Julian De Niro might not be a household name like his father – yet – but the 26-year-old has already set the wheels firmly in motion.
Dad Robert De Niro, 78, is known to different generations for his roles in everything from era-defining 70s classics The Godfather and The Deer Hunter, to offbeat millennial comedies Meet the Fockers and Dirty Grandpa – not to mention his glorious nine-film, five-decade collaborations with Martin Scorsese (spawning Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas and The Irishman, to name a few).
Like father, like son ... Julian is known keep his private life out of the spotlight, but with his screen debut in the Showtime series The First Lady, we that might all be changing quick ...
Julian is Robert De Niro’s son with actress and model Toukie Smith
Though Smith and Daddy De Niro were never married, they stayed together for eight years. A year before they separated, their twin boys were delivered via a surrogate – Julian Henry and Aaron Kendrick.
Julian’s second name, Henry, comes from his grandfather, Robert Henry De Niro. Julian has four half-siblings – two kids (one adopted) from Robert’s first marriage and another two from his second marriage.