  De Niro is irish and italian. His mother converting to be a jew after he was born though.   That's what I heard/read too. The DeNiro being Jewish rumor stems from his mother being a convert, I'm pretty sure she didn't even convert until later in life too, after DeNiro was a teenager I think. So he wouldn't have been raised Jewish. He isn't just Italian and Irish though I don't think, mainly, but I read also his dad was part French and his mother had ancestry from several different European nationalities/ethnicities, she was like part Irish, British, German, Dutch, etc...which is typical of White Americans who have been here for a long time. At least DeNiro is biologically White, but he sure doesn't act like a real White man, he is married to a she-groid for chrissakes!:rolleyes:     Taxi Driver is one of my favorite movies by the way, may just be my favorite. I think we can all identify with ol' Travis..