How old was Robert De Niro in Awakenings?

There’s something captivating about discovering a celebrity’s age during a defining role. It helps us understand the context in which they took on the role. In this article, we reveal the age behind the role.

In Awakenings, Robert De Niro took on the role at the age of:

46 years old

That was the real age of the celebrity according to our calculation.

To determine the age, we considered the first day of the year Awakenings premiered:

January 1, 1990

And the date of birth of Robert De Niro, that is:

August 17, 1943

Given the typical time period between the filming and the release date, Robert De Niro could have been a year older or younger than the age shown when some scenes were being filmed.