In addition to being one of the most accomplished actors of our time, Robert De Niro is a strong gay ally. In 2016 he received the GLAAD Excellence in Media Award, for media professionals who have made a significant difference in LGBTQ representation
He has 135 acting, 39 producing, and 2 directed credits listed on the IMDB, but these are the gayest, with gay characters, buddy-bonding subtexts, beefcake, or nudity.
3. 1900 (1976): buddy-bonding between two Italian boys, one rich, one poor (De Niro, Gerard Depardieu). Their three-way encounter with a woman features frontal nudity.
7. Raging Bull (1980): A self-destructive boxer. Beefcake.
9. Midnight Run (1988): Bounty hunter De Niro and prisoner Charles Grodin buddy-bond but don't end up together.
10. We're No Angels (1989): Escaped cons De Niro and Sean Penn hide out as priests. They don't stay together, although Sean's character can be read as gay.
13. Flawless (1999): Homophobic cop moves in next door to a drag queen.
1. Bloody Mama (1970). The 27-year old's first nude scene in an anti-Establishment tale of Ma Barker and her crime family. Mama gives the squaling Lloyd a bath, and his penis pops out.
2. Mean Streets (1973): buddy-bonding between two Italian-American hoods, De Niro and Harvey Keitel.
3. 1900 (1976): buddy-bonding between two Italian boys, one rich, one poor (De Niro, Gerard Depardieu). Their three-way encounter with a woman features frontal nudity.
4. Taxi Driver (1976): Travis Bickle becomes a vigilante, and rescues lesbian Jody Foster. Mega beefcake.
5. New York, New York (1977): "Lullaby of Broadway" romance between De Niro and gay fave Liza with a Z.
6. The Deer Hunter (1978): Depressed Vietnam War vets. One of De Niro's first nude scenes.
7. Raging Bull (1980): A self-destructive boxer. Beefcake.
8. The Mission (1986): buddy-bonding in 18th century South America, between a Jesuit priest and a reformed slave trader (Jeremy Irons, De Niro).
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9. Midnight Run (1988): Bounty hunter De Niro and prisoner Charles Grodin buddy-bond but don't end up together.
10. We're No Angels (1989): Escaped cons De Niro and Sean Penn hide out as priests. They don't stay together, although Sean's character can be read as gay.
11. A Bronx Tale (1993): Father (De Niro) disapproves of his son's friendship with a gangster (Chazz Palminteri).
12. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994): Heterosexist version with Frankie(Kenneth Branaugh) and the Creature (De Niro) both looking for the Loves of their Life.
13. Flawless (1999): Homophobic cop moves in next door to a drag queen.
14. Stardust (2007). Charlie Cox enters a magical world in search of true love, and for once it's not dying people having fantasies. De Niro plays the gay Captain Shakespeare.
15. Remembering the Artist, 2014: De Niro remembers his father, an artist, who came out when he was three years old.
I ran out of space, but I have to mention Dirty Grandpa (2016), top photo, reputedly a horrible movie in which De Niro as Zac Efron's Grandpa tries to demonstrate how racist and homophobic he is. But there's a gay character and some beefcake, plus a stunt cock in Zac's face.
