Wag the Dog

…Sleepers (1996), the political satire Wag the Dog (1997), the coming-of-age story Liberty Heights (1999), the political thriller Man of the Year (2006), and the comedy Rock the Kasbah (2015).

…the sneaky political consultant in Wag the Dog (1997). In his films, De Niro downplayed his own personality to “become” the characters he portrayed, even transforming himself physically by gaining excessive weight for his role in Raging Bull. Actors who have been strongly identified with one role have found it…

…Award nomination; Rising Sun (1993); Wag the Dog (1997), for which he received another Oscar nomination; and Hannibal (2001), all adaptations of novels. He both wrote and directed the motion pictures House of Games (1987), Homicide (1991), and The Spanish Prisoner (1998). In 1999 he directed The Winslow Boy, which…

…such films as the satirical Wag the Dog (1997); Analyze This (1999) and its sequel, Analyze That (2002); and Meet the Parents (2000) and its sequels, Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). In 2008 De Niro reteamed with Pacino in the police drama Righteous Kill

…Barry Levinson’s dark political satire Wag the Dog (1997) and was part of the ensemble cast of The Thin Red Line (1998), Terrence Malick’s meditation on war. He also starred with Matthew McConaughey in Ron Howard’s EDtv (1999). In addition, in 2001 he had a recurring role on the sitcom…

…at war with Albania in Wag the Dog (1997), a biting political satire that gave Hoffman his seventh Academy Award nomination. He later portrayed the grand inquisitor in the French production of Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), and in 2003 he appeared in the courtroom thriller Runaway…