Robert De Nirocontinued filming the limited Netflix series Zero Day in his native New York City on Sunday, playing the role of former President George Mullen.
The two-time Oscar winner, 80, was clad in a pinstriped navy blue suit with a navy blue tie, eyeglasses with black frames and black dress shoes, as cameras rolled on the political thriller.
De Niro, who welcomed daughter Gia Virginia last year with his girlfriendTiffany Chen, 45, had his white locks combed back as he filmed a sequence in which he was flanked by Secret Service agents while on a call while walking outside in the Big Apple.
The actor headlines an ensemble cast includingAngela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Connie Britton, Gaby Hoffmann, Lizzy Caplan and Matthew Modine in the miniseries, the streaming servicesaid in December.
De Niro's character Mullen is described as 'a popular but complicated former president' who reemerges as a commission head probing a massive cyberattack, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Robert De Niro, 80, continued filming the limited Netflix series Zero Day in his native New York City on Sunday, playing the role of former President George Mullen
The veteran actor appeared focused as he filmed the series, which was penned by series creators Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt
A logline for the series reads, 'Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind: How do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?
'And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?'
Zero Day was penned by series creators Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt.
Production on the miniseries has been ongoing in New York this month, as De Niro was pictured filming on the project on Wall Street Saturday.
On Thursday and Friday, cameras were slated to roll on the project in the Westchester County village of Tuckahoe, Tuckahoe Police told the local outlet the Daily Voice.
The part for the streaming service marks the first-ever lead role in a television project for the film icon, according to THR.
De Niro last month was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as William Hale in Killers of the Flower Moon, but lost out on the honors to Robert Downey Jr.
De Niro has past won Oscars for his work in 1974's The Godfather Part II and 1980's Raging Bull, and has also been nominated for his work in The Irishman, Silver Linings Playbook, Cape Fear, Awakenings, The Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver.
De Niro filmed a sequence in which he was flanked by Secret Service agents while on a call while walking outside in the Big Apple
An actor dressed as a solider was seen securing the area as De Niro's character,former President George Mullen, was seen walking down the street
The two-time Oscar winner was clad in a pinstriped navy blue suit with a navy blue tie, eyeglasses with black frames and black dress shoes as cameras rolled on the political thriller
The actor headlines an ensemble cast including Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Connie Britton, Gaby Hoffmann, Lizzy Caplan and Matthew Modine in the miniseries
He was pictured shaking hands with one of the actors playing a Secret Service object
Among his other notable non-nominated performances in cinema include Goodfellas, The King of Comedy, The Untouchables and A Bronx Tale.
The actor has historically been outspoken about political issues he holds dear, and vocal in recent years about presumptive Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump.
Appearing last month on Real Time with Bill Maher, De Niro said that the 2024 presidential election presents potential extreme results for voters.
'We wanna live in a world that we want to live in and enjoy living in, or live in a nightmare?' De Niro said. 'Vote for Trump and you'll get the nightmare, vote for Biden and we'll be back to normalcy.
'I just don't want to feel the way I did the many months after the election in 2016, where we couldn't believe that it happened.'
De Niro condemned Trump as a 'total monster' and 'a mean, nasty, hateful person.'
He said he doesn't understand how the controversial TV personality-turned-politician maintains loyalty from his base.
'I don't understand it, I guess they get behind that kind of logic they wanna f*** with people, screw them because they're unhappy about something,' he said.
Production on the miniseries has been ongoing in New York this month, as De Niro was pictured filming on the project on Wall Street Saturday
Appearing last month on Real Time with Bill Maher, De Niro said that the 2024 presidential election present potential extreme results for voters.
De Niro condemned Trump as a 'total monster' and a a mean, nasty, hateful person'
Trump was snapped in a Manhattan court on April 22 amid his ongoing criminal trial
And despite a resume of roles spanning questionable fictional characters such as Travis Bickle and Max Cady, as well as late fraud kingpin Bernie Madoff, De Niro said he'd 'never' be up to the task of playing Trump, as he 'can't see any good in him' whatsoever.
De Niro added, 'Nothing, nothing at all, nothing redeemable.'
De Niro added of President Joe Biden: 'The bottom line is Biden's our guy. He represents what this country's supposed to be about.'
In the chat with Maher, the iconic actor said that he doesn't mind have a packed schedule at 80.
'I'm very busy - I enjoy it - I don't mind it,' De Niro said. 'I keep going because I know if you don't keep going, you're gonna atrophy and you're gonna dry up and I don't wanna do that. So I'm just trying to keep as busy as I can.'
De Niro'siMDb page lists six current projects he's working on, in different stages of production. They include the films Tin Soldier, Alto Knights and After Exile, Mr. Natural, and an untitled project.
