Martin Scorsese American Director Known for The Departed

Martin Scorsese · film director and film actor · American

83years old

91credits listed

2.3MInstagram, October 2026

Martin Scorsese Quick Facts

Profession: Director
Date of Birth: 17 November 1942 (Age 83 Years Old)
Birthplace: Queens
Nationality: American
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Height: 160 cm (5' 3")
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Helen Schermerhorn Morris (since 1999)
Former Spouse(s): Barbara De Fina (1985–1991)
Isabella Rossellini (1979–1982)
Julia Cameron (1976–1977)
Laraine Marie Brennan (1965–1971)
Children: Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Francesca Scorsese
3 children in total
Education: Cardinal Hayes High School
New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Known for

Biography

Martin Scorsese is an American director born on 17 November 1942 in Queens. Among the titles he is known for are The Departed (2006) and Taxi Driver (1976).

Early life

He attended Cardinal Hayes High School and New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

The earliest of his listed screen credits is What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, from 1963. His 1980s credits include Raging Bull (1980) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, as Isaiah). During the 1990s, he worked on Dreams (1990) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Work from the 2000s includes Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Hugo (2011) and The Audition (2015) are among his 2010s credits.

In total, 84 films and 7 TV series are listed from 1963 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (10), followed by comedy (5) and crime (4). The list ends, for now, with Outcome (2026). Taxi Driver (1976) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $28.6 million. Beyond acting, the credits show him as director on 55 titles, including The Wolf of Wall Street, and writer on 14 titles, including Goodfellas.

Robert De Niro appears in five of his listed titles, including Mean Streets (1973) and The King of Comedy (1982). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Leonardo DiCaprio (two titles) and Jude Law (two titles).

Recognition

He won the Palme d'Or in 1976 for Taxi Driver. Martin Scorsese also has received the Academy Award for Best Director (2007) for The Departed and three BAFTA Awards (1991). His nominations include the Academy Award for Best Director in 1981 for Raging Bull. Altogether, 38 wins and 15 nominations are listed.

Personal life

He has been married to Helen Schermerhorn Morris since 1999. Earlier marriages on record are to Laraine Marie Brennan (1965 to 1971), Julia Cameron (1976 to 1977), Isabella Rossellini (1979 to 1982) and Barbara De Fina (1985 to 1991). He is the father of Domenica Cameron-Scorsese and Francesca Scorsese, and has 3 children in total.

Filmography

91 credits

Year	Title	Role	Type
2026	Outcome		Film
2025	In the Hand of Dante		Film
2025–	The Studio	Martin Scorsese	TV series
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Director	Film
2021–	Pretend It's a City	self, Director	TV series
2019	Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese	Director	Film
2019	The Irishman	Director	Film
2019	The Irishman: In Conversation	Director	Film
2017	Behind the Scenes		Film
2016	Lumière!		Film
2016	Silence	Director, Writer	Film
2016	The Pulitzer at 100		Film
2016–	Vinyl	Director	TV series
2015	Hitchcock/Truffaut		Film
2015	The Audition	self, Director	Film

Show all 91 credits

Year	Title	Role	Type
2014	Life Itself		Film
2014	The 50 Year Argument	Director, Writer	Film
2013	Milius		Film
2013	Seduced and Abandoned		Film
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Director	Film
2012	Bad 25		Film
2012	Casting By		Film
2011	Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel		Film
2011	George Harrison: Living in the Material World	Director	Film
2011	Hugo	Director	Film
2011–	The Story of Film: An Odyssey		TV series
2011–	Woody Allen: A Documentary		TV series
2010	A Letter to Elia	Director	Film
2010–	Boardwalk Empire	Director	TV series
2010	Machete Maidens Unleashed!		Film
2010	Public Speaking	Director	Film
2010	Shutter Island	Director	Film
2010	Stones in Exile		Film
2008	Shine a Light	Director	Film
2007	Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten		Film
2007	The Key to Reserva	Director	Film
2007	Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows		Film
2006	The Departed	Director	Film
2005	No Direction Home	Director	Film
2004	The Aviator	Director	Film
2004	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing		Film
2003	A Decade Under the Influence		Film
2003	Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin		Film
2003	Feel Like Going Home	Director	Film
2002	Gangs of New York	Director	Film
2001	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures		Film
2001	The Concert for New York City	Director	Film
1999	A Conversation With Gregory Peck		Film
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Director	Film
1999	My Voyage to Italy	Writer, Director	Film
1999	The Muse		Film
1998	With Friends Like These...		Film
1997	Kundun	Director	Film
1995	A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	Director, Writer	Film
1995	Casino	Director, Writer	Film
1995	Search and Destroy		Film
1994	Quiz Show	Martin Rittenhome	Film
1993	The Age of Innocence	Director, Writer	Film
1992	Scorsese X 4: Four Short Films By Martin Scorsese	Director	Film
1991	Cape Fear	Director	Film
1991	Guilty by Suspicion		Film
1990	Dreams		Film
1990	Goodfellas	Director, Writer	Film
1990	Made in Milan	Director	Film
1990	The Grifters		Film
1989	New York Stories	Director	Film
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ	Isaiah, Director	Film
1986–	American Masters	Writer, Director	TV series
1986	Round Midnight		Film
1986	The Color of Money	Director	Film
1985	After Hours	Director	Film
1983	Anna Pavlova	Giulio Gatti-Casazza	Film
1982	The King of Comedy	Director	Film
1980	In the Pope's Eye		Film
1980	Raging Bull	Director	Film
1978	American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince	Director	Film
1978	The Last Waltz	Director	Film
1977	New York, New York	Director	Film
1976	Cannonball		Film
1976	Taxi Driver	Director	Film
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Director	Film
1974	Italianamerican	Director	Film
1973	Mean Streets	Director, Writer	Film
1972	Boxcar Bertha	Director	Film
1970	Street Scenes	Director	Film
1970	Woodstock	Director	Film
1969	Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur	Writer	Film
1967	The Big Shave	Director, Writer	Film
1967	Who's That Knocking at My Door	Director, Writer	Film
1964	It's Not Just You	Director, Writer	Film
1963	What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?	Director, Writer	Film

Awards and nominations

38 won, 15 nominated

Year	Award	For	Result
2026	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour		Won
2024	Honorary Golden Bear		Won
2018	Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts		Won
2016	Praemium Imperiale		Won
2012	BAFTA Fellowship		Won
2011	Golden Globe Award for Best Director	Hugo	Won
2011	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire	Won
2010	Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award		Won
2007	Academy Award for Best Director	The Departed	Won
2006	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director	The Departed	Won
2006	Golden Globe Award for Best Director	The Departed	Won
2005	Grammy Award for Best Music Film	No Direction Home	Won
2005	Officer of the Legion of Honour		Won
2004	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director	The Aviator	Won
2003	Golden Globes	Gangs of New York	Won

Show all 53 entries

Year	Award	For	Result
2000	Honorary César		Won
1998	Knight of the Legion of Honour		Won
1998	Light of Truth Award		Won
1997	AFI Life Achievement Award		Won
1995	Golden Bear		Won
1993	Britannia Awards		Won
1991	BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	Goodfellas	Won
1991	BAFTA Award for Best Direction	Goodfellas	Won
1991	BAFTA Award for Best Film	Goodfellas	Won
1990	Silver Lion	Goodfellas	Won
1986	Cannes Best Director Award	After Hours	Won
1976	Palme d'Or	Taxi Driver	Won
	David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement		Won
	Directors Guild of America Award		Won
	Evelyn F. Burkey Award		Won
	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences		Won
	honorary doctorate from Princeton University		Won
	Kennedy Center Honors		Won
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic		Won
	Library of Congress Living Legend		Won
	National Board of Review Award for Best Film		Won
	star on Hollywood Walk of Fame		Won
	The George Pal Memorial Award		Won
2024	Academy Award for Best Director	Killers of the Flower Moon	Nominated
2024	Academy Award for Best Picture	Killers of the Flower Moon	Nominated
2020	Academy Award for Best Director	The Irishman	Nominated
2014	Academy Award for Best Director	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nominated
2014	Academy Award for Best Picture	The Wolf of Wall Street	Nominated
2012	Academy Award for Best Director	Hugo	Nominated
2012	Academy Award for Best Picture	Hugo	Nominated
2007	Academy Award for Best Director	The Departed	Nominated
2005	Academy Award for Best Director	The Aviator	Nominated
2003	Academy Award for Best Director	Gangs of New York	Nominated
1994	Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	The Age of Innocence	Nominated
1991	Academy Award for Best Director	Goodfellas	Nominated
1991	Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Goodfellas	Nominated
1989	Academy Award for Best Director	The Last Temptation of Christ	Nominated
1981	Academy Award for Best Director	Raging Bull	Nominated

Martin Scorsese on Social Media

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Instagram stats

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Followers: 2.3M @martinscorsese_
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Average likes: 116,396
Average comments: 953 Based on the last 12 posts

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Martin Scorsese Photos

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Frequently asked questions

How old is Martin Scorsese?

Martin Scorsese is 83 years old, born on 17 November 1942 in Queens.

What is Martin Scorsese known for?

Martin Scorsese is known for The Departed (2006) and Taxi Driver (1976).

What is Martin Scorsese’s nationality?

Martin Scorsese is American, born in Queens.

How tall is Martin Scorsese?

Martin Scorsese is 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall.

Who is Martin Scorsese married to?

Martin Scorsese is married to Helen Schermerhorn Morris; they married in 1999.

Has Martin Scorsese won any awards?

Yes. 38 awards are on record, including Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2026).

Sources

Wikidata (Q41148), accessed October 2026
Follower counts: dated individually above
Photo: Montclair Film · CC BY 2.0

Last checked 10 October 2026 by the Wiki of Celebs editorial team

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