Actor and film producer Leonardo DiCaprio will present Robert De Niro with the honorary Palme d`Or for lifetime achievement at the Cannes Film Festival`s opening ceremony, according to Variety.De Niro has earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone (in flashback scenes) in Francis Ford Coppola`s The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in Scorsese`s boxing biopic drama Raging Bull (1980).

He was also Oscar-nominated for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).DiCaprio and De Niro first starred together in the 1993 film `This Boy`s Life`, and reunited for `Killers of the Flower Moon`, which screened in official selection at Cannes in 2023.