Taxi Driver cast: Where are they now?

"Days go on and on...they don't end"

It's been decades since Martin Scorsese introduced audiences to Travis Bickle, a late-night chauffeur who would go on to become one of actor Robert De Niro's most iconic characters to date. The 1976 masterpiece went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or ahead of Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Score, and critics hail the film as one of the best of all time.

In addition to De Niro, the film's cast includes Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, and a 12-year-old Jodie Foster as Iris, a child sex worker Bickle befriends on one of his insomnia-fueled cab runs. The film's cast and crew reunited for a screening of the film and a live Q&A at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, celebrating the film's 40th anniversary. The movie continues to influence filmmakers and will forever be remembered as a classic that defined an era and upped the practice of chatting with oneself in the mirror ("You talkin' to me?"). Ahead, see what the film's stars have been up to since making cinema history.

Robert De Niro (Travis Bickle)

Before becoming one of the most respected actors in Hollywood, Robert De Niro starred in several films throughout the late-1960s and '70s, including Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party (1969) and Roger Corman's Bloody Mama (1970). Scorsese first worked with De Niro in the 1973 film Mean Streets ahead of the actor winning his first Academy Award for his role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974).

De Niro is one of the highest-grossing creatives in Hollywood, with his films raking in a cumulative total of over $3 billion at the domestic box office. From 1980's Raging Bull — for which he won a second Oscar — to his success in multiple films by David O. Russell (2012's Silver Linings Playbook, 2013's American Hustle, 2015's Joy, and 2022's Amsterdam), De Niro's talents have carried him across genres from comedy (2000's Meet the Parents) to horror (2005's Hide and Seek) and everything in between (2016's Dirty Grandpa and 2019's The Irishman).

In addition to championing independent films by founding the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002, De Niro has also directed two feature films: 1993's A Bronx Tale and 2006's The Good Shepherd, which stars Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, and De Niro himself.

Jodie Foster (Iris)

At 12 years old, Jodie Foster had already accumulated dozens of roles in films (including 1974's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) and TV shows (Gunsmoke, among others) before setting foot on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver set. Following the film's release, Foster received her first Academy Award nomination for her performance as Iris, a child sex worker befriended by De Niro's Travis Bickle.

After a steady stream of film roles following the success of Taxi Driver, Foster won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in the 1988 film The Accused, playing the survivor of a brutal gang rape. She won in the same category shortly thereafter for her performance as Clarice Starling in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ahead of more roles in well-known films throughout the 1990s and 2000s, including Nell (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), and Inside Man (2006).

Foster's acting output has slowed a bit, with the actress appearing in the films Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021), the latter for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. She also stars in the fourth season of True Detective. Foster has shifted some of her attention to directing, helming the Mel Gibson drama The Beaver (2011), multiple episodes of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, and the 2016 film Money Monster, which stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

Martin Scorsese (Director)

Director Martin Scorsese headed into production on Taxi Driver with three feature-film directing credits to his name, having helmed the Barbara Hershey–David Carradine crime story Boxcar Bertha in 1972 following his work on the 1967 drama Who's That Knocking at My Door. Scorsese also cameos in Taxi Driver in the role of Passenger Watching Silhouette.

The director is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, having directed iconic films like Raging Bull, Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Aviator (2004) following the success of Taxi Driver. However, Scorsese did not win his first Best Director Oscar until the 2007 Oscar ceremony, where his The Departed (2006) also nabbed Best Picture.

Since then, Scorsese has been nominated for Best Director another three times, for 2011's Hugo, 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street, and 2019's The Irishman. His 2023 feature, Killers of the Flower Moon, once again reunites Scorsese with De Niro, in addition to another one of his frequent collaborators, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Cybill Shepherd (Betsy)

After a budding career as a young model throughout the 1960s and '70s, Cybill Shepherd's role in Taxi Driver marked only her fifth major screen performance. Following her work in multiple films by Peter Bogdanovich (1971's The Last Picture Show, 1974's Daisy Miller, 1975's At Long Last Love), Shepherd played Betsy, a political campaign volunteer for whom De Niro's Travis Bickle develops an infatuation, in Scorsese's film.

Following a stalled acting career (she was reportedly asked to perform at a dinner theater production in the 1980s), Shepherd returned to her hometown of Memphis, Tenn., to perform in small local productions. She didn't stay away from Hollywood for long, however, headlining the ABC comedy-drama series Moonlighting with Bruce Willis from 1985 to 1989. Shepherd went on to win a Golden Globe for her performance on the CBS sitcom Cybill, loosely based on her own experiences as a struggling, middle-aged actress.

Shepherd's career since the 1998 end of Cybill includes performances on Showtime's LGBTQ+ drama The L-Word, Lifetime's The Client List, and the 2023 TV movie How to Murder Your Husband.

Harvey Keitel (Sport)

Harvey Keitel previously worked with Martin Scorsese on Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Who's That Knocking at My Door, and Mean Streets before starring alongside Robert De Niro as Sport in Taxi Driver. He also had small roles in various film and TV projects, including an adaptation of Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays in 1974.

Keitel's post-Taxi Driver fame crescendoed toward an Oscar nomination, which he received in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in the 1991 film Bugsy. He has since worked with Quentin Tarantino (1992's Reservoir Dogs, among others), Jane Campion (1993's The Piano, 1999's Holy Smoke, 2003's In the Cut), Robert Rodriguez (1996's From Dusk Till Dawn), and Wes Anderson (2012's Moonrise Kingdom, 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel, and 2018's Isle of Dogs). The actor also reunited with Scorsese on The Irishman.

Keitel starred as the titular character in Eytan Rockaway's second feature film, Lanksy, in 2021.

Albert Brooks (Tom)

Brooks, whose real name is Albert Einstein (he changed it while pursuing a career in comedy), began his career in entertainment as a comic, with appearances on late-night talk shows like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson prior to releasing two comedy albums, Comedy Minus One and A Star Is Bought, the latter of which earned him a Grammy nomination. Brooks landed his first major film role in Scorsese's Taxi Driver, playing Tom, one of Betsy's co-workers.

Brooks' roles, both comedic and dramatic, have garnered him much critical acclaim throughout the years, with the actor receiving an Oscar nomination for his work in the 1987 film Broadcast News. Other notable film roles include Out of Sight (1998), Drive (2011), and This Is 40 (2012).

He notably voiced Marlin, a clownfish searching for his lost son, in the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo, a role he reprised in the 2016 sequel, Finding Dory. Other voice work includes The Little Prince (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and sporadic episodes of The Simpsons. He also popped up as himself in a 2021 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.