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Puzzle #758: Robert De Niro → Carey Mulligan

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Robert De NiroRobert De Niro
Carey MulliganCarey Mulligan

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Robert De Niro and Carey Mulligan. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 17 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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Play puzzle #758

The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976), which also stars Albert Brooks as Tom.
  2. Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose in Drive (2011), alongside Carey Mulligan as Irene.

The full chain: Robert De Niro → Taxi Driver (1976) → Albert Brooks → Drive (2011) → Carey Mulligan.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Robert De Niro → Joker (2019) → Bill Camp → Public Enemies (2009) → Carey Mulligan
  • Robert De Niro → Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) → Leonardo DiCaprio → The Great Gatsby (2013) → Carey Mulligan
  • Robert De Niro → Heat (1995) → Natalie Portman → Brothers (2009) → Carey Mulligan

About Robert De Niro

Born
August 17, 1943 in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA
Film career
1968–2026
Widely seen films
105 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Carey Mulligan

Born
May 28, 1985 in Westminster, London, England
Film career
2005–2025
Widely seen films
25 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: