Question: who played young vito corleone in godfather ii
Answer: Vito Andolini Corleone ( December 7 , 1891 -- July 29 , 1955 ) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola 's three Godfather films , in which , in later life , he is portrayed by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and then , as a young man , by Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II .