Leonardo DiCaprio

Biography

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biopics and period films, DiCaprio is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors. Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood, and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). At age 19, he received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After the latter became the highest-grossing film at the time, he reduced his workload for a few years. In an attempt to shed his image of a romantic hero, DiCaprio sought roles in other genres, including crime drama in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Gangs of New York (2002); the latter marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. DiCaprio portrayed Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and received acclaim for his performances in the political thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the romantic drama Revolutionary Road (2008). In the following decade, DiCaprio starred in several high-profile directors' projects, including the science fiction thriller Inception (2010), the western Django Unchained (2012), the biopic The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), the survival drama The Revenant (2015), for which he won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), all of which were critical and commercial successes. DiCaprio is the founder of Appian Way Productions, a production company that has produced some of his films and the documentary series Greensburg (2008–2010), and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. He regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on the environment. In 2005, he was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts, and in 2016, he appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

Known For

Romeo

Romeo + Juliet

Hugh Glass (archive footage)

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Danny Archer

Blood Diamond

Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Lost Leonardo

Billy

The Departed

Frank Abagnale Jr.

Catch Me If You Can

Arnie Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Amsterdam Vallon

Gangs of New York

Richard

The Beach

Howard Hughes

The Aviator

Frank Wheeler

Revolutionary Road

Jim Carroll

The Basketball Diaries

Teddy Daniels

Shutter Island

Tobias Wolff

This Boy's Life

Kid

The Quick and the Dead

Roger Ferris

Body of Lies

Brandon

Celebrity

King Louis XIV / Philippe

The Man in the Iron Mask

Jordan Belfort

The Wolf of Wall Street

Hank Lacker

Marvin's Room

Dom Cobb

Inception

Josh

Critters 3

Self

Hangin' with Leo!!

Self

Adele One Night Only

Arthur Rimbaud

Total Eclipse

Self (Narrator)

IMAX Hubble

Jay Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Bob Ferguson

One Battle After Another

Calvin J. Candie

Django Unchained

(archive footage)

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim

John Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar

Self

Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious

Self

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

Self

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

Hugh Glass

The Revenant

Self - Presenter

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Self / Jack Dawson (archive footage)

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

Self

Earth to America

Self

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Self

The Concert for New York City

Self

The Love We Make

Self

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Self

The Audition

Self

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Self

Crossing Criminal Cultures

Self

Before the Flood

Ernest Burkhart

Killers of the Flower Moon

Self

Spielberg

Guy

Poison Ivy

Derek

Don's Plum

Self

Reflections on Titanic

Self - Narrator (voice)

The 11th Hour

Self

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

Self

Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

Bud

The Foot Shooting Party

Rick Dalton

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Self - Narrator

Ice on Fire

Alex (voice)

Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart

Himself (uncredited)

X-Girl

Self

Scorsese's GoodFellas

Self

Teslafy Me

Self

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Self

And We Go Green

Self (archive footage)

Everything's Cool

Dr. Randall Mindy

Don't Look Up

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted!

Self (archive footage)

kid 90

Self (archive footage)

QT8: The First Eight

Self

The Wolf Pack

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Salvator mundi

Self (archive footage)

Portrait of Leonardo: The Kid Who Took Hollywood

Self

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

self (archival)

Leonardo: King of the World

Jack Dawson

Titanic

The Devil in the White City

Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project

Home

Self / Jack Dawson (archive footage)

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

Self (archive footage)

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Self / Jack Dawson

Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic

Self

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

Self / Jack Dawson (archive footage)

Titanic: Behind The Scenes

Himself

Clint Eastwood : la légende

Self

David Blaine: Fearless

Histoires de festival

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-11-11

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Leo DiCaprio