Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/dɨˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama for The Aviator (2004) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He has also been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. His major movie debut was in This Boy's Life (1993) alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in a supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), as well as leading roles in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the highest grossing movie at the time.
Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), Shutter Island, Inception (2010), and Django Unchained (2012). The 2010 movie Inception achieved both widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions. A committed environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism.
DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. His major movie debut was in This Boy's Life (1993) alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in a supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), as well as leading roles in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the highest grossing movie at the time.
Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), Shutter Island, Inception (2010), and Django Unchained (2012). The 2010 movie Inception achieved both widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions. A committed environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism.
| Leonardo DiCaprio | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio November 11, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, film producer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Parents | George DiCaprio |
| Website | |
| www.leonardodicaprio.com | |
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