Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor, Celebrity
1974 –
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio 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 and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street. 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. He made his film debut in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3 and received first notable critical praise for his performance in This Boy's Life. DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in supporting roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Marvin's Room, as well as leading roles in The Basketball Diaries and Romeo + Juliet, before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic.
Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has been nominated for awards for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Departed, Revolutionary Road, Django Unchained and The Wolf of Wall Street. His films Shutter Island and Inception rank among the biggest commercial successes of his career. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions, whose productions include the films Gardener of Eden and Orphan. A committed environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1974
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
- Leonardo Di Caprio
- Leo DiCaprio
- Lenny D
- Leo
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gisele Bündchen
(2000 - 2005)
- Gisele Bündchen
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- German American
- Italian American
- Russian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
- John Marshall High School
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Corinne Seeds University Elementary School
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Echo Park
- Los Feliz
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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