Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11th, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA. He has been involved in the movie industry since 1989 and is now a famous actor and film producer.
His first role was on the sitcom Growing Pains (1985 - 1992) as Luke Brower. In the picture above, he is standing between Jeremy Miller (right) and Kirk Cameron (left).
He later starred as Tobias "Toby" Wolff in the movie This Boy's Life (1993) with Robert De Niro as Dwight Hansen and Ellen Barkin as Caroline Wolff Hansen, which boosted his fame.
Not long after, he played the role of a mentally handicapped boy named Arnie Grape in the movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), starring Johnny Depp as Gilbert Grape, Arnie's brother. He received the Golden Globe and Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in this movie.
He has been nominated for a total of two BAFTAs, three SAGs, and seven Golden Globes.
After his performance as Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), which was based on a true story, DiCaprio gained international fame. This movie, which is among the most successful of all time, is set to be released in 3D in April 2012, after the director James Cameron completes the conversion.
DiCaprio has starred in many other successful movies such as:
Romeo + Juliet with Claire Danes
Catch Me If You Can with Tom Hanks
The Aviator
The Departed, with Matt Damon , Mark Wahlberg and Jack Nicholson
Blood Diamond with Djimon Hounsou
Shutter Island with Mark Ruffalo
Inception, and many more.
He has received an Academy Award For Best Actor nomination for his role in Blood Diamond, as well as his role in The Aviator.
His latest movies, Shutter Island and Inception, were mind blowing thrillers that kept the audience asking questions even after watching the movies. Til this day, many people are still asking: "Is Edward 'Teddy' Daniels Crazy Or Sane In Shutter Island?" Some say he was, some say he wasn't...
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