Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio at the London premiere of The Wolf of Wall Street in 2014
Born	Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio November 11, 1974 (age 41) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, film producer
Years active	1989–present
Parent(s)	George DiCaprio Irmelin (Indenbirken) DiCaprio
Website	leonardodicaprio.com

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio^[1] (/dᵻˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for numerous awards, and has won three Golden Globe Awards. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials, after which he had recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He began his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3before starring in the film adaptation of the memoir This Boy's Life(1993) alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio was praised for his supporting role in the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and gained public recognition with leading roles in the drama The Basketball Diaries (1995) and the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet(1996), before achieving international fame with James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), which became the highest-grossing filmto that point.

Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of film genres. His subsequent films include The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the epic historical drama Gangs of New York (2002) which also marked his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. As well as these DiCaprio was also acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the neo-noir crime drama The Departed (2006), the espionage thrillerBody of Lies (2008), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), the science fiction thrillerInception (2010), biographical film J. Edgar (2011), the westernDjango Unchained (2012), and the period drama The Great Gatsby(2013).

DiCaprio's portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015) won him two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and his role as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) won him the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He has also been nominated for six Academy Awards — five for acting and one for producing. In addition to acting, DiCaprio is the founder of his own production company, named Appian Way Productions. He is also a committed environmentalist.