Leonardo Dicaprio

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Leonardo Dicaprio

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Greg Joens

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Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. In the early 1990s, 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 1993, DiCaprio began his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3, before 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 film to that point.

Since 2000, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of film genres. DiCaprio's 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. 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 thriller Body of Lies (2008), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), the science fiction thriller Inception (2010), the biographical film J. Edgar (2011), the western Django 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 the Golden Globe Award 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. DiCaprio won his first BAFTA award for Best Actor for The Revenant. DiCaprio has been nominated for six Academy Awards�five for acting and one for producing�and in 2016, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Revenant.

In addition to acting, DiCaprio is the founder of his own production company, named Appian Way Productions. DiCaprio is a committed environmentalist. Source: Wikipedia

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