Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most famous and talented actors in the world. Born on November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, he started his career at a young age and quickly rose to fame with his exceptional acting skills.
Early life
DiCaprio’s parents divorced when he was only a year old, and he lived with his mother in Los Angeles. He developed a passion for acting at a young age and started appearing in commercials and TV shows. His breakthrough role came in 1993, when he starred in the film “This Boy’s Life” alongside Robert De Niro.
DiCaprio’s career skyrocketed in 1997 when he starred in the blockbuster film “Titanic,” which became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. He earned his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” in 1993 and has since received five more nominations, winning the Best Actor award for his role in “The Revenant” in 2016.
Environmental activism
DiCaprio is also a passionate environmental activist. He founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 to support environmental causes, including wildlife and ocean conservation, climate change, and renewable energy.
DiCaprio is also an advocate for clean energy and has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace on Climate Change since 2014. He has spoken at numerous international conferences on the subject of climate change and has produced several documentaries on the topic, including “The 11th Hour” and “Before the Flood.
Acting career
DiCaprio earned Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the biopic ‘The Aviator’ (2004), the political thriller ‘Blood Diamond’ (2006), the crime drama ‘The Departed’ (2006) and the romantic drama ‘Revolutionary Road’ (2008). In the 2010s, he made environmental documentaries and starred in several high-profile directors’ successful projects, including the action thriller ‘Inception’ (2010), the western ‘Django Unchained’ (2012), the biopic ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013), the survival drama ‘The Revenant’ (2015)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor — and the comedy-drama ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ (2019).
DiCaprio is the founder of Appian Way Productions — a production company that has made some of his films and the documentary series ‘Greensburg’ (2008–2010) — and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness.
A United Nations Messenger of Peace, he regularly supports charitable causes. In 2005, he was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts, and in 2016, he appeared in ‘Time’ magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. DiCaprio was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time in a 2022 readers’ poll by ‘Empir’.
Personal life
Despite his fame, DiCaprio is known for being very private about his personal life. He has had a string of high-profile relationships with models and actresses, but he has never been married.
He has also been very vocal about his support for the LGBTQ+ community and has used his platform to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS research.