Leonardo DiCaprio
- Acting
- November 11, 1974 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biopics and period films, DiCaprio is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors. Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood, and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). At age 19, he received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After the latter became the highest-grossing film at the time, he reduced his workload for a few years. In an attempt to shed his image of a romantic hero, DiCaprio sought roles in other genres, including crime drama in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Gangs of New York (2002); the latter marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. DiCaprio portrayed Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and received acclaim for his performances in the political thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the romantic drama Revolutionary Road (2008). In the following decade, DiCaprio starred in several high-profile directors' projects, including the science fiction 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 an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), all of which were critical and commercial successes. DiCaprio is the founder of Appian Way Productions, a production company that has produced some of his films and the documentary series Greensburg (2008–2010), and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. He regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on the environment. 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Death Boom · Producer
- Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another · Self
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth · Self
- Yanuni · Producer
- A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough · Executive producer
- Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration · Self
- Werewolf in the Waves · Executive producer
- OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute · Self
- The Lake · Executive producer
- Sleepwalker · Producer
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Mr. Scorsese · Self
- One Battle After Another · Bob
- Sitting Bull · Executive producer
- Clint Eastwood : la légende · Self
- Snow Leopard Sisters · Executive producer
- Checkpoint Zoo · Executive producer
- OZI: Voice of the Forest · Producer
- Titanic: Stories from the Heart · Self
- Killers of the Flower Moon · Ernest Burkhart, Executive producer
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari · Executive producer
- Shining Girls · Executive producer
- Path of the Panther · Executive producer
- Don't Look Up · Dr. Randall Mindy
- The Savior for Sale · Self
- Adele One Night Only · Self
- Dean Martin: King of Cool · Executive producer
- From Devil’s Breath · Producer
- Matt & Bird Break Loose · Frank Abagnale (Archive Footage)
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy · Self
- The Lost Leonardo · Self
- Fin · Executive producer
- The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 · Executive producer
- The Titans That Built America · Executive producer
- kid 90 · Self
- Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted! · Self
- Beyond the Spotlight · Executive producer
- The Right Stuff · Executive producer
- Whose Vote Counts, Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- Citizen Penn · Self
- Grant · Producer
- The Last Dance · Self
- Richard Jewell · Producer
- Teslafy Me · Self
- Sea of Shadows · Executive producer
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · Rick Dalton
- Ice on Fire · Self, Producer
- And We Go Green · Self, Producer
- Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski · Producer
- Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle · Executive producer
- Robin Hood · Producer
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj · Self
- The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen · Executive producer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA · Hugh Glass (archive footage)
- Spielberg · Self
- Fire Chasers · Executive producer
- The Last Shaman · Executive producer
- Live by Night · Producer
- Before the Flood · Self, Executive producer
- A Plastic Ocean · Executive producer
- The Ivory Game · Executive producer
- Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People · Self
- When Two Worlds Collide · Executive producer
- A World Unseen: 'The Revenant' · Self
- The Revenant · Hugh Glass
- The Audition · Leonardo DiCaprio
- Catching the Sun · Executive producer
- Scorsese's GoodFellas · Self
- Virunga · Executive producer
- Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret · Executive producer
- The Wolf Pack · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Jordan Belfort, Producer
- Out of the Furnace · Producer
- Runner Runner · Producer
- The Great Gatsby · Jay Gatsby
- Django Unchained · Calvin J. Candie
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · Self
- Reflections on Titanic · Self