Actor Leonardo DiCaprio full name was Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. He was an American Actor and a film producer. He was well known for his work in biopic and the period films. He was also the recipient of the numerous accolades that were including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and the 3 Golden Globe Awards.
Leonardo DiCaprio films had grossed over the $7.2 billion worldwide. He had been placed 8 times in the annual rankings of the world’s highest paid actors. He was born on 1974 November 11 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Leonardo DiCaprio parents were Irmelin (mother) was a legal secretary and George DiCaprio (father) was an underground commix writer, distributor and publisher of comic books. They had met a while attending to the college.
Leonardo DiCaprio father was of Italian and was a German descent. He was raised as a Catholic. Leonardo DiCaprio father had moved out of their house when he was one year old after fell in love with a woman.
Leonardo DiCaprio had attended the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for 4 years. Later he studied Elementary School before enrolling into the John Marshall High School.
Once upon a time actor Leonardo DiCaprio said that he had hated the public school.
Leonardo DiCaprio went to audition for acting jobs. He hoped that this would improve his family’s financial situation. He was dropped out of the high school by the following of his third year.
Leonardo DiCaprio had said that as a child, his career choice was to become a marine biologist or an actor. But he eventually followed acting. He liked impersonating characters, imitating people and seeing the people’s reaction to his acting.
Leonardo DiCaprio started appearing in several commercials when he was at the age of fourteen.
Despite attending 100 auditions, Leonardo DiCaprio remained unemployed for a period of one and a half years. After that, he had made a decision to give up on his acting career. On that time his father had motivated him to continue as a actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio had continued his audition after motivated by his father. He had recommended by a talent agent who was his mother’s friend to the casting directors. After that, he had secured the roles in about the 20 commercials.
Leonardo DiCaprio had represented by the popular headshot photographer. His first major film art as the author “Tobias Wolff” in “This Boy’s Life” in the year 1993.
At 19 years old, Leonardo DiCaprio received critical acclaim. He was nominated for his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of a developmentally disabled boy in the film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” in 1993.
Leonardo DiCaprio had achieved international stardom with star-crossed romances. Romeo+Juliet was in the year 1996 and Titanic was in the year 1997.
Leonardo DiCaprio had portrayed Howard Hughes in “The Aviator” in the year 2004. He had received acclaim for his performances in the political thriller Blood Diamond in the year 2006. He was starred in several high profile directors’ projects, including the action thriller.
The romantic drama “The Great Gatsby” was in the year 2013, the biopic “The Wolf of Wall Street” was in the year 2013, the survival drama “The Revenant” was in the year 2015. For that he won an Academy Award and BAFTA Award as a best actor.
Comedy drama “Once Upon a Time” in Hollywood in the year 2019 these are all critical and commercial successes.
Leonardo DiCaprio had founded “Appian Way Productions” company that produced some of his films. It also produced the documentary series Greensburg from 2008 to 2010.
He founded a nonprofit organization “Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation” to promote environmental awareness. He had regularly supports the charitable causes and had produced several documentaries on the environment.
At present, Leonardo DiCaprio holds the position of United Nations Messenger of Peace. He was named as a Commander of the award “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” in 2005 for his contributions to the arts. He was appeared in Time magazines like 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2005.
