Leonardo DiCaprio is an Academy Award-nominated actor, best-known for his roles in Titanic and The Aviator.
DiCaprio grew up in a difficult California neighborhood that was surrounded with crack and heroin addicts. He started film work when he was five years of age with the television show Romper Room. A later childhood role was Growing Pains. He told Rolling Stone Magazine that he always had a desire to be on stage.
"The earliest memory I have of myself as a child is me with this strange, almost sickening desire to perform. I guess it's my aiming-to-please issues. I don't know where it comes from. But the earliest memory I have is me at some hippie concert with my dad, and the band hadn't come on. There was an audience of hundreds of people chanting for the band, and my dad scooted me on stage. I don't know how old I was, probably three or so, and I got up there and tap-danced for hundreds of people. That's the personality I have. I want to please this mass audience."
In 1993 DiCaprio moved from the television screen into film with a role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, where he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. It wasn't until his role as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet that he gained enormous popularity. By 1997 he reached the height of fame from his role in Titanic. Since, he starred in Celebrity, The Beach, Gangs of New York, and Catch Me if You Can.
DiCaprio is especially fond of the environment, and has taken to political issues. His role in The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese where he portraed the eccentric Howard Hughes won him Best Actor at the Golden Globes 2005.
DiCaprio is currently in a relationship with Brazilian super model Gisele Bundchen. | |
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bex blackpool | Posted at 10:01am on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | carlyanne actually thinks leonardo dicaprio is FAF
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carlyanne preston | Posted at 9:59am on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | i think that leonardo is really ugly
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Bex blackpool | Posted at 9:58am on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | i think leonardo is a great actor. also i think he is really cute. x x
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nicole canada | Posted at 6:43pm on Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 | I love leonardo DiCaprio he is such a great actor not only that but hes very cute! my favorite movie he was in was the titanic as jack dawson which is also my favorite movie i think he should do more movies and stuff like that im one of his 1 fans but serously i am and one day i'd love to meet him!!
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anon Adelaide, South Australia | Posted at 8:16pm on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | I think Leonardo is one of the best actors around at the minute and for some time. For some reason Academy Awards do not agree with the majority of moviegoers. Is it because he is always consistently brilliant; and good actors like Forest Whitaker who have one stunner are more noticable. Bring on more Leo movies and I'm sure he will continue to be nominated even if he doesn't win them. I love everything he does.
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