Leonardo DiCaprio

Acting • Born 1974-11-11

Acting13Los 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.

Filmography

118 credits

Romeo + Juliet

Movie • 1996

Romeo

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Movie • 2017

Hugh Glass (archive footage)

Blood Diamond

Movie • 2006

Danny Archer

The Lost Leonardo

Movie • 2021

Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Departed

Movie • 2006

Billy

Catch Me If You Can

Movie • 2002

Frank Abagnale Jr.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Movie • 1993

Arnie Grape

Gangs of New York

Movie • 2002

Amsterdam Vallon

The Beach

Movie • 2000

Richard

The Aviator

Movie • 2004

Howard Hughes

Revolutionary Road

Movie • 2008

Frank Wheeler

The Basketball Diaries

Movie • 1995

Jim Carroll

Shutter Island

Movie • 2010

Teddy Daniels

This Boy's Life

Movie • 1993

Tobias Wolff

The Quick and the Dead

Movie • 1995

Kid

Body of Lies

Movie • 2008

Roger Ferris

Celebrity

Movie • 1998

Brandon

The Man in the Iron Mask

Movie • 1998

King Louis XIV / Philippe

The Wolf of Wall Street

Movie • 2013

Jordan Belfort

Marvin's Room

Movie • 1996

Hank Lacker

Inception

Movie • 2010

Dom Cobb

Critters 3

Movie • 1991

Josh

Hangin' with Leo!!

Movie • 2000

Self (archive footage)

Adele One Night Only

Movie • 2021

Self

Total Eclipse

Movie • 1995

Arthur Rimbaud

IMAX Hubble

Movie • 2010

Self (Narrator)

The Great Gatsby

Movie • 2013

Jay Gatsby

One Battle After Another

Movie • 2025

Bob

Django Unchained

Movie • 2012

Calvin J. Candie

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie • 2012

(archive footage)

J. Edgar

Movie • 2011

John Edgar Hoover

Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious

Movie • 2010

Self

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

Movie • 2007

Self

The Revenant

Movie • 2015

Hugh Glass

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Movie • 2005

Self - Presenter

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

Movie • 2023

Self (archive footage)

Earth to America

Movie • 2005

Self

Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master

Movie • 2024

Self

The Love We Make

Movie • 2011

Self

The Concert for New York City

Movie • 2001

Self

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Movie • 2005

Self (archive footage)

The Audition

Movie • 2015

Self

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Movie • 2012

Self

Crossing Criminal Cultures

Movie • 2007

Self

Before the Flood

Movie • 2016

Self

Killers of the Flower Moon

Movie • 2023

Ernest Burkhart

Spielberg

Movie • 2017

Self

Poison Ivy

Movie • 1992

Guy

The 11th Hour

Movie • 2007

Self - Narrator (voice)

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

Movie • 2016

Self

The Foot Shooting Party

Movie • 1994

Bud

Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

Movie • 2003

Self

Don's Plum

Movie • 2002

Derek

Reflections on Titanic

Movie • 2012

Self

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Movie • 2019

Rick Dalton

Ice on Fire

Movie • 2019

Self - Narrator

Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart

Movie • 1989

Alex (voice)

X-Girl

Movie • 1995

Leonardio DiCaprio (uncredited)

Scorsese's GoodFellas

Movie • 2015

Self

Teslafy Me

Movie • 2019

Self

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Movie • 2008

Self

And We Go Green

Movie • 2019

Self

Everything's Cool

Movie • 2007

Self (archive footage)

Don't Look Up

Movie • 2021

Dr. Randall Mindy