Leonardo DiCaprio

Age: 35
Height: 183 cm

Birth Place: Hollywood, California, USA
Born: Nov. 11th, 1974

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Leonardo DiCaprio's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Growing Pains	Luke Brower
100 Greatest Teen Stars	Leonardo Di…
Celebrities Uncensored	Leonardo Di…
Parenthood	Garry Buckman

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

His name allegedly derives from his German mother Irmalin's having experienced a sudden kick from her unborn boy while enjoying a DaVinci painting at the Uffizi. In the year following his birth, she and his Italian father, George, were divorced. He grew up in Echo Park, then a particularly seedy, drug-dominated area of Los Angeles. At five he appeared on his favorite TV show "Romper Room" (1953) and was nearly thrown off for misbehaving. After a string of commercials, educational films ("Mickey's Safety Club"), occasional parts in TV series, a debut film role as Josh in Critters 3 (1991), a continuing role as the homeless boy Luke in the TV series "Growing Pains" (1985), he got his break-through part as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993), co-starring with Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin.

The part led the New York Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics to name him runner-up for Best Supporting Actor. His first Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations came for the difficult role of Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Equally challenging parts were a drug-troubled Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995), the tormented homosexual poet Rimbaud in Total Eclipse (1995), and the angry teenage son of a harried mother in Marvin's Room (1996). He made a major impact with his starring role in a very updated Romeo + Juliet (1996). Superstardom came to DiCaprio playing Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), highest grossing film ever, tied with Ben-Hur (1959) for most Academy Awards, though Leo himself was not nominated. His performance in the remake of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) was poorly received, but the film still turned a profit. His next major film, The Beach (2000/I), was not a success, but he made another comeback in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and remains an A-list star.

TRIVIA:

Has a Dutch song about him called "Ik ben verliefd op Leonardo DiCaprio/I'm in love with Leonardo DiCaprio" by Flemish girl band K3 ('Kathleen Aerts' (qv), 'Karen Damen' (qv) and 'Kristel Verbeke' (qv)).
Attended John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, California.
Ranked #8 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s.
Appeared in the television series _"Parenthood" (1990)_ (qv), in the role originally played by 'Joaquin Phoenix' (qv). In the original film, Phoenix's grandfather is played by 'Jason Robards' (qv), who, like DiCaprio, has played 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv).
Has said his two favorite performances are 'Robert De Niro' (qv)'s Travis Bickle in _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv) and 'James Dean (I)' (qv)'s Cal Trask in _East of Eden (1955)_ (qv).
He and 'Gisele B�ndchen' (qv) were chosen by People Magazine as the "Most Beatiful Couple in the World", in 2004.
At age 10, his agent advised him to change his name to a more American- friendly Lenny Williams. Needless to say, he did not follow that advice.
Has a stepbrother, 'Adam Farrar' (qv).