Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio {born 11 November 1974} is an actor and film producer. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards, including winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama for The Aviator {2004} and the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street {2013} . It has also been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild Awards Satellite and the British Academy of Film and Television. 

DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials before getting recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s His big film debut was in This Boy's Life {1993} with Robert De Niro. DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in a supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape {1993} along with a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained more recognition with leading roles in The Basketball Diaries {1995} and {1996 Romeo + Juliet} before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic {1997} which became the highest grossing film at the time. 

Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can {2002} Gangs of New York {2002} {2006 Blood Diamond} The Departed {2006} {2008 Revolutionary Road} Shutter Island {2010 Inception} {2010} and {2012} Django Unchained. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions. He is also a committed environmentalist. 
Early career 
DiCaprio's career began with his appearance in several commercials and educational films. After being removed from the set of television series Kids Romper Room for being disruptive at the age of five years [14] He followed his older stepbrother Adam Farrar into television commercials landing an ad for Matchbox cars at 14 in 1990 had his chance on television when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the paternity of the film. After Parenthood DiCaprio had bit parts on several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell. His involvement in Parenthood and the daily soap earned him a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor each. 

1991-1995: Breaking into film 
His role film debut was in the horror film Critters science fiction comedy 3 in which he played the stepson of an owner bad paper that DiCaprio described as "your average normal non-exhaustive boy with blond hair. 'Launched in 1991, the film went straight to video. Soon after he became a member of the recurring cast in the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower a homeless child who is taken in by the Seaver family. DiCaprio made ​​his breakthrough screen in 1992 when he was handpicked by Robert De Niro of 400 young actors to play the lead role in the life of this boy. 

Later in 1993, DiCaprio co-starred as the mentally disabled brother of the character of Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape tragic comic odyssey of a dysfunctional family Iowa. Director Lasse Hallström admitted he was initially looking for an actor of less than good appearance, but finally settled on DiCaprio as he had emerged as "more observant actor 'between all the auditions. has a budget of $ 11.0 million the film became a financial and critical success, resulting in a total domestic box office of $ 9.1 million and various accolades for DiCaprio, who was awarded the National Board of Review and nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance. Critic Janet Maslin New York Times praised the performance DiCaprio writing "real show-stopping turn comes from the movie DiCaprio, who makes Arnie's many tics so startling and vivid that at first hard to see. The performance has a strong desperate intensity from beginning to end. "

DiCaprio's first effort of 1995 was Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead a western. Sony Pictures was dubious cast DiCaprio as a result of co-star Sharon Stone decided to pay for the actor's salary herself. The film was released to a dismal box office performance just raised $ 18.5 million in the USA and received mixed reviews from critics. DiCaprio starred in Total Eclipse next one fictionalized account of the homosexual relationship between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. He replaced River Phoenix had died during pre-production on the project. A minor arthouse success of the film grossed USA $ 0.34 million throughout its domestic theatrical run. 

DiCaprio appeared in the mostly improvised short film called Don Plum as a favor to aspiring director RD Robb. When Robb decided to expand the film in black and white and feature though DiCaprio and Maguire had their shot blocked by court order arguing that they did not intend to make it a theatrical release as it would have commercial value thanks to their film stardom.The finally premiered at the International Film Festival Berlin 2001, where he was well received by critics with Time Out New York writer Mike D'Angelo calling it "the best film [I saw] in Berlin." DiCaprio's last film of 1995 was The Basketball Diaries a biopic about Jim Carroll. 

1996-2001: Mainstream success 
In 1996, DiCaprio appeared opposite Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet an abridged modernization of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name which retained the original Shakespearean dialogue. The project achieved a power worldwide box office of $ 147 million. 

That same year, he starred in Jerry Zaks family drama 'Marvin's Room meeting with Robert De Niro. Based on the screenplay adaptation of his own 1991 stage play of the same name the film revolves around two sisters, played by Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, who are reunited through tragedy after 17 years of estrangement from Scott McPherson . DiCaprio portrayed the character of Hank Streep troubled son who is committed to a mental asylum for setting fire to his mother's house.