Leonardo DiCaprio: American actor and
film producer Biography
Full Name: Leonardo
Wilhelm DiCaprio
Date of
Birth: November 11, 1974
Place of
Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality: American
Occupation:
American
actor and film producer
Height:6 feet
(1.83 meters)
Family
Mother: Irmelin
Indenbirken (German-American legal secretary)
Father: George
DiCaprio (comic book writer, publisher, and distributor)
Siblings:
Half-brother Adam Farrar
Partner:
Currently with model Camila Morrone (since 2017)
No children
Education
Attended Seeds
Elementary School in Los Angeles
Later went to John
Marshall High School but left to focus on acting
Did not attend
college, pursuing acting career from a young age
Career
Leonardo DiCaprio
began his career in television with roles in commercials and series like
Parenthood and Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He gained his first major film
recognition with This Boy’s Life (1993) and What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993),
earning his first Oscar nomination for the latter.
He became an
international star with the blockbuster Titanic (1997), directed by James
Cameron, which remains one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Over his
career, DiCaprio has been known for his intense commitment to roles and
collaboration with acclaimed directors like Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino,
and Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Notable
films include:
Romeo + Juliet
(1996)
The Aviator (2004)
Blood Diamond
(2006)
Inception (2010)
Django Unchained
(2012)
The Wolf of Wall
Street (2013)
The Revenant
(2015) — Won Academy Award for Best Actor
Once Upon a Time
in Hollywood (2019)
Apart from acting,
DiCaprio is an environmental activist and founder of the Leonardo DiCaprio
Foundation, which focuses on global warming, preserving biodiversity, and
supporting renewable energy
Net Worth:
Estimated
Net Worth (2025):
Approximately $300 million
Earnings come from
acting, production, endorsements, and environmental advocacy