Leonarno di Caprio Profile :Leonardo DiCaprio born as Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio on November 11th, 1974 in Los Angeles, California is an amazing Hollywood actor, who has thrice been nominated for Oscar awards. He also earned BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations besides winning several other honors, accolades and awards for his outstanding performances in movies.
Leonardo DiCaprio's role of Jack Dawson in "Titanic" made him the biggest star worldwide as "Titanic" went on to become a huge blockbuster hit worldwide. The movie won 11 academy Awards, while Leonardo DiCaprio achieved an iconic status worldwide. People around the world began to identify him as the 'sensational teenage heartthrob' and the embodiment of a sexy actor. The 'Leo-mania' hit the world like an avalanche catapulting the hot actor Leonardo DiCaprio to the dizzying heights of fame and superstardom. Leonardo DiCaprio rightly commented in Time magazine saying, "I'll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don't expect to. It's not something I'm going to try to achieve either."
Leonardo DiCaprio was born to George DiCaprio, a distributor of comic books and Irmelin Indenbirken, a former legal secretary. Leonardo DiCaprio was named after the legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci, as his mother discovered that she was pregnant while standing before the painting done by Leonardo da Vinci.
When Leonardo DiCaprio was one year old, his parents got divorced and he went to live with his mother. He also spent part of his childhood with his maternal grandparents in Germany. Leonardo DiCaprio had his education at John Marshall High School and later studied at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies.
Leonardo DiCaprio decided to become an actor after his stepbrother Adam Starr [from his father's remarriage] began appearing in commercials. With a single minded obsession he struggled to become an actor. He thus got a break in 1989 in a television series, "Parenthood", where he met and befriended Tobey Maguire. Ever since, the amazing actor Leonardo DiCaprio never looked back and went on to act in several major blockbuster hits such as "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" {1993}, "Romeo + Juliet" {1996}, "Titanic" {1997}.Leonardo DiCaprio later gave critically acclaimed performances in movies like "Catch Me If You Can", {2002} "The Aviator" {2004}, "The Departed" {2006} and many other hit movies. Besides acting, Leonardo DiCaprio also produced several movies such as "Gardener of Eden" and "The 11th Hour" {both 2007 releases}. He has lined up seven of his upcoming movies for a future release of which five of them are being produced by him. Leonardo DiCaprio dated Gisele Bundchen for five years from 2000 to 2005. He is currently reported to be dating supermodel Bar Refaeli.