Leonardo DiCaprio is a world famous American actor who has appeared in such films as The Basketball Diaries, Romeo + Juliet, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Beach, Critters 3, This Boy’s Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Quick and the Dead, Catch Me If You Can,
Gangs of New York,
The Aviator, Blood Diamond,
The Departed, Body of Lies, Revolutionary Road, and
Titanic.
He began his career as a child actor appearing in such projects as Growing Pains,
Roseanne, This Boy’s Life, Critters 3, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, but it was his role as Jack Dawson in the film
Titanic that propelled him to international stardom. From there, he has had his pick of projects, preferring to work as an edgy independent actor rather than a teen heart throb. His success has enabled him to work with acclaimed directors such as Martin Scorsese.
In his personal life, he was linked to model
Gisele Bundchen for several years. Currently, he is dating Bar Rafaeli, another model. He is also good friends with the likes of
Mark Wahlberg, Tobey Maguire,
Adrian Grenier, Lukas Haas, Vincent Gallo, and
Kevin Connolly.
