Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo’s personal life has always been in media limelight due to the number of affairs he has had. His link ups and break ups with models like Gisele Bundchen, Bar Refaeli and Toni Garrn have made headlines in gossip magazines.

He underwent a severe facial injury in the year 2005 when a model Aretha Wilson, hit him with a broken bottle.

He was also in a relationship with the actress Blake Lively in the year 2011.

Leonardo DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, as the only child to Irmelin, a legal secretary by profession and George DiCaprio who was a comic artist, producer and distributor of comic books.

He was only one when his parents separated and he spent his childhood with his mother who changed several residences to earn a living.

Though living away from his father, Leonardo was always close to his father who urged him to explore the creative side of his personality.

He spent a part of his childhood years with his maternal grandparents in Germany.

He was sent to Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for four years, after which he joined the Seeds Elementary School.

His love for acting could be seen early on in his interests in imitating people, playing pranks with his parents and performing self created skits.

At the age of five only, he was at the sets of the television series for children called ‘Romper Room’ which he could not carry for long due to being troublesome at such a tender age.

He started with making small appearances in commercials and educational films, the ad for Matchbox Cars being his first at the age of 14.

It was in 1990 that he made his debut in television through a short series based on a comedy movie ‘Parenthood’ for which he earned a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor too.

Later on, he made appearances in shows such as ‘The New Lassie’ and ‘Roseanne’.

The 1997 disaster film ‘Titanic’ is unarguably one of DiCaprio’s best performances. His portrayal of the poor artist Jack Dawson in the movie captivated the audience and catapulted DiCaprio to superstardom. The film received mainly positive reviews from film critics and became a mega commercial hit.

He played the role of Hugh Glass, an American frontiersman and explorer in the film ‘The Revenant’, a survival western thriller film. The film received positive reviews, mostly for its performances, direction, and cinematography, and earned DiCaprio several prestigious awards.