Claim: Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor.

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Laeta Kalogridis , based on Dennis Lehane 's 2003 novel of the same name . Leonardo DiCaprio stars as U.S. Marshal Edward `` Teddy '' Daniels who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Shutter Island after one of the patients goes missing . Mark Ruffalo plays his partner officer , Ben Kingsley is the facility 's lead psychiatrist , and Michelle Williams is Daniels ' wife . The film received generally favorable reviews from critics and grossed over $ 294 million at the box office .