Leonardo DiCaprio

**Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio** (; ; born November 11, 1974) is an American celebrity, actor, movie director, producer and writer. He starred in many popular movies, including _What's Eating Gilbert Grape_, _Romeo + Juliet_, _Titanic_, _The Man in the Iron Mask_, _The Beach_, _Catch Me if You Can_, _Gangs of New York_, _The Aviator_, _The Revenant_, _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_ and _One Battle After Another_.

In 2016, DiCaprio won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in _The Revenant_.

## Personal life

DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles. His father, George, is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, Irmelin, is of German and Russian descent.

## Legacy

Leonardo's name short form _Leo_ was used in Thalapathy Vijay's _Leo_ film official trailer and the film is set to release in North America theatres on 18 October 2023.

## Filmography (selection)

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|_Critters 3_|Josh|Direct-to-video|
|1992|_Poison Ivy_|Guy||
|1993|_This Boy's Life_|Tobias "Toby" Wolff||
|_What's Eating Gilbert Grape_|Arnie Grape|First Academy Award Nomination||
|1995|_The Quick and The Dead_|Fee Herod "The Kid"||
|_The Basketball Diaries_|Jim Carroll|||
|_Total Eclipse_|Arthur Rimbaud|||
|1996|_Romeo + Juliet_|Romeo Montague||
|_Marvin's Room_|Hank|||
|1997|_Titanic_|Jack Dawson|This movie won 11 Academy Awards.|
|1998|_The Man in the Iron Mask_|King Louis XIV/Philippe||
|_Celebrity_|Brandon Darrow|||
|2000|_The Beach_|Richard||
|2001|_Don's Plum_|Derek||
|2002|_Catch Me If You Can_|Frank William Abagnale Jr.||
|_Gangs of New York_|Amsterdam Vallon|||
|2004|_The Aviator_|Howard Hughes|Nominated for Best Actor at 2005 Academy Awards; won a Golden Globe.|
|2006|_The Departed_|William "Billy" Costigan Jr.|Nominated for Best Actor at 2007 Golden Globe|
|_Blood Diamond_|Danny Archer|Nominated for Best Actor at 2007 Academy Awards and Golden Globe||
|2007|_The 11th Hour_|Narrator|Documentary; also Writer|
|2008|_Body of Lies_|Roger Ferris||
|_Revolutionary Road_|Frank Wheeler|||
|2010|_Shutter Island_|Edward "Teddy" Daniels||
|_Hubble_|Narrator|Documentary||
|_Inception_|Dominick "Dom" Cobb|||
|2011|_J. Edgar_|J. Edgar Hoover||
|2012|_Django Unchained_|Calvin J. Candie||
|2013|_The Great Gatsby_|Jay Gatsby||
|_The Wolf of Wall Street_|Jordan Belfort|Nominated for Best Actor at 2014 Academy Awards and won Best Actor at Golden Globes||
|2015|_The Revenant_|Hugh Glass|Won Best Actor at 2016 Academy Awards|
|2016|_Before the Flood_|Himself|Won Hollywood Documentary Award|
|2019|_Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_|Rick Dalton|Nominated for Best Performance by Actor in a Leading Role at 2020 Academy Awards|
|2021|_Don't Look Up_|Dr. Randell Mindy|Nominated Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie|
|2023|_Killers of the Flower Moon_|Ernest Burkhart|Nominated for Best Actor at 2024 Golden Globes|
|2025|_One Battle After Another_|Bob Ferguson||

### Academy Award

- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, _What's Eating Gilbert Grape_ (1994)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _The Aviator_ (2005)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _Blood Diamond_ (2007)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _The Wolf of Wall Street_ (2014)
- **WON: Best Actor**, _The Revenant_ (2016)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_ (2020)

### BAFTA Award

- Nominated: Best Actor, _The Aviator_ (2005)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _The Departed_ (2007)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _The Wolf of Wall Street_ (2014)
- **Won: Best Actor**, _The Revenant_ (2016)
- Nominated: Best Actor, _Don't Look Up_ (2022)

### Golden Globe Award

- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, _What's Eating Gilbert Grape_ (1994)
- Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, _Titanic_ (1998)
- Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, _Catch Me If You Can_ (2003)
- **Won: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, _The Aviator_ (2005)**
- Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, _The Departed_ (2007)
- Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, _Blood Diamond_ (2007)
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Revolutionary Road (2008)
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, J. Edgar (2011)
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Django Unchained (2012)
- **Won: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, _The Wolf of Wall Street_ (2014)**
- **Won: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, _The Revenant_ (2016)**
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy, _Don't Look Up_ (2022)

|Year|Group|Award|Won|Movies/Television series|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|rowspan="2"|Young Artist Awards|Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Santa Barbara_|||
|1992|Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Growing Pains_|||||
|rowspan="2"|1993|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|New Generation Award|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||
|National Board of Review|Best Supporting Actor|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes|rowspan="4"|_What's Eating Gilbert Grape_||||
|rowspan="3"|1994|Golden Globe Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||
|Academy Awards|Best Actor in a Supporting Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards|Most Promising Actor|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="7"|1997|Screen Actors Guild Awards|Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="2"|_Marvin's Room_||
|Chlotrudis Awards|Best Supporting Actor|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="3"|MTV Movie Awards|Best On-Screen Duo (with Claire Danes)|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="5"|_Romeo + Juliet_|||
|Best Male Performance|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||||
|Best Kiss (with Claire Danes)|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||||
|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Favorite Actor|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|Berlin International Film Festival|Best Actor|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="7"|1998|Screen Actors Guild Awards|Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="7"|_Titanic_||
|Satellite Awards|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Golden Globes|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|rowspan="3"|MTV Movie Awards|Best On-Screen Duo (with Kate Winslet)|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||
|Best Kiss (with Kate Winslet)|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||||
|Best Male Performance|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes|||||||
|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Favorite Actor - Drama|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|Teen Choice Awards|Choice Hissy Fit|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Celebrity_|||
|rowspan="2"|Razzie Awards|Worst Screen Couple|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes|_The Man in the Iron Mask_||||
|2001|Worst Actor|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_The Beach_|||||
|rowspan="5"|2003|rowspan="2"|MTV Movie Awards|Best Kiss (with Cameron Diaz)|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Gangs of New York_||
|Best Male Performance|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="4"|_Catch Me If You Can_|||||
|Golden Globes|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Visual Effects Society Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Teen Choice Awards|Choice Movie Liar|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|2004|Hollywood Movies Festival|Actor of the Year|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes|||||
|rowspan="10"|2005|Visual Effects Society Awards|Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Visual Effects Film|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="10"|_The Aviator_||
|Teen Choice Awards|Choice Movie Actor: Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards|Best Actor|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Online Film Critics Society Awards|Best Actor|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Golden Globes|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="2"|Screen Actors Guild Award|Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||
|Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||||
|BAFTA Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Academy Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|MTV Movie Awards|Best Male Performance|style="background-color: #ddffdd"|Yes||||||
|rowspan="9"|2007|rowspan="2"|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards|rowspan="2"|Best Actor|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Blood Diamond_|
|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_The Departed_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Golden Globes|rowspan="2"|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_Blood Diamond_|||
|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|_The Departed_|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Screen Actors Guild Awards|Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color:#ffdddd"|No|_Blood Diamond_||||
|Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|rowspan="3"|_The Departed_|||||
|Best Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No|||||||
|BAFTA Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color: #ffdddd"|No||||||
|Academy Awards|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|style="background-color:#ffdddd"|No|_Blood Diamond_|||||

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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #DAA520;" | National Board of Review Award
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #DAA520;" | Golden Globe Award
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## Other websites

- Leonardo DiCaprio Official Website
- Leonardo DiCaprio Official Eco-site
- Leonardo DiCaprio Official MySpace
- Official DiCaprio Environmental Eleventh Hour film site
- leonardo dicaprio biography

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Leonardo DiCaprio
- **image**: File:Leonardo DiCaprio cropped and rotated (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: DiCaprio in 2017
- **birth name**: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, USA
- **occupation**: Celebrity, Actor, Director, Film producer, Writer, Environmentalist
- **years active**: 1989 - present
- **works**: Leonardo DiCaprio filmography, Filmography
- **father**: George DiCaprio
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Leonardo DiCaprio, Full list
- **website**: http://leonardodicaprio.org/