Leonardo DiCaprio biography

A path marked

November 11, 1974
Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie talent recognized as one of the largest in decades, was born in Los Angeles in 1974, son of George (Italian) and Irmalin (German) two old hippies. As a child Leonardo knew damn writers like Charles Bukowski and Hubert Selby, friends of family, especially of Italian American father, Publisher specializing in underground comics. His parents, who divorced before he moved his first steps, they decide to call it that in honor of Leonardo Da Vinci. The legend has it that the little Leo, still in the womb, scalciò as a desperate even as her mother stood in front of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci at the Uffizi. It seemed almost a sign of destiny and then here is the choice of the name, which is certainly a tribute to the great Tuscan artist but also an omen for the fate of his son. His childhood wasn't entirely easy and is still considered a little too restless.
After his parents ' separation, she moved with her mother in suburban Los Angeles due to serious economic difficulties. For sure doesn't show much interest in school, so try to do something first starring in commercials and then participating in a few tv series including "Parents in blue jeans." He studied at the Center for Enriched Studies and graduated from John Marshall High School, demonstrating greater predisposition for imitations and parodies rather than homework. His difficulties at school do not affect his love for acting. Almanacs show the date of his debut in 1979, and precisely on the television show "Romper room".
Apparently, he was dismissed from the set because of his uncontrollable vivacity. Continue anyway to work in commercials and documentaries. In 1985 returns the portion of the homeless Luke in the Tv series "Growing Pains," a mediocre test overshadowed by the rest of the cast. His first appearance on the big screen is coveted in Critters 3 "a total fiasco at the production level, to the point that was distributed only for a short time before being recycled in the circuit of home video. But the guy has talent and he put it on display in the beautiful "happy birthday Mr. Grape" to the point of merit, for his portrayal of Johnny Depp's retarded brother, an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Other evidence exceptional is the next, where he finds himself next to a giant like Robert De Niro in "want to start over."
The 1995 sees him engaged even in three films, including "ready to die" with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. In the same year, moreover, rejects the part of Robin in "Batman Forever". The next year is always wins in "Marvin's room" and "Romeo + Juliet" (from Director Baz Luhrmann), and also takes into consideration to interpret James Dean in the film about the life of the actor. After careful consideration refuses the role, mindful of not having enough experience. But is the 1997 marking the fortunate moment, what makes known to audiences around the world. Turn in fact "Titanic", the romantic film-catastrophic on the eternal love of two young people overwhelmed by the tragedy of the "unsinkable" ocean liner. DiCaprio is starring alongside Kate Winslet, his is a romantic hero and old fashioned, perfect to beat the hearts of thousands of women, something that regularly happens.
Become a sex symbol, an object of desire a bit adolescent and graceful, the perfect counterpoint to more loved and more virile Hollywood stars Despite the movie, huge box office success, rakes something like eleven Oscars, for DiCaprio comes the disappointment of being dropped even from nomination for best actor. The momentum of the film Cameron then arrives in theaters "the iron mask" other movie that hits at the box office, then has a small part in Woody Allen's "Celebrity". Stays out of the game for two years to return later with Danny Boyle's "The beach" and to take part in "The gangs of New York" the Martin Scorsese film, which sees him engaged with Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis. Despite the success, however, Leo DiCaprio has always been very secretive and dislikes giving interviews and little is known of his loves although currently seems to have a relationship with the beautiful Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen. Leonardo DiCaprio was chosen in 1997 from "People" as one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world. In the same year he finished 75 ranking of the 100 best actors of all time, published by the British magazine "Empire".
In 1998 he instead cited in the opinion journal "Sues Playgirls" to prevent her from publishing some of his photos, including a nude. At the beginning of the 2005 Leonardo DiCaprio received the Golden Globe for best dramatic actor, for his portrayal of billionaire Howard Hughes in "The Aviator," Martin Scorsese. Subsequent works are "The Departed" (2006, also by Scorsese, with Matt Damon, "body of lies" (2008, directed by Ridley Scott), "Shutter Island" (2010, Scorsese), Inception (2010, Christopher Nolan). In the following years more and more sophisticated, high-quality films chooses so that for several times the public opinion predicts that he will be the winner of the Oscar for best actor in a leading role: these include "j. Edgar" (2011, by Clint Eastwood), "Django" Unchained "(2012, by Quentin Tarantino)," the Great Gatsby "(2013, by Baz Luhrmann) and" The Wolf of Wall Street "(2013, by Martin Scorsese). The Oscar, however, comes only in 2016 with "Revenant-Redivivus (2015, The Revenant, by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
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