33 Facts About Dicaprio

1.

Dicaprio achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet and Titanic.

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Dicaprio currently serves as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace.

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3.

Dicaprio is the only child of Irmelin, a legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comix writer, publisher, and distributor of comic books; they met while attending college and moved to Los Angeles after graduating.

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Dicaprio's maternal grandfather, Wilhelm Indenbirken, was German, and his maternal grandmother, Helene Indenbirken, was a Russian immigrant living in Germany.

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Dicaprio attended the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for four years and later the Seeds Elementary School, before enrolling at the John Marshall High School.

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6.

Dicaprio dropped out of high school following his third year, eventually earning a general equivalency diploma.

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Dicaprio was motivated to learn acting by his stepbrother's appearance in a television commercial, for which Farrar earned $50,000.

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8.

Dicaprio began appearing in several commercials when he was fourteen for Matchbox cars by Mattel, which he cites as his first role.

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9.

Dicaprio later appeared in commercials for Kraft Singles, Bubble Yum, and Apple Jacks.

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10.

Dicaprio was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series.

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11.

Dicaprio was nominated for other high-profile awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

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12.

Dicaprio was interested in finding "out of the box" material from an actor's perspective and developing it in a way it stayed true to its original source.

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13.

Dicaprio received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.

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14.

Dicaprio played one of three agents battling a terrorist organization in the Middle East.

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15.

Dicaprio ended the 2000s by producing director Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological horror thriller film Orphan, starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard and Isabelle Fuhrman.

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Dicaprio played Edward "Teddy" Daniels, a US Marshal investigating a psychiatric facility located on an island, who comes to question his own sanity.

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17.

Dicaprio's first was in the role of millionaire Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, co-starring Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.

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18.

Dicaprio learned to shoot a musket, build a fire, speak two Native American languages and apply ancient healing techniques.

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19.

Dicaprio drew from real-life experience of witnessing the struggles and rejections of his actor friends in the industry.

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20.

Dicaprio spent five months changing the film's script with McKay before agreeing to the part.

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21.

Dicaprio praised McKay for envisioning a project on how humans would react to a serious issue from a political, social and scientific standpoint.

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22.

Dicaprio has since admitted feeling nervous to star in big-budget studio films because of their hype and marketing campaigns.

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23.

Dicaprio wrote that DiCaprio's inclination toward films about dysfunctional families and characters seeking a father figure allude to his own troubled childhood.

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24.

Dicaprio tends to play antiheroes and characters who lose their mental stability as the narrative progresses.

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25.

Dicaprio has said he does not believe in focusing on appearance—as this is only temporary and can negatively affect one's profession in the industry—and looks for career longevity instead.

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26.

Dicaprio was eager to learn about ecology from an early age, watching documentaries on rainforest depletion and the loss of species and habitats.

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27.

Dicaprio has said that the environment is more important to him than spirituality, and that he is agnostic.

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28.

Dicaprio established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness.

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29.

Dicaprio has been an active supporter of numerous environmental organizations and sat on the board of the World Wildlife Fund, Global Green USA, and International Fund for Animal Welfare.

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30.

Dicaprio chaired the national Earth Day celebration in 2000, where he interviewed Bill Clinton and they discussed plans to deal with global warming and the environment.

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31.

Dicaprio was romantically involved with Israeli model Bar Refaeli from 2005 to 2011, during which time he met with Israeli president Shimon Peres and visited Refaeli's hometown of Hod HaSharon.

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32.

Dicaprio later dated German fashion model Toni Garrn from July 2013 until December 2014, and later in 2017.

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33.

Dicaprio has been criticized by some for the age gaps in his relationships.

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