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Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor and my favorite. His performances in Titanic and in Romeo and Juliet put him on my top ten list forever. He's number one at the present time. He's also a very good looking guy and I would not mind getting to know him personally. Like most teenage girls I fantasize about being able to meet him. I have posters on my wall of him and I could easily stare at them for hours. But that's me.
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Biography
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was destined from the beginning to be a wild and spirited boy. He received his first name after swiftly kicking his mother from her womb as she admired a Leonardo DaVinci painting in the Uffizi. He was born in Los Angeles, CA on the eleventh of November of 1974 to George and Irmalin DiCaprio. Leo was an only child (though he does have a stepbrother named Adam), and his parents divorced each other within a year after his birth.
His mother is German and his father is Italian, and their backgrounds had a major influence on his upbringing. His father produces underground comic books and comic arts out of his garage. His mother was a legal secretary (before she began managing Leo's affairs.) They might be best described as liberal,would be something they'd already done. I mean, my dad would welcome it if I got a nose ring." He remembers such household guests as comic-book artist Robert Crumb, writer Charles Bukowski, and novelist Hubert Selby, Jr. visiting as a child. "We're not the hippie family who only eats organic and the children meditate and go to a school of the arts. But we're not apple-pie and Republican, either."
Leo was educated at the Center for Enriched Studies and John Marshall High School, both in LA. He often cheated in school (especially in math), and seemed more interested in entertaining his classmates than in doing his homework. "School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn. I used to, like, take half of the school and do break-dancing skits with my friend in front of them at lunchtime." But his troubles concentrating in school didn't stifle his acting dreams.
Leo's acting debut was on the television show Romper Room, at age five. Booted from the set because of his uncontrollable behavior, it would be eleven years until he would land a big-screen role. At age ten, on the way home from a casting call where he had just been callously rejected, he cried to his father, "Dad, I really want to become an actor, but if this is what it's all about I don't want to do it." Leo recalls his father put his arm around him and said, "Someday, Leonardo, it will happen for you. Remember these words. Just relax."
When searching for an agent Leo was further discouraged by the commercialism of the industry, exemplified by an attempt from one agent to alter his "wrong" haircut and change his ethnic-sounding name to Lenny Williams. He was finally signed at the age of fourteen, and struggled to break into the movie industry through obscure commercials and educational films such as "How to Deal With a Parent Who Takes Drugs" and "Mickey's Safety Club." He took part in over thirty commercials in all, and eventually procured guest appearances on such television shows as Lassie, The Outsiders, Roseanne, and Parenthood. Though he was cast in his first movie in 1991, Leo would rather forget his minor and embarassing contribution to Critters III altogether. At sixteen, he finally landed a successful, regular role as a homeless boy in the teen sitcom Growing Pains that lasted for two years (24-episodes). Though only a small part, Leo's performance proved he had great potential; he easily outshined the rest of the cast.
His big break was undoubtedly his leading role as Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life. Though Leo's natural, brilliant performance in this "coming of age" movie didn't hit home at the box office, he gained instant recognition as a talented rising actor. Leo received a few prestigious awards for his performance (see below) and herein began his rise to fame. Now given the opportunity to be picky about his roles, Leo chooses them carefully. He welcomes help from his father in sifting through the facile, mainstream roles most actors gleefully accept. Leo has turned down such commercially popular roles as Robin in Batman Forever, and continues to look for the more challenging "dark roles." "I want to take my time with each role and that's how you plan a long career rather than doing it all at once in a big explosion. I turned down a lot of movies about death and a few cheesy little comedies as well." Leo is a favorite of many professional and amateur critics because of his unique ability to play the "boy/man" border with such ease and natural spontaneity. Though 23, Leo's boyish looks allow him to apply his learned experience and charm to younger roles that many of his immature competitors cannot handle. "The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. It's a great outlet. As for myself, I'm not sure who I am. It seems that I change every day."
At twenty-three, Leonardo DiCaprio has achieved the kind of success that most actors strive their entire career for. In addition to receiving an Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination for his work in WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, DiCaprio was voted Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review for WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, Most Promising Actor from the Chicago Film Critics for WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE and THIS BOY'S LIFE, and was given the New Generation Award for both films by the Los Angeles Film Critics. Additionally, he was voted runner-up for Best Supporting Actor of the year by the New York Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics. Personally, I believe he should have received a nomination for an oscar for his role in Titanic, but life stinks.
DiCaprio stars in this winter's James Cameron's blockbuster epic drama TITANIC. This movie opened in Japan on November 1st and the premier in the US was on December 17th. Last year his work in Baz Luhrmann's ROMEO AND JULIET playing Romeo opposite Claire Danes as Juliet, and in Miramax's MARVIN'S ROOM, with Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, and Robert DeNiro won him critical recognition.
Last summer in Paris, DiCaprio completed work on THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, with Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne and Jeremy Irons. The premiere took place in Berlin, Germany between February 11 and 22, 1998. This Fall, he completed work on a Woody Allen movie, yet to be named. A native of Los Angeles, DiCaprio has been acting since he was fourteen. Beginning with commercials and educational films, he was soon working on episodic television. His last work on television was as a series regular on GROWING PAINS portraying the homeless boy Luke.
In addition to his work in THIS BOY'S LIFE and WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, DiCaprio received critical acclaim for his stunning portrayal of Jim Carroll in New Line's THE BASKETBALL DIARIES. He also co-starred with Sharon Stone in Sam Raimi's off-center western, QUICK AND THE DEAD, had a starring role in Touchstone's twenty minute short entitled THE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY and co-starred with David Thewlis in Agniezka Holland's
He is one of the greatest actors alive, hope you enjoyed reading about him, but if you are a true fan, you already knew all of that stuff.
In addition the movie Titanic, is one of the best ever made. My personal all time favorite movie. Here are some facts and so on about the movie.
Director: James Cameron
Cast: LEONARDO DICAPRIO, Kate Winslett, and many other great actors and actresses.
Oscars: Won 11 Oscars, were nominated for 14. But not for Leo! Leo didn't even attend, felt it was a moment of glory for everyone else and didn't want to take the spotlight.
Video: COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 1st DON't FORGET TO GET YOUR COPY!
MORE TITANIC STUFF TO COME! PROMISE!
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