Leonardo helped a woman named Bonita after she was attacked by a mugger. He was leaving a trendy Los Angeles night club when he heard the noise. He pulled the attacker off Bonita and comforted her until police arrived. The attacker was then arrested.

Leo was inspired to write poetry after doing The Basketball Diaries and Total Eclipse.

Leo's mom had a small role in Total Eclipse as one of the nurses who watched his leg get amputated.

Early in Leo's movie career, he wanted to take every role offered to him, but this would change as his offers gained more substance.

Leonardo beat out 400 hopefuls from Los Angeles, New York, Florida and all places in-between to star as Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life.

Leonardo is serious about taking care of the environment and helping the homeless.

He likes to chew "chewing tobacco" bubble gum.

He donated food and clothes to a homeless charity.

Leo visited sick children who were staying at the Ronald McDonald House.

He was educated in the Centre for Enriched Studies and John Marshall High School in Los Angeles.

He often takes his mother and grandmother to his movie premieres.

He loves to impersonate his movie co-stars.

One of his favorite impressions was of Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk, which he showed his co-stars during the filming of Romeo + Juliet.

Leonardo has generously donated to a fund to save manatees from extinction in Florida.

Leo failed to graduate high school, dropping out with no clear career ambitions. However, he received his diploma after a legal requirement to have a private tutor on set whenever he worked on a TV series.

He became interested in acting when his step-brother Adam starred in a Golden Grahams commercial and earned $50,000. He was motivated by the money.

In the two years between his 14th and 16th birthday, Leonardo made about 20 commercials.

Leonardo's favorite movie as a kid was King Kong -- but it was later replaced by Freaks and The Godfather movies.

He also liked Star Wars and his favorite character was Chewbacca.

When he was six, his dad told him to lose his virginity. Leonardo refused and said he would rather do his homework.

When he was a child, Leo wanted to be an oceanographer, a businessman, a lawyer, or a travel agent.

His childhood pet cat, Germain, died in a fight with another cat.

He used to live in a notoriously dangerous part of Hollywood known as Syringe Alley.

He has a collection of five-dollar sunglasses in various shapes and sizes.

Leo visited Germany about 6 times by his 10th birthday.

Leo was not James Cameron's first choice for the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic. The only movie he had seen him in was What's Eating Gilbert Grape. At first, he was hoping for Billy Crudup from "Inventing the Abbotts." But Leo was chosen after he auditioned for the role.

Leonardo graced the cover of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1998 issue.

People Magazine named Leonardo DiCaprio one of the 25 Most Intriguing People of 1997.

Leo auditioned for the role of the boy reporter in Interview With a Vampire but eventually lost to Christian Slater.

He appeared in 30 different commercials.

Leo appeared on Roseanne.

The name Leonardo means "lion hard."

Leo was named after Leonardo da Vinci when his mother felt a kick while gazing at one of his paintings.

His parents separated before his first birthday. He was sent on a trip on a Russian cruise ship with Irmelin's parents while they split their belongings and moved to separate households. George and Irmelin stayed friends for Leo's sake.

He was in an educational film called "How to Deal with a Parent Who Takes Drugs."

When he was 5 years old he was kicked off the set of the Romper Room for being too rowdy.

His childhood nickname was "Leonardo Retardo" due to his crazy antics.

When he was 10, his agent told him his haircut was wrong and he should change his name to Lenny Williams.

His first commercial was for Matchbox cars at age 14.

His first date was with a girl named Cessi. He wore a light blue turtleneck from Kmart and took her to "When Harry Met Sally." She never went out with him again.

He says Alan Thicke taught him "how to put the moves on women."

His first movie was Critters 3-one he'd rather forget.

He has his first nude scene in Total Eclipse. His first movie death scene was in The Quick and the Dead.

He bought himself his first car when he was 18. It was a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

He currently owns a black Chevy Tahoe (according to E! Online.) Other sources say he drives a silver BMW Coupe.

The casting director for What's Eating Gilbert Grape originally thought Leo was too handsome to play Arnie Grape.

He was so ecstatic about getting to work with Robert DeNiro in "This Boy's Life" he punched a hole in the ceiling.

His first 6-figure paycheck was for Titanic.

He was chosen over Matthew McConaughey and Chris O'Donnell for the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic.

He dyes his hair at the Prive Salon in L.A.

He works out at Gold's Plum in Hollywood, where he likes to use the Pilates machine.

He used to have an epileptic Rottweiler named Rocky, but now he has a bearded dragon lizard named Blizzard or Blizz.

When he has to play sad scenes, he thinks of coming home to "find his mother horribly charred in a fire."

"I'm not the sort of person who tries to be cool or trendy. I'm definitely an individual."

- Leonardo DiCaprio