dicaprio (Leonardo DiCaprio biography and filmography)

Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Computational Mathematics and CyberneticsDepartment of System ProgrammingLeonardo DiCaprio biography and filmographyAsiryan Alexander Kamoevich428 groupMoscow, 2015ContentsSynopsis31 Early life52 Filmography and awards72.1 Filmography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . 72.2 Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Personal life144 Environmental activism and philanthropy16Bibliography192SynopsisLeonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (bornNovember 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials, after which he hadrecurring roles in TV series such as thesoap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s.He began his film career by starringas Josh in Critters 3 before starring inthe film adaptation of the memoir ThisBoy’s Life (1993) alongside Robert DeNiro.

DiCaprio was praised for his supporting role in the drama What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and gainedpublic recognition with leading rolesin the drama The Basketball Diaries(1995) and the romantic drama RomeoLeonardo DiCaprio+ Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame with James Cameron’sepic romance Titanic (1997), earning him his first Drama Golden Globe Award.Titanic also became the highest grossing film to that point.Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in a widerange of film genres. His subsequent films include The Man in the Iron Mask(1998), the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the epichistorical drama Gangs of New York (2002) which also marked his first of manycollaborations with director Martin Scorsese.

As well as these DiCaprio was alsoacclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller Blood Diamond (2006),the neo-noir crime drama The Departed (2006), the espionage thriller Body of Lies(2008), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), the psychological thriller ShutterIsland (2010), the science fiction thriller Inception (2010), biographical film J.Edgar (2011), the western Django Unchained (2012), and the period drama The3Great Gatsby (2013).DiCaprio’s portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and JordanBelfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) won him the Golden Globe Awardsfor Best Actor in a Drama and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, respectively.In addition to acting, DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian WayProductions.

He is also a committed environmentalist.Chapter 1Early lifeDiCaprio was born in Hollywood, California, the only child of Irmelin, aGerman-born legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comics artistand producer and distributor of comic books. DiCaprio’s father is of half Italian (from the Naples area) and half German (from Bavaria) descent. DiCaprio’smaternal grandfather, Wilhelm Indenbirken, was German. His maternal grandmother, Helene Indenbirken (1915–2008), a German citizen, was born as YelenaSmirnova in Russia.

In an interview in Russia, Di Caprio referred to himself as"half Russian" and said that two of his late grandparents were Russians.DiCaprio’s parents met while attending college and subsequently moved to LosAngeles. He was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at aLeonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked. Hisparents divorced when he was a year old, and he lived mostly with his mother. Thetwo lived in several Los Angeles neighborhoods, such as Echo Park, and at 1874Hillhurst Avenue, Los Feliz district (which was later converted into a local publiclibrary), while his mother worked several jobs to support them.

He attendedSeeds Elementary School and John Marshall High School a few blocks away, afterattending the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for four years. However, hedropped out of high school following his third year, eventually earning his generalequivalency diploma (GED). DiCaprio spent part of his childhood in Germanywith his maternal grandparents, Wilhelm and Helene. He speaks German fluently.4Chapter 2Filmography and awards2.1FilmographyLeonardo DiCaprio started his career performing as a child on television. Heappeared on the shows The New Lassie (1989) and Santa Barbara (1990) and alsohad long running roles in the comedy-drama Parenthood (1990) and the sitcomGrowing Pains (1991), before making his film debut in the 1991 direct-to-videorelease Critters 3.

Two years later, he played Tobias Wolff opposite Robert De Niroin This Boy’s Life (1993). He followed this with a supporting role in What’s EatingGilbert Grape (1993), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Awardfor Best Supporting Actor. In 1995, DiCaprio played the American author JimCarroll in The Basketball Diaries and the French poet Arthur Rimbaud in TotalEclipse.

The following year he played Romeo Montague in the Baz Luhrmanndirected film Romeo + Juliet (1996). DiCaprio starred opposite Kate Winslet inthe James Cameron-directed film Titanic (1997). The film became the highestgrossing at the worldwide box-office,[a] and made him famous globally. For hisperformance, he received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance andhis first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion PictureDrama.In 2002, DiCaprio played con-artist Frank Abagnale, Jr. opposite Tom Hanksin the Steven Spielberg-directed biographical crime-drama Catch Me If You Canand also starred in the Martin Scorsese-directed historical period drama Gangs ofNew York.

He founded his own production company, Appian Way, in 2004. Thenext two films he starred in were both directed by Scorsese: the Howard Hughesbiopic The Aviator (2004) and the crime drama The Departed (2006). For hisportrayal of Hughes in the former, DiCaprio won the Golden Globe Award forBest Actor – Motion Picture Drama and garnered his first nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actor.DiCaprio produced the environmental documentary The 11th Hour and the5TableTitleCritters 3Poison IvyThis Boy’s LifeWhat’s Eating Gilbert GrapeThe Quick and the DeadThe Basketball DiariesTotal EclipseRomeo + JulietMarvin’s RoomTitanicThe Man in the Iron MaskCelebrityThe BeachDon’s PlumCatch Me If You CanGangs of New YorkThe AviatorThe Assassination of Richard NixonThe DepartedBlood Diamond2.1: FilmsYearTitle1991The 11th Hour1992Gardener of Eden1993Body of Lies1993Revolutionary Road1995Orphan1995Shutter Island1995Hubble1996Inception1996Red Riding Hood1997The Ides of March1998J.

Edgar1998Django Unchained2000The Great Gatsby2001Runner Runner2002Out of the Furnace2002 The Wolf of Wall Street2004Virunga2004Cowspiracy2006The Revenant2006Year2007200720082008200920102010201020112011201120122013201320132013201420152015comedy-drama Gardener of Eden in 2007. The following year, he reunited withKate Winslet in the Sam Mendes-directed drama Revolutionary Road and appeared in the Ridley Scott-directed action film Body of Lies.

DiCaprio reteamedwith Scorsese in 2010 in the psychological thriller Shutter Island and also starredin the Christopher Nolan-directed science fiction heist thriller Inception. In 2011,he portrayed J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, in the biopic J. Edgar.The following year, he played a supporting role in the Quentin Tarantino-directedwestern Django Unchained. DiCaprio starred in two film adaptations of novelsin 2013; he first appeared as Jay Gatsby in the Luhrmann-directed adaptationof F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, and later as Jordan Belfort inThe Wolf of Wall Street, an adaptation of Belfort’s memoir of the same name.The latter earned him a third Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and aGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.62.2AwardsLeonardo DiCaprio has won 34awards from 136 nominations. Hehas been nominated for five AcademyAwards, ten Golden Globe Awards,winning two, nine Teen Choice Awardswith two wins, and eight Screen Actor Guild Awards.

He has also wonthree MTV Movie Awards from thirteen nominations.DiCaprio received three YoungArtist Award nominations for his rolesin the television shows—the soap operaSanta Barbara (1990), the dramedyParenthood (1990), and the sitcomGrowing Pains (1991). This was followed by his film debut in the directLeonardo DiCaprio and Matthewto-video feature Critters 3 (1991). HeMcConaughey at Oscars 2014played a mentally challenged boy in thedrama What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (McConaughey won best actor award)(1993), a role that earned him nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best SupportingActor.

Three years later, he appeared in Romeo + Juliet, for which he earned aBest Actor award from the Berlin International Film Festival. DiCaprio featuredopposite Kate Winslet in the romantic drama Titanic (1997), the highest-grossingfilm to that point. For the film, he garnered the MTV Movie Award for Best MalePerformance and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination. Arole opposite Tilda Swinton in the drama The Beach earned the actor two nominations at the 2000 Teen Choice Awards, including in the Film – Choice Actorcategory. DiCaprio was cast in the role of con-artist Frank Abagnale, Jr.