Biography

Leonardo Wilhelm Dicaprio was born on November 11th 1974 in Las Feliz, California.

His parents Irmelin (German) and George (Italian) got divorced right after he was born and so he grew up with his mother. But still he has a good relationship with both of them.

He has been dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen from spring 2000 till summer 2005.

He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, has blue eyes and dark blond hair.

His career began as he was 4 years old with a role in "Romper Room" but because of his bad behaviour he was sent away from the set.

Then he filmed some TV-Spots and TV- series like "the new Lassie","Roseanne" and "Growing Pains"

His first film appearance was in "Critters 3"(1991). Then "This Boy's Life"(1993), "What's eating Gilbert Grape?"(1993), "The Quick and The Dead"(1994), "The Basketball Diaries"(1995), "Total Eclipse"(1995),"Marvin's Room"(1996),"Romeo and Juliet"(1996), "Titanic"(1997), "The man in the iron mask"(1998), "Celebrity"(1998),"The Beach"(2000),"Gangs of New York"(2002) and "Catch Me If You Can"(2002).

In 2005 he got a Golden Globe for best Actor(Drama) for "The Aviator" and an Academy Award nomination.

2006 two movies followed:"The Departed" and "The Blood Diamond". Leo got Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for both movies. His upcoming movies will be "Revolutionary Road" which will reunite him with Kate Winslet and which will start filing in May 2007h, "Body of Lies","The Chancellor Manuscript" and "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt".