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Leonardo Di Caprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974)[1] is an award winning American film actor. He gained worldwide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond. He has appeared in Martin Scorsese's recent films Gangs of New York, The Aviator, and The Departed, causing people to compare this relationship to that from which actor Robert De Niro benefited early in his career.[2] DiCaprio is a three time Academy Award-, two time BAFTA Award-, and one time SAG Award-nominee, as well as a Golden Globe Award-, NBR Award-, and Silver Bear Award-winner.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early career
2.2 Superstardom and "Leo-Mania"
2.3 Critically acclaimed acting
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Films
4.2 Upcoming films
5 Awards and nominations
5.1 Academy Award
5.2 BAFTA Award
5.3 Golden Globe Award
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Early life
DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin (née Indenbirken), a former legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comic artist and producer/distributor of comic books.[3] His mother moved from Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany, to the U.S. during her childhood, while his father is a fourth-generation American of half Italian and half German descent.[4][5][1] DiCaprio's parents met while attending college together and subsequently moved to Los Angeles.[1] He was named after artist Leonardo da Vinci, as his pregnant mother was standing in front of a da Vinci painting at a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.[6]

His parents divorced when he was one. He lived mostly with his mother, although his father was around intermittently. During his childhood, he attended Seeds Elementary School. He was interested in baseball cards, comic books and frequently visited museums, with his father. DiCaprio and his mother lived in several neighborhoods, such as Echo Park.

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