Leonardo DiCaprio’s Biography And Net Worth

Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biographical and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in the annual rankings of the world’s highest-paid actors.

In this article, RNN will be discussing Leonardo DiCaprio’s biography, personal life, career, net worth etc.

Bio Data

Biography

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California. He is the only child of Irmelin Indenbirken, a legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comix artist and distributor; they met while attending college and moved to Los Angeles after graduating. His mother is German and his father is of Italian and German descent.

DiCaprio’s parents named him Leonardo because his pregnant mother first felt him kick while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy. When DiCaprio was one year old, his parents divorced after his father fell in love with another woman, prompting him to move out. To raise him together, his parents moved into twin cottages with a shared garden in Echo Park, Los Angeles.

DiCaprio has stated that he grew up poor in a neighbourhood plagued with prostitution, crime and violence. Attending the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for four years and later the Seeds Elementary School, he later enrolled at the John Marshall High School. DiCaprio disliked public school and wanted to audition for acting jobs instead. He dropped out of high school later, eventually earning a general equivalency diploma.

As a child, DiCaprio wanted to become either a marine biologist or an actor. He eventually favoured the latter; he liked impersonating characters and imitating people and enjoyed seeing their reactions to his acting.

Career

Leonardo DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood, and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy’s Life (1993). He received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).

DiCaprio achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After the latter became the highest-grossing film at the time, he reduced his workload for a few years. In an attempt to shed his image of a romantic hero, DiCaprio sought roles in other genres, including the 2002 crime dramas Catch Me If You Can and Gangs of New York; the latter marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.

Filmography Accolades

DiCaprio has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:

66th Academy Awards (1994): Best Supporting Actor, nomination, for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

77th Academy Awards (2005): Best Actor, nomination, for The Aviator

79th Academy Awards (2007): Best Actor, nomination, for Blood Diamond

86th Academy Awards (2014): Best Picture and Best Actor, nominations, for The Wolf of Wall Street

88th Academy Awards (2016): Best Actor, win, for The Revenant

92nd Academy Awards (2020): Best Actor, nomination, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

DiCaprio has won three Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Aviator and The Revenant and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street, as well as a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for The Revenant.

Personal Life

Leonardo’s personal life is the subject of widespread media attention. He rarely grants interviews and is reluctant to discuss his private life. DiCaprio has been the focus of various reports detailing his involvement with women aged 25 or younger and has faced criticism for those relationships.

 In 1999, DiCaprio met Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, whom he dated until 2005. He was romantically involved with Israeli model Bar Refaeli from 2005 to 2011. He later dated German fashion model Toni Garrn from 2013 to 2014 and later in 2017. DiCaprio was in a relationship with American model and actress Camila Morrone from 2017 until 2022.

DiCaprio owns houses in Los Angeles and apartments in New York City. In 2009, he bought an island, Blackadore Caye, off mainland Belize—on which he is set to open an environment-friendly resort—and in 2014, he purchased the original Dinah Shore residence designed by architect Donald Wexler in Palm Springs, California.

Philanthropy

In 1998, Leonardo and his mother donated $35,000 for a “Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Center” at a library in Los Feliz. In May 2009, DiCaprio joined Kate Winslet, director James Cameron and Canadian singer Celine Dion, in a campaign to raise money to financially support the fees of the nursing home where Millvina Dean, a survivor of the RMS Titanic, was residing. Leonardo and Winslet donated $20,000 to support Dean.

 In 2010, he donated $1 million to relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. Leonardo donated $61,000 to the gay rights group GLAAD in 2013. In 2016, DiCaprio donated $65,000 to the annual fundraising gala for the Children of Armenia Fund, where he was a special guest of his friend and honorary chair, Tony Shafrazi. Supporting Hurricane Harvey (2017) relief efforts, DiCaprio provided $1 million through his foundation.

 In 2020, DiCaprio’s foundation donated $3 million to Australian bushfire relief efforts. Amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the media announced DiCaprio donated $10 million to support Ukraine, although the news agency Associated Press suggested this amount was inaccurate.

Net Worth

Leonardo amassed a net worth of about $300 million mostly from his acting career and real estate portfolio and is also a climate activist who has put his wealth behind sustainable companies from plant-based foods to vegan leather.

FAQs

How much is Leonardo DiCaprio worth?

Leonardo’s net worth is reportedly said to be a whopping sum of $300 Million, mostly from his acting career and real estate portfolio.

Who is Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex-wife?

Gisele Bundchen (2000-2005) / Leonardo DiCaprio ex-spouse

How much was Leonardo DiCaprio paid for Titanic?

Initially, he was paid $2.5 million, but he negotiated for a 1.8 % share of gross revenue backend points. After Titanic went on to gross $3 billion worldwide at the box office, DVD and through syndication, Leonardo’s total take on Titanic was $40 Million.

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