Leonardo DiCaprio
Person
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( ; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as one of Hollywood’s defining leading men, his work spans character-driven cinema and major blockbusters across genres, exploring themes of ambition, corruption, and moral decline. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, a Silver Bear and three Golden Globes. With his starring films grossing $7 billion worldwide, he has placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors. Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. He had a starring role in the last season of the sitcom Growing Pains (1991–1992), 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 nomination for playing a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eatin…