| Net Worth | $260,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Name | Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio |
| Date of Birth/Age | November 11, 1974 (age 44) |
| State/City of origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6' |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer, environmentalist |
Net Worth?
Leonardo DiCaprio’s net worth is $260 million.
Yearly Salary?
He makes $20 million for each movie. This makes him one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. DiCaprio has been nominated for dozens of awards and has won an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.
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How Did Leonardo DiCaprio Make His Money?
Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor, producer and Hollywood icon known for his good looks, his philanthropy and his insistence on working with the most highly rated directors and screenwriters.
DiCaprio captured hearts as a cute hunk in his early romantic roles. Over the years, he has matured into a handsome adult in complex, challenging roles.
DiCaprio is a versatile actor who has done comedy, action, drama and period pieces.
He is known for his highly emotional, sensitive acting style.
He is also known for his passionate commitment to environmental causes. He founded the organization Earth Alliance to provide financial support to environmental causes.
Leonardo DiCaprio Quick Facts
- He was born on November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles.
- He dropped out of high school to pursue acting but later got a GED.
- He is 6 feet tall.
- His middle name is Wilhelm.
- He is a vegetarian.
Career
Leonardo DiCaprio’s father is German and Italian. His mother is Russian and German.
His mother said she chose his name because she first felt him kick as a baby while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Los Feliz, California.
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Lenny Williams
DiCaprio showed an interest in acting at an early age. When he was 10, his parents contacted a Hollywood agent. The agent began getting him parts in commercials and television shows.
His agent suggested he change his name to “Lenny Williams,” but DiCaprio and his family refused.
Early Work
He starred in several commercials. He also got small parts in television shows that included Roseanne, Parenthood, New Lassie and Santa Barbara.
He was in several low-budget movies before getting his first big role when he was 15.
Challenging Roles
From the start of his career, DiCaprio was willing to take on difficult roles that might intimidate other actors. In 1992, he played a boy dealing with an abusive stepfather in This Boy’s Life. His co-star Robert De Niro chose him out of 400 young actors who auditioned for the part.
In 1993, he starred as a mentally challenged young man in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? His performance got rave reviews.
He followed this with the offbeat western The Quick and the Dead in 1995. He then played the heroin-addicted writer Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries.
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Stardom and Titanic
Although these roles brought DiCaprio to the attention of critics and Hollywood directors, he did not achieve true stardom until he appeared in the 1996 movie Romeo and Juliet. This modern version of Shakespeare’s play made DiCaprio a household name. Audiences swooned over his good looks and his talent.
In 1997, he starred in the blockbuster hit Titanic. The story of a doomed love affair between his character and a young woman played by Kate Winslet was box office gold. Titanic won 11 Academy Awards. DiCaprio and Winslet both received Golden Globe nominations.
Teen and female fans erupted in what the press called Leo-Mania. DiCaprio appeared on the covers of several teen magazines in 1998. Three books about him topped the paperback bestseller list of the New York Times.
In 1998, he was chosen as one of People’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World.”
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Life after Titanic
After Titanic, DiCaprio chose to star in the period drama The Man in the Iron Mask in 1998 and the offbeat suspense movie The Beach in 2000.
Scorsese Collaborations
In 2002, DiCaprio had lead roles in two movies, Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.
In 2006, he starred in the political thriller Blood Diamond and Scorsese’s The Departed.
He later had critically acclaimed roles in the Scorsese films The Aviator, Shutter Island and Wolf of Wall Street.
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Endorsements
DiCaprio is an advertising model for Tag Heuer watches. He has appeared in Japanese commercials for Jim Beam whiskey and for a Japanese credit card company. In 2017, he became the brand ambassador for the Chinese electric car company BYD.
Relationships
DiCaprio has never married. He has had many highly publicized relationships with models. They include Kristen Zang, Emma Miller, Bar Rafaeli, Gisele Bundchen, Toni Garrn and Camila Marrone.
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Community and Charity Work
DiCaprio is well-known as a supporter of environmental and human rights causes. He is on the board of the World Wildlife Fund, Global Green USA, International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In 2001, he and his mother donated $35,000 to build the Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Center at the Los Feliz, California, public library on the former site of his childhood home.
Current Status
DiCaprio has continued to stay busy with movie roles and environmental causes.
He and his friend Brad Pitt agreed to take half their regular salary to appear in the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Interesting Facts About Leonardo DiCaprio
- In August 2019, DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance organization donated $5 million to help stop the Amazon forest fires.
- In 2010, he donated $1 million to earthquake relief efforts. He also contributed another $1 million to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
- DiCaprio was an early investor in the vegan meat company Beyond Meat, which went public in 2019 at a $4 billion valuation.
Favorite Quotes from Leonardo DiCaprio
“Don’t think for a minute that I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. I’m not. That’s why it’s called ‘acting.’”
“I have no connection with me during that whole Titanic phenomenon and what my face became around the world. I’ll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don’t expect to. It’s not something I’m going to try to achieve, either.”
Success Tips from Leonardo DiCaprio
“I grew up when I was 15, when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half. Since then, I’ve asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That’s really my motivation. I want to do something as good as the work my heroes have done.”
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