Leonardo William DiCaprio (/ D? K? Pri. O? /; born on November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer and environmentalist. DiCaprio began his career in television commercials in the early 1990s, and has since played repeatedly in various TV series, such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara" and the sitcom "growing pains.". His film career began with Josh's role in criters 3 (1991). He starred in the movie adaptation of the memoir "the boy's life" (1993) and was praised for his supporting role in "what's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993). He won public recognition as the protagonist in basketball diary (1995) and romantic drama Romeo and Juliet (1996), and then won international reputation in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), which became the highest box office movie ever. Cameron's sci-fi movie Avatar (2009) replaced it.

Since 2000, DiCaprio has been widely acclaimed for his work in various types of films. DiCaprio's subsequent films include "the man with the iron mask" (1998), the biopic crime drama "catch me if you can" (2002) and the epic historical drama "the gang of New York" (2002), marking the first Scorsese language in his many collaborations with director Martin. His performances in the political war thriller "blood diamond" (2006), the new black crime drama "Infernal Affairs" (2006), the spy thriller "body of lies" (2008), the drama "the road to revolution" (2008), and the psychological thriller won praise. Shutter Island (2010), science fiction thriller inception (2010), biopic Edgar (2011), Western Django for Commentary (2012) and period drama big Gatsby (2013).

DiCaprio's portrayal of Howard Hughes in "pilot" (2004) and Hugh glass in "rebirth" (2015) won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - screenplay, and the role of Jordan Belford in "wolf of Wall Street" (2013) he won the award for Best Actor - film music or comedy. He also won the first Academy Award for best actor and BAFTA for his performance in the revenant. DiCaprio is the founder of his own production company, Appian way productions.