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 Full name: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprioNicknames: Leo, D, The Noddle, Cappy
Date of birth: November 11, 1974
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California. USA
Raised: Hollywood, California, USA
Eye Color: Blue-green like the sea, Hair Color: Natural Dirty Blond
Height: 6'0 feet, Weight: 140-150 lbs, Shoe size: 11
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974 to George and Irmalin DiCaprio in Los Angeles, CA. He received his first name after swiftly kicking his mother from inside her womb as she admired a Leonardo DaVinci painting in the Uffizi. Leonardo DiCaprio is mix of Italian and German. His mother is is a German while his father is an Italian. Leonardo was the only child of Irmalin and George. Unfortunately, his parents were divorced since his first year of birth. However, both of his parents supported his acting career. His father screens the scripts while his mother handles finance.
Leonardo was educated at the Center for Enriched Studies and John Marshall High School, both in LA. He often cheated in school (especially in math), and seemed more interested in entertaining his classmates than in doing his homework. But his troubles concentrating in school didn't stifle his acting dreams.
Leo's acting debut was on the television show Romper Room, at age five. Unfortunately, he was kicked off the show for his uncontrollable behavior. He recalled, "I was the nuttiest little kid, I'd smack the camera and jump around. They couldn't control me."
At the age of ten, he was rejected by an agent for having the wrong haircut. The agent even suggested him to change his name to Lenny Williams. That day on his way home from the casting call, he cried to his father, "Dad, I really want to become an actor, but if this is what it's all about I don't want to do it." Leo remembered that his father putting his arm around him and said, "Someday, Leonardo, it will happen for you. Remember these words. Just relax."
He was finally signed at the age of fourteen, and struggled to break into the movie industry through obscure commercials and educational films such as "How to Deal With a Parent Who Takes Drugs" and "Mickey's Safety Club." DiCaprio took part in over thirty commercials in all, and eventually procured guest appearances on such television shows as "Lassie", "The Outsiders", "Roseanne", and "Parenthood." Though he was cast in his first movie in 1991, Leo would rather forget his minor and embarrassing contribution to "Critters III" altogether.
At sixteen, he finally landed a successful, regular role as a homeless boy in the teen sitcom "Growing Pains" that lasted for a year. Though only a small part, Leo's performance proved he had great potential; he easily out-performed the rest of the cast. His big break was undoubtedly his leading role as Tobias Wolff in "This Boy's Life."
Though Leo's natural, brilliant performance in this "coming of age" movie didn't hit home at the box office, he gained instant recognition as a talented rising actor. Leo received a few prestigious awards for his performance and herein began his rise to fame.
Now given the opportunity to be picky about his roles, Leo chooses them carefully. He welcomes help from his father in sifting through the facile, mainstream roles most actors gleefully accept. Leo has turned down such commercially popular roles as Robin in "Batman Forever," and continues to look for the more challenging "dark roles."
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