Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/dɨˈkæpri.oʊ/) (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards including winning Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Drama for The Aviator (2004) and the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He has also been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. His major movie debut was in This Boy's Life (1993) alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in a supporting role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), along with a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained further recognition with leading roles in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the highest grossing movie at the time.
Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), Shutter Island (2010), Inception (2010), and Django Unchained (2012).^[1] DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions. He is also a committed environmentalist.^[2]
DiCaprio is a close friend of actor Tobey Maguire, whom he met while auditioning for the Parenthood series in 1990, and is a longtime friend of both fellow actors Kevin Connolly and Lukas Haas,^[88] and Titanic and Revolutionary Road co-star Kate Winslet. He was a childhood friend of actor Christopher Pettiet.^[89]
His romantic relationships have been widely covered in the media.^[90] DiCaprio dated model Kristen Zang on-and-off for several years, and British model and socialite Emma Miller.^[91] In 2000, he met Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen with whom he had an on-and-off relationship until their separation in 2005.^[92] DiCaprio began a relationship with model Bar Refaeli in November 2005 after meeting her at a Las Vegas party thrown for members of U2.^[93] In the course of their trip to Israel in March 2007, the couple met with Israeli president Shimon Peres and visited Refaeli's hometown of Hod HaSharon.^[94] The relationship was on hold for a period of six months starting in June 2009; in early 2010, the romance was rekindled.^[95][96] In May 2011, it was reported that the couple had ended their romantic relationship.^[97] In August 2011, it was reported that he was in a relationship with actress Blake Lively since mid-May.^[98][99] They ended their relationship in October 2011.^[100] DiCaprio dated model Erin Heatherton from December 2011^[101] to October 2012.^[102] Since May 2013, DiCaprio has been dating German model Toni Garrn.^[103][104]
DiCaprio owns a home in Los Angeles and an apartment in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan.^[105] In 2009, he bought an island off mainland Belize on which he is planning to create an eco-friendly resort.
In 2005, DiCaprio's face was severely injured when model Aretha Wilson hit him over the head with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party. After pleading guilty in 2010, Wilson was sentenced to prison for two years.^[106]
In 2014, he purchased the original Dinah Shore residence designed by mid-century modern architect Donald Wexler in Palm Springs.^[107]