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November 11th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Leonardo DiCaprio!
By Allie | November 11, 2008
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American film actor.
He’s 34!
He gained worldwide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo & Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond.
He has appeared in Martin Scorsese’s recent films Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed, causing people to compare this relationship to that from which actor Robert De Niro benefited early in his career. DiCaprio has also been nominated two times for BAFTA, three times for SAG and is a Silver Bear Award winner.
DiCaprio’s career began with his appearing in several commercials and educational films. He got his break on television in 1990 when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the movie Parenthood. On set, he met another struggling child actor, Tobey Maguire. The two quickly became friends and made a pact to help each other find roles in TV and movies.
After Parenthood, DiCaprio had bit parts on several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell.
His debut film role was Critters 3, a B-grade horror movie, which later went straight to video. Soon after, in 1991, he became a recurring cast member on the hit ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the Seavers.
His breakthrough came in 1992, when he beat out hundreds of other boys for the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy’s Life, co-starring Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin. His performance, as the troubled, abused teenager was critically acclaimed and Hollywood soon took notice. Later in 1993, he co-starred as the mentally handicapped brother to Johnny Depp in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. His performance earned him both an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor.
Other November 11th Birthdays:
Jonathan Winters-Comedian -83
Stanley Tucci-Actor -48
Demi Moore-Actress -46
Calista Flockhart-Actress -44
Philip McKeon-Actor -44
Carson Kressley-TV Personality -39
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2 Responses to “November 11th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Leonardo DiCaprio!”
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November 11th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I’ll never understand how this earth caring Scorpio can’t find it in himself to turn vegetarian. 11th hour should have told him a lot about the meat industry, but hey, Happy bday Leo!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:12 am
We can all contribute to conservation and being ‘green’ but we all have to make decisions based on what lifestyle changes we’re able to apply to our lives. I think Leo has done a good job putting his ‘money where his mouth is’ in terms of living ‘green’ and asking others to consider making sinple changes in their everyday living to make an impact on our natural resources. No matter how much he does, there will always be critics or people who ask why he can’t do more. Brad Pitt gets a lot of credit for working on eco-friendly projects that get a lot of positive press, but while living in Europe, he’s been almost exclusively using private jets and helicopters to travel from place to place, which pretty much eclipses whatever efforts he’s made to save the planet. I never hear anyone criticizing him! Apparently Leo is an easy target.