Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer, born in 1974, and entered the world of acting since his adolescence, and appeared in the nineties as one of the leading Hollywood artists, and was famous for his representation of unconventional and complex personalities in all these roles, he was nominated for more than 100 awards, won the Oscar and joined the legends of international art.
Perhaps cinema and Hollywood were not the only secret behind the brightness of DiCaprio's star. His interest in global humanitarian issues, such as protecting the environment and climate and defending biodiversity, and his mockery of leaders and influential people "who say about these issues what they do not do" have contributed greatly to the empowerment of this character in the hearts of her fans.
Birth and upbringing
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, United States, to parents of European descent. His father, George DiCaprio, is Italian, and his mother is German.
The star of the movie "Titanic" coincided with his first paradox, when the mother received his first kick while he was in her womb, at a time when she was watching one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. her child, so she could only live in the poorest and dirtiest neighborhoods of the city.
Footage of Leonardo DiCaprio in his most famous roles (networking sites)
Scientific study and training
DiCaprio's upbringing was a candidate for death as a result of a drug dose or life imprisonment, or death as a young man by a bullet fired by a member of a drug gang in Los Angeles, because he spent his childhood and part of his youth in a neighborhood consisting of dilapidated houses, homeless poor, drug gangs and a house He went to prostitution on the street corner in which he lived, and he was affected by that environment for a short time, so that he was almost expelled from his school.
The father, who used to distribute cartoon books, maintained a good relationship with his son, but the mother had the greatest role in pushing her son towards the dream he was born with at an early age, especially since he was not fond of studying, so he left her with the beginning of secondary school, although he He dreamed of becoming a marine biologist, but his interest continued with him even after entering the world of acting and directing.
Technical experience
DiCaprio first acted at the age of five, performing on the children's television program 'Romper Room'.
In adolescence, he made many commercials and educational films.
In 1990, he began appearing in a series of television programmes, including The New Lucy, Rosine.
In 1991, he played a role in the comedy series "Growing Pains" and the same year, DiCaprio also appeared on the big screen in the horror movie "Critters 3".
DiCaprio in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" (communication sites)
DiCaprio's real breakthrough came in 1992 when he beat 400 other applicants, to play a role opposite Robert De Niro in "This Boy's Life", which was shown in 1993, and DiCaprio got great reviews.
For his next film, What Occupies Gilbert Strange (1993), he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a teenager with an intellectual disability.
After that, DiCaprio played many main roles in films such as “Basketball Diaries in 1995”, “Romeo and Juliet in 1996.” As for his international fame, he got it through the most famous and largest movie with a budget and revenue, which is “Titanic”, which he starred with the actress “ Kate Winslet" and directed by James Cameron in 1997.
Despite being flooded with offers to appear in blockbusters, DiCaprio instead adopted roles that included the complex characters that have come to define his career. In 2000, he starred in the tragic movie "The Beach" in the role of the story of a young man looking for paradise.
And in 2002, he appeared in the movie "Gangs of New York", directed by Martin Scorsese, and he talks about gangsters in New York City in the mid-19th century.
In the same year, he starred with Tom Hanks in the movie "Catch Me If You Can" directed by Steven Spielberg, then returned to work with director Scorsese in the movie "The Aviator" in 2004, and was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
As for the movie "Don't Look Up" produced by "Netflix", the star DiCaprio confirmed that he agreed to participate in this work because his story revolves around a comet that threatens to eliminate life in all its forms on Earth, which is similar to the situation of the contemporary global climate crisis.
In this satirical work, the American actor and his co-star, Jennifer Lawrence, embody the role of two astronauts who try in vain to educate the divided American public opinion in a country led by an incompetent president.
DiCaprio hopes that the film will prompt companies and governments to make a "radical shift" in their policies towards the climate crisis, but he admits that he is not very optimistic about the ability of humans to confront the climate problem.
DiCaprio was born in 1974 in Los Angeles, California, United States (French).
DiCaprio Producer
DiCaprio has not stopped working since his early teens, and while it seemed that his ultimate ambition lies in acting, and he has achieved it with roles that are among the classics of Hollywood, his production activity is also proceeding at a frantic pace.
He made his production debut in 2004 with a movie starring Sean Penn, "The Killers of Richard Nixon", about a radical American businessman who decides to realize his dream in a bloody way.
DiCaprio has plans for dozens of documentaries and feature films not only related to climate change, which he considers his major issue, but he is a professional documentary producer in general, and the year 2021 alone witnessed the production of 8 documentaries that vary between long and short films and series, but he also produced the movie "Don't Look Up". 2021 co-starring Meryl Streep.
Jobs and responsibilities
In 1998, DiCaprio established a foundation that bears his name and undertakes the task of protecting the last wild sites on Earth, and implementing solutions aimed at increasing harmony in the human relationship with nature.
DiCaprio works through grants, public campaigns, and media projects to raise attention to biodiversity protection, ocean and forest conservation, and climate change, while providing the necessary funding.
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation supports more than 35 innovative conservation projects around the world to protect fragile ecosystems and important species.
DiCaprio also serves on the boards of several organizations that protect the environment, including the World Wildlife Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Seas and Oceans Conservancy.
He also works as a consultant in the "Project Solutions" organization, which is dedicated to raising the level of use of clean and renewable energy.
He was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as an Ambassador of Peace in the field of special focus on the issue of climate change, prior to the convening of the Climate Summit in 2014, with the aim of stimulating and revitalizing work in this field towards the conclusion of the global climate agreement in 2015.
In 2000 he hosted Earth Day celebrations and interviewed former US President Bill Clinton on a television special about global warming.
DiCaprio announced his project "Global Fishing Watch" during the "Our Oceans" conference at the State Department in Washington, using satellite data, and this project allows anyone with an Internet connection to determine the location of illegal or excessive fishing in Actual time approx.
DiCaprio and the 2016 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "The Return" (French)
Publications and achievements
Produced in 2019, Ice on Fire is a documentary film that examines the possibility of reversing climate change.
DiCaprio is known as one of the most famous people who care about climate change and saving the world from environmental disasters, and for this he produces many films and educational artworks.
DiCaprio did not stop at giving speeches and publishing climate issues through his accounts on various communication platforms. Rather, in 2021 he participated in the movie "Don't Look Up", which was shown on the "Netflix" platform, and its events revolve clearly around the importance of climate. Before an environmental catastrophe ends the world.
He was invited, like other leaders and activists in the field of environment, to be on the list of VIP guests to attend the activities of the "Climate Summit 2022" in Egypt (Cop27 2022), and he also participated in the United Nations Climate Summit that was held in Scotland.
Awards and honors
The movie "Titanic" won 14 Academy Award nominations, winning 11 of them. Because of this film, DiCaprio's popularity rose and he entered People magazine's list of the 50 most beautiful people in 1997 and 1998.
He won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "The Departed" in 2006.
He won 3 Golden Globe Awards in 2004, 2013 and 2015, for the films “The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Returned”.
DiCaprio won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Return, and this is the first Oscar he received during his artistic career.
DiCapiro was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as a mentally handicapped boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
In 2014, DiCaprio was awarded the prestigious Clinton Global Citizen Award in his honor and in recognition of his philanthropic work.
And in 2021, a tropical tree was discovered in the Ibo forest in Cameroon, and it was named "Leonardo DiCaprio" in recognition of his efforts to protect this rainforest.