Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. In the early 1990s, DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials, after which he had recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom, Growing Pains. In 1993, DiCaprio began his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3, before starring in the film adaptation of the memoir This Boys Life alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio was praised for his supporting role in the drama Whats Eating Gilbert Grape , and gained public recognition with leading roles in the drama The Basketball Diaries , and the romantic drama Romeo Juliet , before achieving international fame with James Camerons epic romance Titanic , which became the highestgrossing film to that point.

DiCaprio was born in Hollywood, California, the only child of Irmelin , a Germanborn legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comics artist and producer and distributor of comic books. DiCaprios father is of half Italian and half German descent. DiCaprios maternal grandfather, Wilhelm Indenbirken, was German. His maternal grandmother, Helene Indenbirken , a German citizen, was born as Yelena Smirnova in Russia. In an interview in Russia, DiCaprio referred to himself as half Russian and said that two of his late grandparents were Russians.

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