Leonardo DiCaprio is a producer and actor from the United States. His acting career began when he first appeared in a commercial but then, later on, moved to TV. He got famous after his roles as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and his role in Titanic. Let’s dig deep and learn what Leonardo DiCaprio’s net worth is now.
Early Life
His full name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio and was born in Los Angeles, California on November 11, 1974. He was born to parents George DiCaprio and Irmelin Indenbirken; she was his father’s secretary while his father was a writer, publisher, and distributor. After some time they got a divorce and Leonardo went to live with his mother. He doesn’t have any siblings.
He is known for having several relationships so far; the most famous ones are with actress and singer Emma Bunton, singer, model and actress Bijou Phillips, Israeli model and actress Bar Rafaeli and the Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen. There’s also Lorena Rae, but that has not been confirmed.
Career life
As already mentioned he began his career after appearing in some commercials but then, later on, moved to TV, some the first being Romper Room and Friends, The New Lassie and a couple of other shows. His first bigger role on TV was in a show called Parenthood that aired in 1990. But his first significant film role was in 1991 in a movie called Critters 3, which a science fiction horror film. After that, he showed great promise after a character in a comedy show called Growing Pains.
The role that propelled him as far as fame goes was in a drama film working right next to Johnny Depp called What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. But what skyrocketed him into fame was two roles he did, two movies that could be considered one of the greatest romantic comedies ever, Romeo + Juliet and Titanic. His 2000s portfolio as far as the film goes is filled with gems like The Departed, Blood Diamond, Body of Lies and Revolutionary Road. Two movies that had great success but were a bit into the 2010s was Inception, a science fiction movie and The Wolf of Wall Street which was a crime comedy movie, he played the lead role and also produced it.
He started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, which is a non-profit organization that works to support and raise environmental awareness.
In recent years he had a role in a movie called The Black Hand, which he produced and a crime drama film called Killers of the Flower Moon and lastly a documentary called Spielberg. After that, he went on to produce a mini-series called Frontiersmen, a horror thriller film called Delirium and an adventure movie called Captain Planet.
Accomplishments
Leonardo has received a lot of nominations and awards over the years, things like Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor both for Romeo + Juliet and for Titanic. AFI Movies of the Year for The Wolf of Wall Street. He even got an Oscar for his role in The Revenant a Golden Globe for the same movie and The Aviator. He also got MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance for The Revenant, the Aviator, and Titanic.
The net worth of Leonardo DiCaprio
It thought that the net worth of Leonardo DiCaprio is around $250 million. He made most of that money from all the movies he acted in and produced and of course from the commercials. DiCaprio earned $20 million for his role in The Aviator.
Leonardo DiCaprio is considered one of the best actors of all time. The Titanic is a cult classic and will always be remembered by his performance in the movie.