Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning one of each award from them and three Golden Globe Awards from eleven nominations.

DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. He next had recurring roles in various television series, such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pain. He debuted in his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3 (1991). He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir This Boy’s Life  (1993), and received acclaim and his first Academy Award  nomination for his supporting role in  What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He gained public recognition with leading roles in The_Basketball Diaries (film)” (1995) and the romantic drama Romeo + Julie (1996). He achieved international fame as a star in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which became the highest-grossing film of all time to that point.