Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer born in 1974. He began his career in the early 1990s with roles in television commercials and series, but his breakthrough role was in Titanic in 1997. Throughout his career, DiCaprio has supported environmental causes through his foundation established in 1998. He remains unmarried but has had long relationships and is known for his philanthropic and environmental advocacy work.

2. • LEONARDO WAS BORN IN 11 NOVEMBER 1974
• HE IS A FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTOR AND PRODUCER
• HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE EARLY 1990S
• BUT THE FILM THAT MADE HIM ON OF THE MOST WELL-KNOW ACTORS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS
‘’TITANIC’’ (1997)
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE

3. WHAT ABOUT WHEN HE WAS UNKNOWN?
• EVERYONE STARTS FROM SOMEWHERE AND LEONARDO IS NO EXCEPTION! HE STARTED HIS CAREER
APPEARING IN SEVERAL TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND RECURRED ROLES IN VARIOUS TELEVISION
SERIES SUCH AS THE SOAP OPERA, ‘’SANTA BARBARA’’ WHICH HE IS NOT REALLY PROUD OF…
• IT IS CLAIMED THAT THE MOVIE THAT ACTUALLY GAVE HIM A RESPECTFUL PLACE
IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WAS ‘’ROMEO AND JULIET’’ OF 1996.

4. PERSONAL LIFE & ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTIONS AND PHILANTROPY
• IN 1998, DICAPRIO AND HIS MOTHER DONATED $35,000 FOR A "LEONARDO DICAPRIO COMPUTER
CENTER" AT THE LOS FELIZ BRANCH OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE SITE OF HIS CHILDHOOD
HOME.
• THE 24-YEAR-OLD DICAPRIO ESTABLISHED THE LEONARDO DICAPRIO FOUNDATION IN 1998, A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
• IT IS WIDELY KNOWN THAT LEONARDO WAS NEVER MARRIED… BUT!: THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM
HAVING LONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMOUS MODELS . ESPECIALLY WITH THE ‘’VICTORIA SECRET’’
GIRLS.

5. THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
LEONARDO!
• IN 2005, DICAPRIO'S FACE WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN MODEL ARETHA WILSON HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD
WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE AT A HOLLYWOOD PARTY. WELL…WE DON’T REALLY KNOW THE REASON. AFTER
PLEADING GUILTY IN 2010, WILSON WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TWO YEARS.
• LEONARDO HAS A DAUGHTER?! THE ANSWER IS ‘’YES’’! HE ADOPTED HER ,ACCORDING TO REPORTS .HOWEVER
HE DOESN’T REALLY RAISE HER OR LIVE WITH HER. HE SENDS HER MONEY EACH MONTH FOR HER LIVING AND
PERSONAL EXPENSES AND CALLS HER REGULARLY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER .
• DID YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS HIS OWN LINE OF FAIR TRADE COFFEE?
• HIS PARENTS ADMIRE LEONARDO DA VINCI ’ S ARTWORK .THAT’S THE REASON HE WAS ALSO NAMED
LEONARDO!