Leonardo DiCaprio

As of lately my twitch for Leonardo DiCaprio movies has been on a major high. Spending my Saturday night last weekend bawling my eyes out to the Titanic, I have managed to temporarily replace my obsessions of Christina Aguilera and Ariana Grande with the talented, beautiful, and amazing actor. I considered writing a blog on Leonardo and thought it not to be appropriate considering it pertains to nothing under the category of "Latest news", but the sole fact of The Great Gatsby being my favorite movie of all time made me decide that there was no way I would pass up the opportunity.

Leonardo Wilhelm DeCaprio was born on Novermber 11, 1974 in Los Angeles California. His mother, Irmelin is a former legal secretary. Born in Germany, she moved with her familt from Ruhr to the United states during the 1950s. His father, George DiCaprio, is an underground comic artist and is also a distruibuter of comic books. DiCaprio's parents met while attending college and subsequently moved to Los Angeles after." He was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked" says Wikipedia. However, his parents divorced when he was a year old and he lived mostly with his mother.

During Dicaprio's early career he participated in several commercials and educational films. After being removed from the children's television series Romper Room for being disruptive, he followed his older stepbrother Adam Farrar into television commercials. Shortly after, to no ones suprise, he landed an ad for Matchbox cars at age 14. It was in 1990 when he got his break on television when he was cast in the short-lived series based on the movie Parenthood. His involvment in  Parenthood (and countless other hit tv shows after), earned him a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor.

DiCaprio's debut film role was in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3, in which he played the stepson of an evil landlord, a role that he described as "your average, no depth, standard kid with blonde hair". Well, from there I think we all know what happened next. His career took off with countless other movie hits, making women all around the world fall in love with him a little more each day (me definatley being up there on that list). Today he is most known for his roles in the Titanic, The Great Gatsby, and putting smiles on women's faces everywhere whenever he appears on the screen.