Who is Leonardo DiCaprio ?

He dropped out of high school following his third year, eventually earning his general equivalency diploma (GED).

When Leonardo DiCaprio originally tried to get an agent they wanted to change his name to Lenny Williams due to his name sounding too ethnic

DiCaprio spent part of his childhood in Germany with his maternal grandparents, Wilhelm and Helene. He is conversant in German and Italian.

Leonardo DiCaprio owns the live-action rights to an Akira movie

Leonardo DiCaprio was once the “leader” of an infamous group dubbed by Hollywood as Pussy Posse. Notable members included Tobey Mcguire and David Blaine

In 1979, DiCaprio was removed, at the age of five, from the set of the children's television series Romper Room for being disruptive.

Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio was so popular that 7% of American teen girls had seen it twice within five weeks. The phenomenon of girls repeatedly watching the film was nicknamed “Leo-Mania”

He began his career by appearing in several commercials and educational films, following his older stepbrother Adam Farrar into television commercials, and landing an ad at age 14 for Matchbox cars by Mattel, which he considered his first role.

The Leonardo DiCaprio haircut from Titanic was so popular among Afghan youths that it was banned by the Taliban and barbers went to jail for giving it.

Leonardo DiCaprio spent days at a home for mentally disabled teens in order to get into his character, Arnie Grape. His performance was so well received he earned his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

In 2005, Leonardo DiCaprio was assaulted by model Aretha Wilson, who hit him over the head with a broken bottle at an after party. Wilson was sentenced to two years in prison

Throughout his teens he was seen in commercials for Kraft Foods, Bubble Yum, Apple Jacks, and many more.

Leonardo DiCaprio has never done drugs and had to get taught how to play being high by drug experts.

In 1989, he played the role of Glen in two episodes of the television show The New Lassie.

In his acting debut, Leonardo DiCaprio was kicked off the set of the long-running, popular children’s TV series “Romper Room” at age 5 for being disruptive

In 1990, started acting regularly on television. This started with a role in the pilot of The Outsiders, and one episode of the soap opera Santa Barbara, playing the young Mason Capwell

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the two actors that, no matter “how bad the film is”, do well at the box office. CinemaScore’s CEO says, “We’ll give a movie a C+, and Leonardo just pulls the box office with him.

Leonardo DiCaprio has won a Razzie Award in 1999 for Worst Screen Couple.

That same year, DiCaprio got a break on television when he was cast in Parenthood. A series based on a successful comedy film by the same name. His works that year earned him two nomination at the Young Artist Award in Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series (Santa Barbara) and Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series (Parenthood).

Leonardo DiCaprio got his big break when he was handpicked by Robert De Niro to play the lead role in “This Boy’s Life”

DiCaprio was also a celebrity contestant on the children's game show Fun House. One of the stunts he performed on the show was going fishing in a small pool of water by catching the fish only with his teeth.

In 2009, Nicolas Cage outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for a $276,000 Dinosaur Skull.

Leonardo DiCaprio may have potentially played Gerry Lane in his own World War Z movie if his production company didn’t lose the bidding war to Brad Pitt’s production company in order to secure the screen rights to the novel.

In 1991, he played an un-credited role in one episode of Roseanne. Later that year, DiCaprio's debut film role was in the comedic science fiction horror film Critters 3, in which he played the stepson of an evil landlord, a role that DiCaprio described as "your average, no-depth, standard kid with blond hair.

Leonardo DiCaprio is an ardent environmentalist. He founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to support sustainability efforts, is a board member of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Global Green USA