'I grew up revering River Phoenix as the great actor of my generation, and all I ever wanted was to have just an opportunity to shake his hand,' began the Titanic star.
DiCaprio has worked to bring attention and funding to the protection of biodiversity, ocean and forest conservation, and climate change. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation supports over 35 innovative conservation projects around the world that protect fragile ecosystems and key species. Mr.
Leonardo DiCaprio Surprises Kate Winslet on The Toonight Show!
Who was Leonardo DiCaprio's love?
The attention on DiCaprio's love life began in 1994, when he was linked to model Bridget Hall. He went on to date Gisele Bündchen, Blake Lively and Camila Morrone, who is 23 years his junior.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have come a long way since starring in 1997's Titanic. The actors forged a friendship while filming the 11-time Oscar-winning movie. DiCaprio played Jack Dawson, who falls in love with Winslet's Rose DeWitt Bukater, despite being from very different worlds.
In an article for the Spectator in 2019, however, vegan singer Moby appeared to let slip that DiCaprio was indeed vegan. In the piece, Moby said he'd become friends with DiCaprio after he sold a house to his parents in LA.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO is an actor, environmentalist and philanthropist. In 1998, he created the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to support organizations and initiatives dedicated to securing a sustainable future for our planet.
DiCaprio was raised Catholic. Sources have falsely claimed his maternal grandmother was born in Odesa, Ukraine; there is no evidence that DiCaprio has any relatives of Ukrainian birth or heritage.
“I've been a huge fan of hip hop for a long, long time,” he continued. “That and jazz music, the music of the '40s, and Stevie Wonder.” DiCaprio was lucky enough to appear in Baz Lurhmann's retelling of The Great Gatsby, which made artful use of modern rap tracks by the likes of Jay Z and Kanye West.
While he may be known for his iconic roles on the silver screen, his love for Mexican cuisine has ignited the internet with one surprising revelation: his go-to dish is not the popular taco, but the delectable Salvadoran creation called pupusas!
While filming the movie "Blood Diamond", he worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's Village in Mozambique. There was one little girl he made a close connection with and he decided to adopt her.
He became a teen heartthrob after costarring with Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), a modern retelling of the classic love story. In 1997 DiCaprio was launched into international stardom with the release of James Cameron's epic Titanic.
Born Nov. 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, DiCaprio was initially raised by his mother, Irmelin, a legal secretary who was born in Germany, and George, a former comic artist and distributor who divorced his wife when his son was only a year old.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin DiCaprio (née Indenbirken) and former comic book artist George DiCaprio. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother, who is German-born, is of German, Ukrainian and Russian ancestry.
Top of our list is Norwegian physician and environmental activist Gunhild Stordalen, otherwise known as the world's most glamorous vegan billionaire. Her plant-based way of life is so hardcore, her entire career revolves around it.
Is Justin Bieber vegan? While the pop star enjoys a plant protein-packed shake at home and previously worked with Schmidt's to create a vegan deodorant, it is not confirmed that Justin abstains from animal products.
Zendaya became a vegetarian at age 11 when she passed a slaughterhouse on a road trip with her father. She tells PEOPLE, "I thought it was awful, all those animals getting packed up in there waiting to be killed. I couldn't believe that's how I'd been getting my meat!" Since then, she's stuck to a plant-based diet.
In fact, the unattached Django Unchained actor, 38, walked the bride, 37, down the aisle and gave her away, a source tells Us Weekly. Winslet's rep confirmed her client's union shortly after Us broke the news Dec.
But despite the natural connection between the two, it never strayed into romantic territory. In fact, Winslet admitted she and her co-star would laugh when reading the speculation of gossip columns. "Just the notion of that was insane it would have been absolutely like incest," the actress said.
When the film began production during the summer of 1996, Leonardo DiCaprio, who was born on November 11, 1974, was only 21. His character, Jack Dawson, was a 20-year-old artist that never managed to live in one place for too long.
