His mother’s name was Irmelin Indenbirken, and she was born in Germany.
An only child, DiCaprio was raised by a single mother, a German national who worked as a legal secretary.
DiCaprio’s first onscreen appearance was in the children’s TV show “Romper Room,” but he was fired for being too disruptive.
He invests in the Fisker Automotive and is also their brand ambassador.
His parents first met in the college in Germany and later, they moved to Los Angeles, USA. When he was a year old his parents divorced. So, Leonardo spent most of his time with his mom, while growing up.
Tobey Maguire (former Spider-Man) is his good friend.
He earned $59 million for his role as Dominick Cobb in the 2010 film Inception, This includes his basic salary coupled with backend points, share in the worldwide gross collection, and DVD and TV rights total collection.
In 1995 he also auditioned for the movie Batman Forever but he didn’t get the role.
At 10 he received advice from his agent to change his name from Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio to more American friendly Lenny Williams, But He was not interested in that.
He is an environmentalist and often supports for natural causes, As of December 2013, he is urging people to donate, support and save Tigers in Nepal.
He was ranked at 36th Position in the “Empire Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Movie Stars” list in 2007.
Robert De Niro allegedly hand- picked DiCaprio from hundreds of boys for the part in This Boy’s Life.
He and Jonah Hill also reportedly watched this YouTube video of “the drunkest man in the world” for inspiration.
Oscar In the 21 years since, he is yet to win an Oscar, He is been beaten five times.
He was Nominated for Oscar 5 times in the year 1994, 2005, 2007 and two time in 2014 but finally win Oscar in 2016.
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