Leonardo Dicaprio: An Acclaimed Actor and Environmentalist

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Leonardo Dicaprio is an acclaimed actor and environmental activist. He made his first major television entry with Santa Barbara in 1991. Titanic was his first huge milestone for his tremendous career. Since then he has received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Revenant. Along with being a great Actor, Dicaprio had made some massive contributions to charities that surround the environment, including his $1 million donation to the Wildlife Conservation Society in 2010. Over all this time Dicaprio has earned a net worth of forty-five million dollars. He was born November 11th, 1974 to Irmelin and George Dicaprio in Los, Angeles California. His parents were separated when he was very young which caused him to spend the majority of his childhood with his mother. Though living away from his father, Leonardo was always close to his father who urged
Dicaprio is rumored to being in a relationship with sports illustrated model, Nina Agdal since May 2016. His family contains German, Russian, and Italian descent. His middle name, Wilhelm, comes from his maternal grandfather’s first name. The 41-year-old star, who is up for his fifth Academy Award nomination, credits his parents for his current success (Chancellor Agard, 2016). Leonardo’s father is a producer and art director who distributes comic books around the west coast. His mother is an actress, producer, and a former legal secretary who was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1955 when she was 10 years old. His parents met in college and got married but ended up getting divorced when Leonardo was a year old. They picked the name Leonardo after Leonardo da Vinci since she first felt his kicks while on touring an art museum in Italy. Leonardo’s dad remarried Peggy Ann Farrar who is a turban-wearing sikh that you will see accompanying Dicaprio to many of his award

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