Jared Leto

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Leto was born on December 26, 1971, in Bossier City, Louisiana, to Constance Leto (née Metrejon).{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/alternatywa/news/thirty-seconds-to-mars-straceniec-jared-leto-fragment,1965494,45 |title=Thirty Seconds To Mars: Straceniec Jared Leto (fragment biografii) |first=Adam |last=Kisch |publisher=Interia.pl |language=pl |date=November 14, 2013 |access-date=December 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117060524/http://muzyka.interia.pl/alternatywa/news/thirty-seconds-to-mars-straceniec-jared-leto-fragment%2C1965494%2C45 |archive-date=November 17, 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/the-big-interview-30-seconds-to-mars-frontman-jared-leto-26347148.html|title=The Big Interview: 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto|first=John|last=Meagher|date=January 25, 2008|work=Irish Independent|access-date=June 14, 2011}} His mother has Cajun ancestry.{{sfn|Higgins|2013|p=10}} Leto is his stepfather's surname. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he and his older brother, Shannon, lived with their mother and their maternal grandparents, Ruby (Russell) and William Lee Metrejon. After he remarried, his father died by suicide when Jared was eight.{{sfn|Higgins|2013|p=11}} Leto moved frequently with his family from Louisiana to different cities around the country.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3575916/Not-just-a-pretty-face.html|title=Not just a pretty face|last=Forrest|first=Emma|date=April 13, 2002|work=The Telegraph|access-date=March 4, 2013}} "My mom's father was in the Air Force," Leto has explained, "so moving around a lot was a normal way of life."{{cite web|title=Jared Leto|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/jared-leto/2203/|work=Tribute|access-date=January 24, 2014}} Leto has two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage.

Constance joined the hippie movement and encouraged her sons to get involved in the arts.{{sfn|Higgins|2013|p=10}} Leto said he "was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater," adding that "Just having the art communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth."{{cite web|title=A Wandering Soul |url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/splashpage/jared_leto |publisher=Focus Features |page=2 |access-date=January 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095816/http://www.focusfeatures.com/splashpage/jared_leto |archive-date=February 2, 2014 }} Leto started playing music with his brother at an early age; his first musical instrument was a broken-down piano.{{sfn|Evans|2011|p=30}}

After dropping out briefly in the 10th grade, Leto decided to return and focus on his education at the private Emerson Preparatory School in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|title=Jared Leto|url=http://www.start4you.ru/content/themost/dzhared_leto_laquoja_naslazhdajus_processom_rabotyraquo.html|work=Education and Career|access-date=January 24, 2014|language=ru|date=April 8, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004195752/https://start4you.ru/content/themost/dzhared_leto_laquoja_naslazhdajus_processom_rabotyraquo.html/|url-status=dead}} He was interested in large-scale visual art and enrolled at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/200349/Jared-Leto/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112080948/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/200349/Jared-Leto/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2014|title=Jared Leto|first=Rebecca Flint|last=Marx|work=The New York Times|date=2014|access-date=March 4, 2013}} After developing an interest in filmmaking, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York City. While he was a student there, he wrote and starred in his own short film, Crying Joy. He also attended the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, now a part of George Washington University.[https://corcoran.gwu.edu/notable-alumni GW Corcoran – Notable Alumni]

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In 1992, Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in directing, intending to take acting roles on the side.{{sfn|Berk|2014|p=96}} He found minor roles on television shows but his first break came in 1994 when he was cast opposite Claire Danes as Jordan Catalano, her love interest, in the short-lived but well-reviewed ABC teen drama My So-Called Life. The show was praised for its portrayal of adolescence and, despite its cancellation after one season, gained a strong cult following.{{sfn|Lavery|2010|p=174}} The same year, Leto made his television film debut starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in Cool and the Crazy, and landed his first film role in the 1995 drama How to Make an American Quilt. He later co-starred with Christina Ricci in The Last of the High Kings (1996) and got a supporting role in Switchback (1997).

In 1997, Leto starred in the biopic Prefontaine as Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine. To prepare for the role, Leto immersed himself in the runner's life, training for six weeks and meeting with members of his family and friends.{{sfn|Keeps|1997|p=160}} He bore a striking resemblance to the real Prefontaine, also adopting the athlete's voice and upright running style.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/prefontaine-premieres-at-sundance|title='Prefontaine' premieres at Sundance|first=Roger|last=Ebert|publisher=Roger Ebert|date=January 23, 1997|access-date=December 8, 2013}} His portrayal received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role.{{sfn|Keeps|1997|p=162}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/prefontaine-1117432640/|title=Prefontaine|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|date=February 1, 1997|work=Variety|access-date=June 14, 2011}} Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle noted: "With hypnotic blue eyes and dirty blond hair, Leto captures the rock-star style Prefontaine affected, and he looks natural in fiery performances on the track, as well as off, where Pre affected a brash, confrontational style."{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Prefontaine-Has-Legs-Biopic-on-doomed-runner-2856808.php|title='Prefontaine' Has Legs / Biopic on doomed runner a winner|first=Peter|last=Stack|date=January 24, 1997|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=June 14, 2011}}

After landing the lead role of a British aristocrat in the 1998 drama Basil, Leto starred in the horror Urban Legend. It was poorly received by most critics, but was a financial success.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/urban_legend/|title=Urban Legend (1998)|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=September 25, 1998 |publisher=Flixster|access-date=December 7, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Urban Legend (1998)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=urbanlegend.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 18, 2014}} That year, Terrence Malick cast Leto for a supporting role in the war film The Thin Red Line alongside Sean Penn and Adrien Brody.{{cite web|last=De Coster|first=Ramzi|title=The Hollywood Reporter's Actors Roundtable: The Trials and Tribulations of Acting|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/the-hollywood-reporters-actors-roundtable-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-acting|publisher=Indiewire|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2014}} It garnered mostly positive reviews and was a moderate success.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1084146-thin_red_line/|title=The Thin Red Line (1998)|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=December 25, 1998 |publisher=Flixster|access-date=December 7, 2013}} It received multiple awards and nominations, including seven Academy Award nominations; Leto shared a Satellite Award with the rest of the cast.{{cite web|title=Nominees & Winners for the 71st Academy Awards|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619181528/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html|archive-date=June 19, 2013 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 24, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1999.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092614/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1999.shtml|title=1999 3rd Annual Satellite™ Awards|archive-date=July 18, 2011|publisher=International Press Academy|access-date=December 8, 2013}}

Leto formed the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars in 1998 in Los Angeles, California with his brother Shannon. When the group first started, Jared Leto did not allow his position of Hollywood actor to be used in promotion of the band.{{cite journal|first=Lauren|last=Tagliaferro|date=June 23, 2006|title=30 Seconds to Mars|journal=The Buffalo News|quote=Not content to be defined merely as "Jared Leto's band," 30 Seconds to Mars has fought to be respected as a group of formidable musicians – even refusing to play at venues that use Leto's movie-star status to promote them.}} Their debut album had been in the works for a couple of years, with Leto writing the majority of the songs.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020507052412/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2002/04/0103.cfm|url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2002/04/0103.cfm|title=Jared Leto: From Hollywood To Mars|first=Debbie|last=Bento|date=April 1, 2002|archive-date=May 7, 2002|work=ChartAttack|url-status=usurped|access-date=July 22, 2011}} Their work led to a number of record labels being interested in signing Thirty Seconds to Mars, which eventually signed to Immortal Records.{{sfn|LaGambina|2002|p=20}}

In 1999, Leto played a gay high school teacher who attracts the attention of Robert Downey, Jr.'s character in Black and White, and had a supporting role in the drama Girl, Interrupted, an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. He then portrayed Angel Face in Fight Club (1999), a film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name, directed by David Fincher.

Leto played Paul Allen, a rival of Patrick Bateman, in the psychological thriller American Psycho (2000). Though the film polarized audiences and critics, Leto's performance was well received. The same year, he starred as heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream, an adaptation of Hubert Selby, Jr.'s novel of the same name, directed by Darren Aronofsky and co-starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. To prepare for his role, Leto lived on the streets of New York City and refrained from having sex for two months prior to shooting.{{cite web|last=Milling|first=Robin|title=Jared Leto's Pains on 'Requiem'|url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/jared-leto%E2%80%99s-pains-%E2%80%98requiem%E2%80%99|publisher=Al Bawaba|date=September 26, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://movieline.com/2002/04/01/jared-leto-thriving-in-the-dark/|title=Jared Leto: Thriving in the Dark|first=Dennis|last=Hensley|date=April 1, 2002|publisher=Movieline|access-date=December 7, 2013|pages=1–2}} He starved himself for months, losing 28 pounds to realistically play his heroin addict character.{{cite web|last=Kirkland|first=Bruce|title=The starving artist|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/L/Leto_Jared/2000/09/14/759819.html|work=Jam!|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=September 14, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140214215140/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/L/Leto_Jared/2000/09/14/759819.html|archive-date=February 14, 2014|url-status=usurped}} After the shooting of the film, Leto moved to Portugal and lived in a monastery for several months to gain weight. His performance received critical acclaim by film critics who notably praised the actor's emotional courage in portraying the character's physical and mental degradation. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone commented that Leto "excels by going beyond Harry's gaunt look to capture his grieving heart. His scenes with Ellen Burstyn as Sara, Harry's widowed mother, achieve a rare poignancy as son and mother drown in delusions."{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|title=Requiem for a Dream|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/requiem-for-a-dream-20001211|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 11, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2014|archive-date=December 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210055627/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/requiem-for-a-dream-20001211|url-status=dead}}

Leto next appeared in the independent film Highway. Set in 1994, Jack Hayes (Leto) is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug, and flees to Seattle with his best friend, Pilot Kelvin (Jake Gyllenhaal), in the week preceding Kurt Cobain's suicide. Filming finished in early 2000, but the film was not released until March 2002 on home video formats, although originally scheduled for a theatrical release.{{cite journal|last=Kit|first=Zorianna|title=Cox to direct NL 'Afterworld|journal=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 13, 1999}}

During this period Leto focused increasingly on his music career, working with producers Bob Ezrin and Brian Virtue on his band's debut album 30 Seconds to Mars, which was released on August 27, 2002, in the United States through Immortal and Virgin. It reached number 107 on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top Heatseekers.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thirty-seconds-to-mars-mw0000223814/awards|title=30 Seconds to Mars: Awards|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=April 23, 2013}} Upon its release, 30 Seconds to Mars was met with mostly positive reviews; music critic Megan O'Toole felt that the band managed to "carve out a unique niche for themselves in the rock realm."{{cite journal|title=30 Seconds to Mars|url=http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2002/September/26/arts_and_entertainment2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030419215415/http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2002/September/26/arts_and_entertainment2.htm|archive-date=April 19, 2003|last=O'Toole|first=Megan|journal=The Gazette|date=September 26, 2002|volume=96|issue=17|access-date=May 29, 2014}} The album was a slow-burning success, and eventually sold two million copies worldwide.{{sfn|Evans|2011|p=29}}

Leto returned to acting in 2002 with the thriller Panic Room, which marked his second teaming with director David Fincher. He played the supporting role of Junior, a burglar who terrorizes Jodie Foster's character Meg Altman. The film was well received by critics and became a financial success, grossing nearly US$200 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/panic_room/|title=Panic Room (2002)|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 29, 2002 |publisher=Flixster|access-date=December 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=panicroom.htm|title=Panic Room (2002)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 15, 2010}} Leto's next film was the 2004 biographical film Alexander, directed by Oliver Stone. He portrayed Hephaestion, the closest friend of Alexander the Great. The film failed in the United States; Stone attributed its poor reception to disapproval of the depiction of Alexander's bisexuality, but it succeeded internationally, with worldwide revenue of US$167 million.{{cite web|last=Goodridge|first=Mike|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2005/01/24/why-alexander-wont-meet-oscar|title=Why Alexander won't meet Oscar|date=January 24, 2005|work=The Advocate|access-date=December 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alexander.htm|title=Alexander (2004)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 28, 2014}}

The following year, Leto starred together with Nicolas Cage in the political crime thriller Lord of War. He played Vitaly, the younger brother of illegal arms dealer Yuri Orlov. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the arms trafficking by the international arms industry.{{sfn|Hamid|2006|p=52}} It was positively received by movie critics and was a moderate commercial success.{{cite news|last=Burr|first=Ty|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2005/09/16/provocative_war_skillfully_takes_aim/|title=Provocative 'War' skillfully takes aim|date=September 16, 2005|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=December 7, 2013}}

It took two years to record Thirty Seconds to Mars' second studio album A Beautiful Lie, with the band traveling to four different continents to accommodate Leto's acting career. A Beautiful Lie was released on August 30, 2005, in the United States. It has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has reached platinum and gold status in several countries, with a sales total of over four million.{{sfn|Winwood|2012|p=22}} The band heavily toured in support of the album and played at several major festivals, including Roskilde, Pinkpop, Rock am Ring, and Download.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thirty-seconds-to-mars-mn0000485365/biography|title=Thirty Seconds to Mars|first=Andrew|last=Leahey|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=May 18, 2013}}

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In 2006, Leto appeared in the neo-noir crime drama Lonely Hearts, the true story of the notorious "lonely hearts killers" of the 1940s, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck. Playing Fernandez, he co-starred with Salma Hayek who played the role of Beck. The film received mixed reviews from critics; however, Leto's acting was widely praised; Heather Huntington from Reelz wrote that his "layered performance as the nattily dressing dandy with no remorse is truly impressive."{{cite web|last=Huntington |first=Heather |title=Lonely Hearts (2006) |url=http://www.reelz.com/movie/224133/lonely-hearts/reviews/ |publisher=Reelz |date=April 13, 2007 |access-date=January 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216033846/http://www.reelz.com/movie/224133/lonely-hearts/reviews/ |archive-date=December 16, 2013 }}

The same year, Leto directed the music video for "The Kill", a song by Thirty Seconds to Mars. At a press release, he stated that an "insanely obnoxious Danish albino" named Bartholomew Cubbins directed the video.{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|title=He was a she: Jared Leto is lured out of retirement|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/he-was-a-she-jared-leto-is-lured-out-of-retirment-29900126.html|work=Irish Independent|date=January 12, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2014}} He later explained his decision to direct with a pseudonym saying, "I really wanted people to be able to enjoy and experience the video without having any more preconceived notions or distractions, and just to let it be what it was. It wasn't important for me to lay claim to it in that way."{{cite web|last=Goodman|first=Justine|title=30 Seconds From Fame|url=http://www.yrbmagazine.com/|work=YRB Magazine|access-date=March 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127104759/http://www.yrbmagazine.com/|archive-date=January 27, 2007}} Bartholomew Cubbins is a recurring character in the Dr. Seuss universe and one of Leto's favorite characters created by the writer.{{cite web|last=Goldman|first=Andrew|title=Jared Leto's Worst-Kept Secret|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/magazine/jared-letos-worst-kept-secret.html|work=The New York Times|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=March 23, 2014}} "The Kill" was inspired by themes of isolation and insanity present in the Stanley Kubrick-directed psychological horror film The Shining (1980). Leto said, "The idea of isolation, identity, and self discovery were all elements present in the song. I thought this light homage was a good starting point and it soon grew to include many more elements outside of Kubrick's original piece."{{cite web|last=Lichtenstein|first=Julie|title=30 Seconds To Mars' "A Beautiful Lie" Builds With Video and Tour Momentum|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/30-SECONDS-TO-MARS-A-BEAUTIFUL-LIE-Builds-With-Video-and-Tour-Momentum-687742.htm|publisher=Marketwired|date=May 2, 2006|access-date=March 21, 2014|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165733/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/30-seconds-to-mars-a-beautiful-lie-builds-with-video-and-tour-momentum-687742.htm|url-status=dead}} The short film received a largely positive response and numerous accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Video 'The Kill' Wins Fan-Driven MTV2 Award at 2006 MTV Video Music Awards|publisher=PR Newswire|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/30-seconds-to-mars-video-the-kill-wins-fan-driven-mtv2-award-at-2006-mtv-video-music-awards-55751962.html|date=September 1, 2006|access-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227092739/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/30-seconds-to-mars-video-the-kill-wins-fan-driven-mtv2-award-at-2006-mtv-video-music-awards-55751962.html|archive-date=December 27, 2012|url-status=dead}} Leto next directed a short film for "From Yesterday". It was filmed in the Forbidden City and became the first ever American music video shot in the People's Republic of China in its entirety. Hundreds of costumed extras were employed for the shoot, inspired by the empires of ancient Chinese dynasties.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56648/30-seconds-to-mars-visits-china-for-new-video|title=30 Seconds To Mars Visits China For New Video|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=November 15, 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 26, 2011}} Leto drew inspiration from Bernardo Bertolucci's historical drama The Last Emperor (1987) as well as the work of Akira Kurosawa.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1549363/is-time-running-out-for-30-seconds-to-mars-jared-leto-opens-up/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230184048/http://www.mtv.com/news/1549363/is-time-running-out-for-30-seconds-to-mars-jared-leto-opens-up/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2014|title=Is Time Running Out For 30 Seconds To Mars? Jared Leto Opens Up|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=January 8, 2007|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|access-date=March 22, 2014}}

In 2007, Leto starred in the biographical film Chapter 27. He portrayed Mark David Chapman, a fanatic fan of The Beatles and the murderer of John Lennon. Leto prepared for his role by relying on interviews with Chapman and on audiotapes recorded by a librarian the actor met during a visit to the inmate's hometown. Leto gained 67 pounds to approximate the killer's physique.{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Sam|title=Jared Leto in 'Chapter 27'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-performanceweb3apr03-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 29, 2014}} The abruptness of his weight gain gave him gout. He was forced to use a wheelchair due to the stress the sudden increase in weight put on his body.{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|title=Leto's weight gain forced him into wheelchair|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a92312/letos-weight-gain-forced-him-into-wheelchair.html|publisher=Digital Spy|date=March 26, 2008|access-date=January 29, 2014}} After the shooting of the film, he quickly went on a liquid diet.{{cite web|title=Leto's Bizarre Ice-Cream And Soy Sauce Diet|url=http://hub.contactmusic.com/news-article/letos-bizarre-ice-cream-and-soy-sauce-diet_08_05_2006|publisher=Contactmusic.com|date=May 8, 2006|access-date=January 29, 2014}} Chapter 27 premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Despite divided critical opinion on the film as a whole, Leto's performance was widely praised.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Film-clips-3217575.php#page-2|title=Chapter 27|first=Joel|last=Selvin|date=April 18, 2008|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=September 30, 2011}} Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly considered his acting "a genuine transformation, as the actor submerges himself in Chapman's couch-potato flab and red-rimmed eyes. ... Leto disappears inside this angry, mouth-breathing psycho geek with a conviction that had me hanging on his every delusion."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/04/10/chapter-27/|title=Chapter 27 (2008)|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|date=April 10, 2008|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 30, 2011|archive-date=April 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414194626/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20190188,00.html|url-status=live}}

Leto's next short film was "A Beautiful Lie" (2008), which he directed under the pseudonym of Angakok Panipaq. The music video was filmed 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland. Determined to offset the impact that filming would have on the environment, Leto worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council to develop strategies that would minimize fuel consumption on the shoot.{{cite web|title=Jared Leto Is Back With A New Video And Global Cause |url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=9861 |work=Melodic |first=Johan |last=Wippsson |date=March 6, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923010902/http://www.melodic.net/?page=news&id=9861 |archive-date=September 23, 2013 }} Upon release, "A Beautiful Lie" was met with widespread critical acclaim, resulting in various accolades, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video.{{cite magazine|last=Paine|first=Andre|title=American Acts Win Big At MTV EMAs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043562/american-acts-win-big-at-mtv-emas|magazine=Billboard|date=November 7, 2008|access-date=March 23, 2014}} Proceeds from the video's sales benefited the Natural Resources Defense Council.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars 'A Beautiful Lie'|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/30-seconds-to-mars-a-beautiful-lie|work=Rock Sound|date=January 30, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2011|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152453/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/30-seconds-to-mars-a-beautiful-lie|url-status=dead}} The same year, Leto remixed a version of the song "The Only One" by The Cure for their extended play Hypnagogic States.{{cite web|last=Adams |first=Bill |title=Hypnagogic States |url=http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/3/1211/ |work=Ground Control |date=September 18, 2008 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104015458/http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/3/1211/ |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}

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In August 2008, during the recording process of their third studio album, Thirty Seconds to Mars attempted to sign with a new label, prompting EMI (the parent label of Virgin), to file a $30 million breach of contract lawsuit.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/virgin-emi-sue-30-seconds-to-mars-for-30-million-leto-fights-back-20080818|title=Virgin/EMI Sue 30 Seconds to Mars for $30 Million, Leto Fights Back|date=August 18, 2008|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 29, 2011|archive-date=March 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311215547/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/virgin-emi-sue-30-seconds-to-mars-for-30-million-leto-fights-back-20080818|url-status=dead}} After nearly a year of legal battles, the band announced on April 28, 2009, that the suit had been settled following a defence based on the De Havilland Law.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-29-la-ca-30-seconds-to-mars29-2009nov29-story.html|title=30 Seconds to Mars soars|last=Brown|first=August|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 29, 2009|access-date=July 29, 2011}} Thirty Seconds to Mars then signed a new contract with EMI and released their third album This Is War in December 2009 to critical acclaim.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/04/30-seconds-to-mars-and-emi-make-nice-new-album-due-this-fall.html|title=30 Seconds to Mars and EMI make nice, new album due this fall|date=April 28, 2009|first=Todd|last=Martens|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 29, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Schillaci|first=Sophie|title=Thirty Seconds to Mars to Earn Guinness Records Title for Most Shows Performed During a Single Album Cycle|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/thirty-seconds-mars-guinness-records-249367|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 17, 2011|access-date=February 11, 2014}} This Is War reached the top ten of several national album charts and earned numerous music awards.{{cite web|last1=Stovin |first1=Jack |title=Thirty Seconds To Mars Take Home Two 2011 Kerrang! Awards |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/130501-seconds-mars-home-2011-kerrang-awards.html |publisher=AltSounds |date=June 13, 2011 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012071814/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/130501-seconds-mars-home-2011-kerrang-awards.html |archive-date=October 12, 2014 }}

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Leto's next film was the 2009 science fiction drama Mr. Nobody, directed by Jaco Van Dormael. He portrayed the title role of Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. His role required him to play various versions of his character, from 34 to 118 years old, spending six hours daily for the full make-up and adopting the voice of an old-aged man.{{cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|title=Director Jaco Van Dormael Talks Mr. Nobody, the 10-Year Process of Making the Film, Working with Jared Leto, and More|url=https://collider.com/jaco-van-dormael-mr-nobody-interview/|publisher=Collider.com|date=November 1, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2014}} Mr. Nobody premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Critical response praised the film's artistry and Leto's performance.{{cite web|title=L'extra (et) ordinaire Mister Nobody|first=Nicolas|last=Crousse|work=Le Soir|url=http://www.lesoir.be/archives?url=/culture/cinema/2010-01-13/l-extra-et-ordinaire-mister-nobody-748326.php|date=January 13, 2010|access-date=December 7, 2013|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220023410/http://www.lesoir.be/archives?url=%2Fculture%2Fcinema%2F2010-01-13%2Fl-extra-et-ordinaire-mister-nobody-748326.php|archive-date=December 20, 2013}} Boyd van Hoeij from Variety felt that "his acting talent really comes into full view in his scenes as the last dying man on Earth. Despite too much old-age makeup, Leto nevertheless infuses the character with some real raw emotional power;"{{cite web|last=Van Hoeij|first=Boyd|title=Review: 'Mr. Nobody'|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/mr-nobody-1200476129/|work=Variety|date=September 16, 2009|access-date=January 29, 2014}} while Bruce Kirkland of Toronto Sun claimed that Leto gave "a marvelously full-blooded, brain-spinning, tour-de-force performance."{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/M/Mr_Nobody/2010/07/15/14722401.html|title='Mr. Nobody' something special|first=Bruce|last=Kirkland|work=Jam!|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=July 15, 2010|access-date=July 3, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711205751/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/M/Mr_Nobody/2010/07/15/14722401.html|archive-date=July 11, 2012}}

In 2009, Leto recruited scores of extras and all manner of surrealist street performers for the short film of "Kings and Queens", which features a critical mass movement founded with forward-thinking and eco-conscious intentions, through Los Angeles at night.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1623727/30-seconds-to-mars-go-epic-with-kings-and-queens-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716163509/http://www.mtv.com/news/1623727/30-seconds-to-mars-go-epic-with-kings-and-queens-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2014|title=30 Seconds To Mars Go Epic With 'Kings And Queens' Video|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=October 13, 2009|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|access-date=November 20, 2013}} The short film premiered on November 9, 2009, at the Montalban Theater in Los Angeles and was positively received.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/30-seconds-to-mars-debut-kings-and-queens-video-227010|title=30 Seconds To Mars debut Kings And Queens video|last=Bosso|first=Joe|date=November 18, 2009|work=MusicRadar|publisher=Future plc|access-date=November 20, 2013}} At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, "Kings and Queens" received four nominations, including Video of the Year and Best Direction, and went on to win Best Rock Video.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars 'Amazed' By VMA Best Rock Video Win|first=James|last=Dinh|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1647660/30-seconds-to-mars-amazed-by-vma-best-rock-video-win/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526230317/http://www.mtv.com/news/1647660/30-seconds-to-mars-amazed-by-vma-best-rock-video-win/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2014|date=September 12, 2010|access-date=March 2, 2012}} Thirty Seconds to Mars began their Into the Wild Tour in February 2010 and was among the hardest-working touring artists of the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110310006170/en/Study-Reveals-Hardest-Working-Music-Acts|title=Study Reveals Hardest Working Music Acts|publisher=Business Wire|last=Crowder|first=Ryan|date=March 10, 2011|access-date=August 30, 2013}}

Leto filmed "Closer to the Edge" (2010), a short film featuring tour footage, fan commentary and pictures of Thirty Seconds to Mars from their youth, during the band's Into the Wild Tour. Critics lauded the simplicity of the video; James Montgomery from MTV wrote, "there's no denying the power of seeing tens of thousands of fans finding a simultaneous salvation, of a crowd of individuals becoming one. It's what rock and roll is supposed to be about, really: inclusion."{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Save Souls In 'Closer To The Edge' Video|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1645808/30-seconds-to-mars-save-souls-in-closer-to-the-edge-video/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141218224647/http://www.mtv.com/news/1645808/30-seconds-to-mars-save-souls-in-closer-to-the-edge-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2014|last=Montgomery|first=James|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=August 16, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2010}} In December 2011, Thirty Seconds to Mars entered the Guinness World Records for most live shows during a single album cycle, with 300 shows.

Leto's next project was "Hurricane" (2010), an experimental short film which explores personal demons and unlocking secret fantasies in what is believed to be a dream.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Unveil Epic 'Hurricane' Film|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1653163/30-seconds-to-mars-unveil-epic-hurricane-film/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717015713/http://www.mtv.com/news/1653163/30-seconds-to-mars-unveil-epic-hurricane-film/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2014|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2014}} Leto filmed it in New York City and described its concept as a "surrealistic nightmare dream-fantasy."{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Call 'Hurricane' Video 'Surrealistic Nightmare Dream-Fantasy'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1650214/30-seconds-to-mars-call-hurricane-video-surrealistic-nightmare-dream-fantasy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407074517/http://www.mtv.com/news/1650214/30-seconds-to-mars-call-hurricane-video-surrealistic-nightmare-dream-fantasy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2015|last=Montgomery|first=James|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=October 18, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2014}} Upon release, "Hurricane" garnered controversy and was initially censored due to its elements of violence.{{cite web|last=Vick|first=Megan|title=30 Seconds To Mars Video Banned By MTV|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/30-seconds-mars-video-banned-54944|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 30, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2014}} At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the short film received three nominations in the categories of Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Call VMA Nominations 'Humbling'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1667688/30-seconds-to-mars-video-music-awards-nomination-reaction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407072802/http://www.mtv.com/news/1667688/30-seconds-to-mars-video-music-awards-nomination-reaction/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2015|date=July 12, 2011|last=Montgomery|first=James|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|access-date=March 28, 2014}}

In 2012, Leto made his directorial debut with the documentary film Artifact. It chronicles the modern music business as it charts the legal dispute between Thirty Seconds to Mars and EMI, after the band tried to exit its contract over a royalties dispute. Artifact was made on a limited budget provided by Leto and personal assistant Emma Ludbrook through the production company Sisyphus Corporation.{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Rob|title=Artifact|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/artifact-1117948458/|work=Variety|date=October 2, 2012|access-date=January 13, 2014}} It premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival where it received the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/30-seconds-to-mars-documentary-wins-peoples-choice-award-in-toronto-20120918|title=30 Seconds to Mars Documentary Wins People's Choice Award in Toronto|date=September 18, 2012|first=Karen|last=Bliss|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 8, 2014|archive-date=September 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920202025/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/30-seconds-to-mars-documentary-wins-peoples-choice-award-in-toronto-20120918|url-status=dead}} Critics praised the examination of the state of the modern music industry and its focus on the relationship between artists and record companies.{{cite web|last=Lloyd|first=Kenji|title=Silver Linings Playbook, Artifact & Seven Psychopaths Win TIFF Audience Awards|url=http://www.heyuguys.com/silver-linings-playbook-artifact-seven-psychopaths-win-tiff-audience-awards/|publisher=HeyUGuys|date=September 16, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2014}} The film received a limited theatrical release beginning November 23, 2013, before being released digitally on December 3, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jared-letos-thirty-seconds-mars-documentary-artifact-gets-distribution-filmbuff/|title=Jared Leto's Thirty Seconds to Mars Documentary 'Artifact' Gets Distribution From FilmBuff|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=November 18, 2013|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=November 18, 2013}}

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Thirty Seconds to Mars released their fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams, in May 2013 through Interscope Records. The album was produced by Leto with previous collaborator Steve Lillywhite. It received generally positive reviews and reached the top ten in more than fifteen countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States.{{cite web|title=Thirty Seconds To Mars' Love Lust Faith + Dreams Out Today |publisher=AltSounds |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/159068-seconds-mars-love-lust-faith-dreams-today.html |first=Chris |last=Maguire |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719224448/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/159068-seconds-mars-love-lust-faith-dreams-today.html |archive-date=July 19, 2013 }} Leto filmed the 2013 short film for "Up in the Air" at a now-defunct aerospace manufacturing building in Los Angeles, California. He described it as a "bizarre and hallucinogenic journey through an incredibly surreal landscape."{{cite magazine|last=Cubarrubia|first=RJ|title=Thirty Seconds to Mars Unveil Short Film for 'Up in the Air'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/thirty-seconds-to-mars-unveil-short-film-for-up-in-the-air-20130419|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 19, 2013|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131144533/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/thirty-seconds-to-mars-unveil-short-film-for-up-in-the-air-20130419|url-status=dead}} The short film features several artists, including burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, gymnasts McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber, writer Neil Strauss and a number of animals.{{cite web|title=Thirty Seconds To Mars' 'Up In The Air' Short Film: Make Art, Not War|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/04/19/thirty-seconds-to-mars-up-in-the-air-short-film-video-art/|last=Anitai|first=Tamar|work=MTV Buzzworthy|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=April 19, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421045612/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/04/19/thirty-seconds-to-mars-up-in-the-air-short-film-video-art/|archive-date=April 21, 2013}} It garnered several awards, including the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, and competed at the 2013 Camerimage.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1713007/thirty-seconds-to-mars-best-rock-video-2013-vmas/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407080051/http://www.mtv.com/news/1713007/thirty-seconds-to-mars-best-rock-video-2013-vmas/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2015|title=Thirty Seconds To Mars Win Best Rock Video VMA|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=August 25, 2013|access-date=September 10, 2013}}

Leto described the concept of his next short film, "Do or Die" (2013), as a companion piece to "Closer to the Edge" (2010).{{cite web|title=How Jared Leto Spent His Summer Vacation: Making Mars' 'Do Or Die'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1711969/jared-leto-thirty-seconds-to-mars-do-or-die.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809065741/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1711969/jared-leto-thirty-seconds-to-mars-do-or-die.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2013|last=Montgomery|first=James|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|date=August 7, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2013}} It was filmed during the Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams Tour and features live footage of Thirty Seconds to Mars onstage as well as fan commentary. The same year, Leto directed the critically praised short film for "City of Angels", which premiered on October 12, 2013, at the Hollywood Bowl. The music video features a number of celebrities who join the three members of Thirty Seconds to Mars in sharing their visions about Los Angeles.{{cite magazine|title=Thirty Seconds to Mars Recruit Kanye West, Lindsay Lohan for 'Angels'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/thirty-seconds-to-mars-recruit-kanye-west-lindsay-lohan-for-angels-20131029|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 29, 2013|access-date=October 29, 2013|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215075048/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/thirty-seconds-to-mars-recruit-kanye-west-lindsay-lohan-for-angels-20131029|url-status=dead}} Multiple monoliths and murals, including Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe impersonators, also appear, as well as homeless people hired by Leto himself for the video.{{cite web|title=Jared Leto Stars In & Directs Music Video With Michael Jackson & The Homeless|url=http://rumorfix.com/2013/08/jared-leto-stars-in-directs-music-video-with-michael-jackson-the-homeless/|publisher=RumorFix|date=August 18, 2013|access-date=April 2, 2014}}

After a five years hiatus from filming, Leto returned to act in the drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. Leto portrayed Rayon, a drug-addicted transgender woman with AIDS who befriends McConaughey's character Ron Woodroof. In order to accurately portray his role, Leto lost 30 pounds, shaved his eyebrows and waxed his entire body.{{cite web|last=Hou|first=Kathleen|title=Jared Leto Went Really Method With His Dallas Buyers Club Beauty Routine|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2013/11/jared-leto-went-method-with-his-beauty-routine.html|work=New York|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2014}} He stated the portrayal was grounded in his meeting transgender people while researching the role.{{cite web|last=Anderson-Minshall|first=Diane|title=Jared Leto Says Trans Kids Inspired His Role in Dallas Buyers Club|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2013/11/01/jared-leto-says-trans-kids-inspired-his-role-dallas-buyers-club|work=The Advocate|access-date=February 13, 2014|date=November 1, 2013}} During filming, Leto refused to break character. Dallas Buyers Club received widespread critical acclaim and became a financial success, resulting in various accolades for Leto, who was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role.{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Andrea|title=Oscars 2014: Jared Leto wins supporting actor Academy Award|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2014-best-supporting-actor-story.html|access-date=October 5, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 2, 2014}}

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In 2014, Leto premiered the documentary series Into the Wild, which tells the story behind the concert tour of the same name by Thirty Seconds to Mars that propelled the group into arenas around the world and was certified by the Guinness World Records as the longest running tour in the history of rock music.{{cite news|last1=Montgomery|first1=James|title=Jared Leto Readies 'Unofficial Sequel' to Thirty Seconds to Mars' 'Artifact'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/jared-leto-into-the-wild-unofficial-sequel-to-artifact-20141111|access-date=December 16, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215172013/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/jared-leto-into-the-wild-unofficial-sequel-to-artifact-20141111|url-status=dead}} The series was produced by Leto and Emma Ludbrook and was released through the online platform VyRT.{{cite news|last1=Sharp|first1=Tyler|title=Thirty Seconds To Mars announce documentary series, 'Into The Wild'|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/thirty_seconds_to_mars_announce_documentary_series_into_the_wild|access-date=December 18, 2014|work=Alternative Press|date=November 3, 2014}} On November 3, 2015, it was announced that Thirty Seconds to Mars were working on their fifth studio album.{{cite news|last=Payne|first=Chris|title=Jared Leto Teases New Thirty Seconds to Mars Music|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6752912/thirty-seconds-mars-jared-leto-instagram-new-music-2015|magazine=Billboard|date=November 3, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2015}}

In December of that year, Warner Bros. confirmed that Leto would play the role of the Joker in Suicide Squad (2016), a supervillain film based on the comic book series of the same name.{{cite news|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|title='Suicide Squad' Cast Revealed: Jared Leto to Play the Joker, Will Smith is Deadshot|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/suicide-squad-cast-revealed-jared-leto-to-play-the-joker-will-smith-is-deadshot-1201368867/|date=December 2, 2014|work=Variety|access-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012338/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/suicide-squad-cast-revealed-jared-leto-to-play-the-joker-will-smith-is-deadshot-1201368867/|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}} Leto received some attention for his method acting during the film's production. Fellow Suicide Squad cast member Will Smith, who played Deadshot in the film, stated that he had "never actually met Jared Leto", saying, "We worked together for six months and we've never exchanged a word outside of 'action!' and 'cut!' We've never said 'hello,' we've never said 'good day.' I've only ever spoken to him as Deadshot and him as the Joker. I literally have not met him yet... Not a single word exchanged off-camera. He was all in on the Joker."{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/aspogt/suicide-squad-cast-jared-leto-joker|title=Every Crazy Thing The 'Suicide Squad' Cast Has Said About Jared Leto's Joker|last=Bell|first=Crystal|date=August 3, 2016|website=MTV|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012057/https://www.mtv.com/news/aspogt/suicide-squad-cast-jared-leto-joker|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=dead}}

Leto's method acting on Suicide Squad also reportedly involved sending unorthodox gifts to his fellow cast members, including live rats and bullets.{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/jared-leto-sends-rat-bullets-to-suicide-squad-co-stars/articleshow/47851851.cms|title=Jared Leto sends rat, bullets to 'Suicide Squad' co-stars|date=June 28, 2015|website=The Economic Times|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012215/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/jared-leto-sends-rat-bullets-to-suicide-squad-co-stars/articleshow/47851851.cms|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}} His co-star Margot Robbie said that he gifted her a live rat, which she stated she kept as a pet until her landlord discovered it. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Viola Davis stated, "He did some bad things, Jared Leto did. He gave some really horrific gifts. He had a henchman who would come into the rehearsal room, and the henchman came in with a dead pig and plopped it on the table, and then he walked out. And that was our introduction into Jared Leto."{{cite AV media|people=Davis, Viola|date=February 16, 2016|title=Viola Davis Says Jared Leto Sent the Cast of "Suicide Squad" a Dead Pig|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BqO6nvEQMc|publisher=Vanity Fair on YouTube|access-date=August 17, 2022}} In an interview with E! News at the film's premiere in 2016, Leto claimed that he also sent anal beads and used condoms to his co-stars, stating, "I did a lot of things to create a dynamic, to create an element of surprise, of spontaneity, and to really break down any kind of walls that may be there. The Joker is somebody who doesn't really respect things like personal space or boundaries."{{cite AV media|people=Malkin, Marc (Interviewer); Leto, Jared (Interviewee)|date=2016|title=Jared Leto Sends Crazy Gifts to "Suicide Squad" Costars|url=https://www.eonline.com/videos/247897/jared-leto-sends-crazy-gifts-to-suicide-squad-costars|publisher=E! News|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012445/https://www.eonline.com/videos/247897/jared-leto-sends-crazy-gifts-to-suicide-squad-costars|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}}

In a 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Leto claimed that the comments he made at Suicide Squad{{'s}} premiere were "in jest", and stated that, "there were no used condoms [...] Any of the very few gifts that were ever given were given with a spirit of fun and adventure and received with laughter, fun, and adventure. It's all filmed! They filmed it all! People were dying. We were just having a goof."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/jared-leto-clarifies-suicide-squad-gifts/|title=Suicide Squad star Jared Leto says his infamous Joker gifts story was told 'in jest'|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|date=November 9, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012725/https://ew.com/movies/jared-leto-clarifies-suicide-squad-gifts/|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}} Regarding the rat he reportedly gave Robbie, he stated, "The only gifts I ever gave Margot were cupcakes. I think I gave her a mouse, and some of the other guys got gifts that you'd get as a joke at a party." He also added, "I'm an artist at the end of the day. If I do something risky and you don't like it, basically, you can kiss my ass."{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jared-leto-method-acting-examples-movies/|title=7 Times Jared Leto Took Method Acting to the Extreme (Photos)|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|date=April 12, 2022|website=TheWrap|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012601/https://www.thewrap.com/jared-leto-method-acting-examples-movies/|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}}

Suicide Squad opened to generally negative reviews from critics, but Leto's performance received some praise from critics despite his character's limited screen time.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suicide_squad_2016/|title=Suicide Squad (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=August 5, 2016 |publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012911/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suicide_squad_2016|archive-date=August 18, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Cris|title=Suicide Squad: EW review|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/02/suicide-squad-ew-review|date=August 2, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 8, 2016}} Following the film's release, Leto expressed interest in reprising his role as the Joker in future DC Extended Universe instalments.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/sucide-squad-jared-leto-wants-his-joker-to-battle-ben-afflecks-batman-in-the-solo-movie-a7166246.html|title=Jared Leto wants his Joker to battle Ben Affleck's Batman in the solo movie|work=The Independent|last=Denham|first=Jess|date=August 1, 2016}} In October 2020, it was reported that Leto would reprise his role of the Joker in Zack Snyder's Justice League.{{Cite web|title=Jared Leto to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' (Exclusive) {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jared-leto-to-play-joker-in-zack-snyders-justice-league-exclusive|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 21, 2020}}

In April 2016, it was announced that Leto would appear in the film The Outsider (2018), directed by Martin Zandvliet.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/jared-leto-starring-action-thriller-the-outsider-movie-1201732428/|title=Jared Leto To Star In Action Thriller 'The Outsider'|work=Deadline|date=April 5, 2016|access-date=April 5, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7325268/jared-leto-the-outsider-film|title=Jared Leto to Star in Crime Thriller 'The Outsider'|magazine=Billboard|date=April 5, 2016|access-date=April 5, 2016}}{{cite instagram|postid=BZZStisAqFP|author=Martin Zandvliet|date=September 23, 2017|user=martinzandvliet|title=Rumor has it "The Outsider is premiering feb. 2018. #japan #jaredleto #kippeishiina #shiolikutsuna #tadanobuasano #emilehirsch #rorycochrane}} In August 2016, Thirty Seconds to Mars revealed they had signed to Interscope Records and confirmed that they were working on new music.{{cite news|last1=Sharp|first1=Tyler|title=Thirty Seconds To Mars tease return with new video|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/thirty_seconds_to_mars_tease_return_with_new_videomarsiscoming|access-date=August 11, 2016|work=Alternative Press|date=August 1, 2016}} That same month Leto was cast as the villain Niander Wallace in the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Blade Runner.{{cite news|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|title=Jared Leto Joins 'Blade Runner' Sequel|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jared-leto-blade-runner-sequel-1201840363/|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=Variety|date=August 18, 2016}} Leto later also appeared in 2036: Nexus Dawn, a promotional short film that takes place before Blade Runner 2049 directed by Luke Scott and co-starring Benedict Wong.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/see-jared-leto-in-blade-runner-short-film-nexus-2036-w500739|title=See Jared Leto in Tense 'Blade Runner' Short Film, 'Nexus: 2036'|date=August 31, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=August 31, 2017|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226212056/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/see-jared-leto-in-blade-runner-short-film-nexus-2036-w500739|url-status=dead}}

From May to September 2017, Thirty Seconds to Mars embarked on a North American tour with Muse and PVRIS.{{cite web|last1=Hartmann|first1=Graham|title=Muse + Thirty Seconds to Mars To Embark on 2017 North American Tour|url=http://loudwire.com/muse-thirty-seconds-to-mars-2017-north-american-tour/|website=Loudwire|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=February 6, 2017}} Thirty Seconds to Mars then performed at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards featuring special guest Travis Scott. During the ceremony, Jared Leto received media attention for his tribute to musicians Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell, who both died earlier that year.{{cite news|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|title=Jared Leto Delivers Heartfelt Tribute to Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell at MTV Video Music Awards|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/jared-leto-chester-bennington-chris-cornell-vmas-1202540188/|access-date=August 27, 2017|work=Variety|date=August 27, 2017}} In February 2018, the band officially announced the Monolith Tour with Walk the Moon, Misterwives, K. Flay, Joywave, and Welshly Arms. Thirty Seconds to Mars later confirmed America as title of their fifth album, which was released on April 6, 2018. The album received polarized reviews from critics and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest entry on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8337801/cardi-b-invasion-of-privacy-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-album-chart|title=Cardi B's 'Invasion of Privacy' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=April 15, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2018}} It was promoted with an accompanying documentary film, A Day in the Life of America, directed by Leto and released in January 2021 to general praise.{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Jennifer |title=Jared Leto's A Day in the Life of America to Make Public Television Debut on PBS's Independent Lens in January 2021 |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/jan/11/independent-lens-day-life-america/ |publisher=KPBS |access-date=January 11, 2021 |date=January 11, 2021}}

Leto played suspected serial killer Albert Sparma in John Lee Hancock's 2021 film The Little Things. The film earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award—both for Best Supporting Actor.[https://deadline.com/2021/02/2021-sag-awards-nominations-list-nominees-screen-actors-guild-1234686869/ SAG Awards Nominations: 'Ma Rainey', 'Minari' Lead Film List; 'The Crown', 'Schitt's Creek' Top TV And 'Bridgerton' Arrives] Leto portrays fashion designer and business magnate Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott's biographical crime drama film House of Gucci, for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/|title = House of Gucci|website = IMDb}}

He plays Adam Neumann alongside Anne Hathaway in Apple+'s 2022 WeCrashed about the rise and fall of the WeWork, for which he was nominated for a Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television.{{Cite web|last=Foussianes|first=Chloe|date=February 3, 2021|title=WeCrashed: What to Know About the WeWork Series Starring Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a35409030/wecrashed-wework-show/|access-date=February 10, 2021|website=Town & Country|language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/top-gun-maverick-leads-international-press-academys-27th-satellite-awards-nominations/ |title='Top Gun: Maverick' leads International Press Academy's 27th Satellite Awards nominations |last=Anderson |first=Erik |date=December 8, 2022 |work= AwardsWatch |access-date=December 8, 2022}} In November 2017, Sony Pictures announced plans for a film adaptation of Morbius, the Living Vampire, which is part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/morbius-movie-spider-man-spinoff-sony/|title='Morbius': Marvel's Living Vampire Movie in the Works as a 'Spider-Man' Spin-off|date=November 13, 2017|author=Dave Trumbore|website=Collider|access-date=November 13, 2017}} On June 27, 2018, it was announced that Leto would star, and Daniel Espinosa would direct.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jared-leto-star-sony-spider-man-title-morbius-daniel-espinosa-direct-1108907|title=Jared Leto to star in Sony Spider-Man title 'Morbius', Daniel Espinosa to Direct|author= Borys Kit|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018}} The film was released on 1 April 2022.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brett |date=January 3, 2022 |title=Spider-Man Spinoff 'Morbius' Delays Release Date By Three Months |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spider-man-spinoff-morbius-moves-release-date-2022-1235146263/ |access-date=January 4, 2022 |work=Variety}} On July 30, 2022, it was announced that Leto would star in a film directed by Justin Simien titled Haunted Mansion for Disney. The film was released on July 28, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://onetakenews.com/2022/07/30/jared-leto-haunted-mansion-exclusive/|title=Jared Leto Joins The Cast Of 'Haunted Mansion', New Details About His Character Revealed (Exclusive)|last=BSL|date=July 30, 2022}}

He will next star as the character Ares in Tron: Ares, a new instalment in the Tron franchise,{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=August 10, 2020|title='Lion' Director Garth Davis To Direct Disney's New 'Tron' Movie With Jared Leto|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/garth-davis-tron-sequel-director-jared-leto-movie-1202992103/|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tron-3-moving-forward-with-jared-leto-1235303121/|title='Tron 3' Moving Forward With Jared Leto|website=Hollywood Reporter|date=January 19, 2023|author=Aaron Couch|access-date=January 26, 2023}} which began production after several delays.{{Cite web|title=JARED LETO on Instagram: "I'm struck with such gratitude for the opportunity to bring this movie to life, especially as both the original video game and the film…"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuV5ukn5Oh/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CDuV5ukn5Oh |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |last=Hibberd|first=James|date=2023-08-15 |title='Tron: Ares' Delayed as Director Criticizes "Extremely Frustrating" Strike Talks|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tron-ares-delayed-strike-story-plot-ai-1235566814/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/tron-3-plot-cast-and-everything-else-we-know/ |title=Tron 3: Plot, Cast, and Everything Else We Know |website=MovieWeb |last=Bajer |first=Ted |date=July 21, 2023 |access-date=July 28, 2023}}[https://deadline.com/2023/01/tron-ares-joachim-ronning-helm-jared-leto-disney-sci-fi-sequel-1235227464/ Disney Moving On Tron: Ares; Joachim Rønning In Talks To Helm Jared Leto In Sci-Fi Sequel: The Dish] On December 20, 2024, it was announced that Leto was cast as Skeletor in the Masters of the Universe reboot.{{cite web|date=December 20, 2024|title=Jared Leto Confirmed As Skeletor In Amazon MGM's 'Masters Of The Universe'; Sam C. Wilson, Hafthor Bjornsson & Kojo Attah Also Aboard As Villains|url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/masters-of-the-universe-movie-adds-jared-leto-hafthor-bjornsson-more-1236238846/|access-date=December 21, 2024|website=Deadline}}

After the strong relationship between Thirty Seconds to Mars and its audience, Leto launched the social media management and digital marketing company The Hive. It is based in Studio City, Los Angeles and focuses on creative community building. In recent years, it has expanded to other artists such as Jessie J and Semi Precious Weapons. In 2010, Leto launched The One and Only Golden Tickets, a full service company which operates worldwide and manages exclusive services for concerts, festivals, and events.{{cite web|last=Karpel|first=Ari|title=Most Creative People 2012: Jared Leto|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3018256/most-creative-people-2012/72-jared-leto|work=Fast Company|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=April 5, 2014}} In 2013, the company was renamed Adventures In Wonderland.{{cite web|last=Harr|first=Dan|title=Jared Leto Touches On Music, Film and Tech at Series Of SXSW 2013 Shows|url=http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/jared-leto-touches-on-music-film-and-tech-at-series-of-sxsw-2013-shows/|publisher=Music News Nashville|access-date=April 5, 2014|date=March 10, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091626/http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/jared-leto-touches-on-music-film-and-tech-at-series-of-sxsw-2013-shows/|url-status=dead}}

In 2011, Leto launched the online platform VyRT. Created as a live video streaming service, it also features social networking and official merchandise. Its idea came from some frustrating experiences Leto faced with Thirty Seconds to Mars in streaming their own live events.{{cite web|last=Fallon|first=Nicole|title=Jared Leto Launches Live Streaming Service VyRT|url=http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5641-jared-leto-vyrt.html|date=December 17, 2013|work=Business News Daily|publisher=TechMediaNetwork|access-date=April 5, 2014}} In June 2012, VyRT was awarded Best Online Concert Experience at the O Music Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com.au/news/2012-mtv-o-music-award-winners-175163dc/|title=2012 MTV O Music Award Winners|work=MTV Australia|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|last=Fletcher|first=Jennifer|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104041829/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/2012-mtv-o-music-award-winners-175163dc/|url-status=dead}} In 2012, Leto became an investor in Surf Air, a California-based air service.{{cite web|last=Perez|first=Sarah|title=Members-Only Airline Surf Air Raises Series A From Anthem, NEA & Others|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/members-only-airline-surf-air-raises-series-a-from-anthem-nea-others-including-jared-leto/|work=TechCrunch|publisher=AOL|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=April 5, 2014}} He is also a funder for Reddit and Robinhood Markets.{{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Marc|title=Jared Leto, Snoop Dogg Pump Dollars Into Reddit|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6266762/reddit-fundraising-jared-leto-snoop-dogg|access-date=December 16, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=October 1, 2014}}

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In 2008, he supported the California Proposition 2 regarding the treatment of farm animals.{{cite web|title=Hollywood's Starring Role in Prop 2|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/hollywood/hollywood_prop2_041409.html|publisher=The Humane Society of the United States|date=April 14, 2009|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219004257/http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/hollywood/hollywood_prop2_041409.html|url-status=dead}} In the 2008 presidential election, Leto supported Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars Show Support For Barack Obama At MTV EMAs|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/47345/30-Seconds-To-Mars-Show-Support-For-Barack-Obama-At-MTV-EMAs|first=Scott|last=Colothan|date=November 7, 2008|publisher=Gigwise|access-date=August 2, 2011}} In 2012, he chaired a Gen44 event, a campaign set up by Obama to energize voters under 40.{{cite web|last=Daunt|first=Tina|title=Obama Campaign Sets New Young-Hollywood Fundraiser|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barack-obama-jared-leto-zach-braff-fundraiser-340126|date=June 20, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 5, 2014}} Leto is a gay rights activist. In October 2009, he raised money for the campaign against California Proposition 8, created by opponents of same-sex marriage to overturn the California Supreme Court decision that had legalized same-sex marriage. He spoke out in support of the LGBT rights group Freedom Action Inclusion Rights (FAIR).{{cite web|title=Jared Leto Gets Fired Up Over Gay Marriage|url=http://eonline.com/news/148781/jared-leto-gets-fired-up-over-gay-marriage|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=October 13, 2009|work=E!|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=July 31, 2011}} In May 2012, he expressed support after hearing that Barack Obama had endorsed same-sex marriage.{{cite web|title=President Obama's Gay Marriage Support: Ellen DeGeneres, Kim Kardashian & More Tweet Thanks|url=http://eonline.com/news/314976/president-obama-s-gay-marriage-support-ellen-degeneres-kim-kardashian-more-tweet-thanks|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=May 9, 2012|work=E!|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=April 5, 2014}}

Leto has been active in several charitable pursuits.{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=Jim|title=Jared Leto Leads Charitable Charge Worldwide|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1175306/jared-leto-leads-charitable-charge-worldwide/|date=March 17, 2014|work=The Inquisitr|access-date=April 5, 2014}} He has been volunteering at the charity Art of Elysium, which helps children with serious medical conditions.{{cite web|title=Stars To Shine In Charity Heaven|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/1849-stars-to-shine-in-charity-heaven|last=Saunders|first=Tim|date=January 6, 2009|publisher=Look to the Stars|access-date=April 5, 2014}} He has supported the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, a program specializing in type 1 diabetes research and care. In 2006, he created the cover art for the album 97X Green Room: Volume 2, which proceeds from the sales benefited The Nature Conservancy.{{cite web|title=97X Green Room: Volume 2|work=97x|publisher=Cox Media Group|url=http://97xonline.com/greenroom/volume2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607115103/http://97xonline.com/greenroom/volume2.html|archive-date=June 7, 2009|access-date=July 26, 2011}} In June 2008, he joined Habitat for Humanity to work with Thirty Seconds to Mars on a home being repaired and renovated through the Greater Los Angeles Area's "A Brush With Kindness" programme.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars And Hollywood For Habitat For Humanity Unite For One-Of-A-Kind Build|url=http://www.abeautifullie.org/news.aspx?DiaryID=924|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005065344/http://abeautifullie.org/news.aspx?DiaryID=924|archive-date=October 5, 2011|publisher=abeautifullie.org|date=June 30, 2008|access-date=September 12, 2013}} He also supported Habitat for Humanity in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|title=Jared joins Habitat for Humanity on a visit to Sentul|url=http://abeautifullie.org/news.aspx?DiaryID=941|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005063945/http://abeautifullie.org/news.aspx?DiaryID=941|archive-date=October 5, 2011|date=August 20, 2008|publisher=abeautifullie.org|access-date=July 31, 2011}}

Leto has supported Aid Still Required, a non-profit corporation committed to bringing attention and humanitarian aid to areas suffering from natural disasters or human crises. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he released a book of photographs taken during his trip to the Caribbean country in 2011, in a bid to raise funds for the earthquake-ravaged country. He has connected with and helped various organizations since arriving there, including J/P Haitian Relief Organization. Leto spent a year in Haiti during his childhood, and returned there in January 2011 to "reconnect" with his former home following the tremor of January 2010.{{cite web|title=30 Seconds To Mars frontman to publish book to help Haiti|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/02/30_seconds_to_mars_frontman_to.html|work=Kerrang!|access-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311054842/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/02/30_seconds_to_mars_frontman_to.html|archive-date=March 11, 2011|date=February 3, 2011}} On September 30, 2014, Leto hosted the event Haiti: The Journey Is the Destination in New York City, benefitting those affected by the 2010 earthquake in the Caribbean country.{{cite web|title=Haiti: The Journey Is The Destination with Jared Leto|work=THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS |url=http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/tour/2014/09/25/haiti-the-journey-is-the-destination-with-jared-leto/|date=September 25, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2014}} In February 2015, Leto was named a global ambassador for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), supporting online fundraisers and leading one for his 47th birthday in 2018.{{cite web|title=Academy Award-Winning Actor Jared Leto Joins WWF as Global Ambassador|url=http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/academy-award-winning-actor-jared-leto-joins-wwf-as-global-ambassador|publisher=World Wildlife Fund|date=February 11, 2015|access-date=February 16, 2015}}

He began dating actress Cameron Diaz in 1999; they became engaged in 2000,{{cite journal|date=June 30, 2003|title=Back on the Market|journal=People|volume=59|issue=25|page=85}} but ultimately split up in 2003. From 2015 to 2022, he was in a relationship with Russian model Valery Kaufman.{{Cite web |title=Актер Джаред Лето и российская модель Валери Кауфман расстались спустя семь лет отношений |url=https://riafan.ru/23527107-akter_dzhared_leto_i_rossiiskaya_model_valeri_kaufman_rasstalis_spustya_sem_let_otnoshenii |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Федеральное агентство новостей No.1 |date=July 8, 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703045033/https://riafan.ru/23527107-akter_dzhared_leto_i_rossiiskaya_model_valeri_kaufman_rasstalis_spustya_sem_let_otnoshenii |url-status=dead }}

Leto is teetotal.{{cite web|author=WENN|title=Rocker Leto Goes Teetotal|website=Contact Music|date=4 October 2007|url=http://www.contactmusic.net/jared-leto/news/rocker-leto-goes-teetotal_1045661|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729011139/http://www.contactmusic.net/jared-leto/news/rocker-leto-goes-teetotal_1045661|archive-date=29 July 2017}}

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;Thirty Seconds to Mars studio albums

• 30 Seconds to Mars (2002)
• A Beautiful Lie (2005)
• This Is War (2009)
• Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013)
• America (2018)
• It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day (2023)

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• {{cite journal|last=Berk|first=Philip|date=July 2014|title=Jared Leto|journal=FilmInk|volume=9|issue=31|pages=96–97|publisher=FKP Universal}}
• {{cite journal|last=Evans|first=Mark|date=March 2011|title=Mars Attacks|journal=What's on|issue=395|pages=29–30|publisher=Motivate Publishing}}
• {{cite journal|last=Hamid|first=Rahul|date=Spring 2006|title=Lord of War/Syriana|journal=Cineaste|volume=31|issue=2|pages=52–55|publisher=Cineaste Publishers}}
• {{cite news|last=Higgins|first=Ria|date=June 9, 2013|title=Relative Values|journal=The Sunday Times|publisher=News UK|pages=10–11|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/relative_values/article1267084.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502044448/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/relative_values/article1267084.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2014}}
• {{cite journal|last=Keeps|first=David A.|date=March 1997|title=What Makes Jared Run?|journal=Details|pages=158–162}}
• {{cite journal|last=LaGambina|first=Gregg|date=July 2002|title=30 Seconds to Mars|journal=The Album Network|issue=96|pages=20–22}}
• {{cite book|last=Lavery|first=David|title=The Essential Cult TV Reader|year=2010|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|location=Lexington|isbn=978-0-8131-2568-8|pages=401}}
• {{cite journal|last=Winwood|first=Ian|date=February 18, 2012|title=10 Years of Life on Mars|journal=Kerrang!|publisher=Bauer Media Group|issue=1402|pages=20–23}}

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