Leonardo DiCaprio#Environmental activism

{{Infobox person

| name = Leonardo DiCaprio

| image = Leonardo Dicaprio Cannes 2019.jpg

| caption = DiCaprio in 2019

| birth_name = Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|11|11}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film producer}}

| title = United Nations Messenger of Peace (designated 2014)

| organizations = {{plainlist|

Appian Way Productions
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation}}

| years_active = 1989–present

| works = Full list

| father = George DiCaprio

| awards = Full list

| website = {{Plainlist|

{{URL|http://leonardodicaprio.org/}}

}}

| signature = Leonardo Dicaprio Signature.png

}}

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=9}} ({{IPAc-en|d|i|ˈ|k|æ|p|r|i|oʊ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Leonardo DiCaprio.wav|,_|d|ɪ|-}}; {{IPA|it|diˈkaːprjo|lang}}; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biographical and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. {{asof|2019|post=,}} his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors.

Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. He had a recurring role in the sitcom Parenthood (1990–1991), and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). He received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for playing a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). DiCaprio achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After the latter became the highest-grossing film in the world at the time, he reduced his workload for a few years. In an attempt to shed his image of a romantic hero, DiCaprio sought roles in other genres, including the 2002 crime dramas Catch Me If You Can and Gangs of New York; the latter marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.

DiCaprio continued to gain acclaim for his performances in the biopic The Aviator (2004), the political thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the crime drama The Departed (2006) and the romantic drama Revolutionary Road (2008). He later made environmental documentaries and starred in several high-profile directors' successful projects, including the action thriller Inception (2010), the western Django Unchained (2012), the biopic The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), the survival drama The Revenant (2015)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor—the comedy-dramas Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Don't Look Up (2021), and the crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

DiCaprio is the founder of Appian Way Productions—a production company that has made some of his films and the documentary series Greensburg (2008–2010)—and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. A United Nations Messenger of Peace, he regularly supports charitable causes. In 2005, he was named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters for his contributions to the arts, and in 2016, he appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. DiCaprio was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time in a 2022 readers' poll by Empire.

Early life and acting background

DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday, Leonardo DiCaprio: Must-watch Movies of the Oscar-winning Actor |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/happy-birthday-leonardo-dicaprio-must-watch-movies-of-the-oscar-winning-actor-4428221.html |publisher=News18 |access-date=August 2, 2023 |date=November 11, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802204836/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/happy-birthday-leonardo-dicaprio-must-watch-movies-of-the-oscar-winning-actor-4428221.html |url-status=live }} He is the only child of Irmelin Indenbirken, a legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comix artist and distributor. They met while attending college and moved to Los Angeles after graduating.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=11}}{{cite news |last1=Letran |first1=Vivan |title=DiCaprio Boosts Artist's Show |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-19-ca-6884-story.html |access-date=July 29, 2015 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 19, 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013173738/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/aug/19/entertainment/ca-6884 |archive-date=October 13, 2015}} Irmelin is German, and George is of Italian and German descent.{{cite news |last1=Michalski |first1=Jennifer |title=14 Celebrities Who Speak Multiple Languages |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-who-speak-more-than-one-language-2013-10#german-is-leonardo-dicaprios-second-language-8 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |website=Business Insider |date=October 24, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110202647/https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-who-speak-more-than-one-language-2013-10#german-is-leonardo-dicaprios-second-language-8 |url-status=live}} Irmelin's father, Wilhelm Indenbirken, was German,{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=10, 16}} and her mother, Helene Indenbirken, was a Russian immigrant living in Germany.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=10}} Sources have falsely claimed that DiCaprio's maternal grandmother was born in Odesa, Ukraine; there is no evidence that he has any relatives of Ukrainian birth or heritage.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/politics/fact-check-dicaprio-donation-10-million-ukraine/index.html|title=Fact Check: How a False Story About Leonardo DiCaprio Donating $10 Million to Ukraine Spread Around the World|agency=CNN|date=March 12, 2022|last=Dale|first=Daniel|quote=DiCaprio [...] does not have a family member from Odessa or anywhere else in Ukraine, a source close to the actor told CNN on Wednesday.|access-date=August 30, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830220147/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/politics/fact-check-dicaprio-donation-10-million-ukraine/index.html|url-status=live}}

DiCaprio's parents named him Leonardo because his pregnant mother first felt him kick while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Uffizi museum in Florence, Italy.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=15}} When he was one year old, DiCaprio's parents divorced after George fell in love with another woman and moved out.{{Cite magazine|first=Charlotte|last=Chilton|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/g29637849/rare-photos-leonardo-dicaprio/|title=50 Photos That Display the Eternal Cool of Leonardo DiCaprio|date=November 11, 2019|magazine=Esquire|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713010005/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/g29637849/rare-photos-leonardo-dicaprio/|url-status=live}} To raise him together, DiCaprio's parents moved into twin cottages with a shared garden in Echo Park, Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Jesse |title=Fresh Blood; Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/magazine/fresh-blood-leonardo-dicaprio.html |access-date=June 14, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809231748/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/magazine/fresh-blood-leonardo-dicaprio.html |archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-access=limited}}{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=13}} George lived with his girlfriend and her son, Adam Farrar, with whom DiCaprio developed a close bond.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=16–17, 29–30}} DiCaprio and his mother later moved to other neighborhoods, such as Los Feliz.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=28}} He has described his parents as "bohemian in every sense of the word" and as "the people I trust the most in the world".{{Cite magazine|author=Lindig, Sarah|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a14083/leonardo-dicaprio-bohemian-parents/|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Opens Up About His Very 'Bohemian' Upbringing|date=February 7, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2023|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|archive-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713003255/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a14083/leonardo-dicaprio-bohemian-parents/|url-status=live}} DiCaprio has mentioned growing up poor in a neighborhood plagued with prostitution, crime and violence. He was raised Catholic.{{Cite news|author=Saad, Nardine|date=January 28, 2016|title=Leonardo DiCaprio and Pope Francis Meet to Discuss Climate Change Goals|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-leonardo-dicaprio-pope-francis-20160128-story.html|access-date=November 12, 2020|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100644/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-leonardo-dicaprio-pope-francis-20160128-story.html|url-status=live}}

Attending the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies for four years and later the Seeds Elementary School, he later enrolled at the John Marshall High School.{{cite web |title=Los Angeles Center For Enriched Studies: Facts about LACES |url=http://www.lacesmagnetschool.org/ourpages/class2012/info.html |publisher=Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies |access-date=May 15, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115091108/http://www.lacesmagnetschool.org/ourpages/class2012/info.html |archive-date=January 15, 2014}}{{sfn|Wight|2012|page=13, 23}} DiCaprio disliked public school and wanted to audition for acting jobs instead.{{cite news |last1=Molloy |first1=Antonia |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals His Childhood Surrounded by Drugs as He Defends The Wolf of Wall Street Role |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/leonardo-dicaprio-reveals-his-childhood-surrounded-by-drugs-as-he-defends-the-wolf-of-wall-street-9102356.html |access-date=October 11, 2019 |newspaper=The Independent|url-access=limited |date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011164310/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/leonardo-dicaprio-reveals-his-childhood-surrounded-by-drugs-as-he-defends-the-wolf-of-wall-street-9102356.html |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=live}} He dropped out of high school later, eventually earning a general equivalency diploma.{{cite web |last1=Mathieson |first1=Craig |title=40 for 40: Leonardo DiCaprio Edition |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/40-for-40-leonardo-dicaprio-edition/8x4krty1l |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=July 29, 2023 |date=November 11, 2014 |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730105708/https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/40-for-40-leonardo-dicaprio-edition/8x4krty1l |url-status=live }}

As a child, DiCaprio wanted to become either a marine biologist or an actor. He eventually favored the latter; he liked impersonating characters and imitating people, and enjoyed seeing their reactions to his acting.{{cite magazine |last1=Rader |first1=Dotson |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: Man of the World |url=https://parade.com/448240/dotsonrader/leonardo-dicaprio-man-of-the-world/3/ |access-date=October 12, 2019 |magazine=Parade |date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919040122/http://parade.com/448240/dotsonrader/leonardo-dicaprio-man-of-the-world/3/ |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |url-status=live}} According to DiCaprio, his interest in performing began at the age of two when he went onto the stage at a performance festival and danced spontaneously to a positive response from the crowd.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=14}} He was also motivated to learn acting when Farrar's appearance in a television commercial earned him $50,000.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=17–18}} DiCaprio has said in interviews that his first television appearance was in the children's series Romper Room, and that he was dismissed from the show for being disruptive. The show's host has denied that any children were removed from the show in this way.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-riding-the-wave-vol-49-no-3/|title=Riding the Wave |last=O'Neill |first=Anne-Marie |date=January 26, 2001 |work=People |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109152809/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20124329%2C00.html |archive-date=January 9, 2011|url-status=live |access-date=February 27, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Cronin |first1=Brian |title=Did Leonardo DiCaprio Get Kicked Off the Set of Romper Room as a Kid? |url=https://www.cbr.com/leonardo-dicaprio-romper-room-fired/ |work=Comic Book Resources |access-date=October 11, 2019 |date=February 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011165427/https://www.cbr.com/leonardo-dicaprio-romper-room-fired/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=live}} When he was 11, he almost quit acting in order to pursue breakdancing, having gotten second place in a competition in his mother's native Germany.{{cite web |title=That Time Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Became a Professional Breakdancer |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/that-time-leonardo-dicaprio-almost-became-a-professional-break-dancer |website=Interview Magazine |access-date=December 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525014522/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/that-time-leonardo-dicaprio-almost-became-a-professional-break-dancer |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live}} At 14, he began appearing in several commercials for Matchbox cars, which he calls his first role. DiCaprio later appeared in commercials for Kraft Singles, Bubble Yum and Apple Jacks.{{Cite news |last1=Borge |first1=Jonathan |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-early-tv-commercials |title=An Adorable Look Back at 8 of Leonardo DiCaprio's Early TV Commercials |work=InStyle|access-date=July 23, 2018 |date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064006/https://www.instyle.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-early-tv-commercials|archive-date=July 23, 2018|url-status=live}} In 1989, he played the role of Glen in two episodes of the television show The New Lassie.{{cite magazine |last1=Booth |first1=Jessica |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Look Has Evolved Since His Days on Growing Pains |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/leonardo-dicaprios-hollywood-evolution-163930904.html |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=March 2, 2023 |date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302101207/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/leonardo-dicaprios-hollywood-evolution-163930904.html|magazine=Harper's Bazaar |url-status=live}}

At the beginning of his career, DiCaprio had difficulty finding an agent. When he found one, the agent suggested DiCaprio change his name to Lenny Williams to appeal to American audiences, which he declined to do.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=28–29}} DiCaprio remained jobless for a year and a half, although he had 100{{nbsp}}auditions. Following this lack of success, DiCaprio was going to give up acting but his father persuaded him to persevere. Motivated by his father and by the prospect of financial security, he continued to audition. After a talent agent, who knew his mother's friend, recommended him to casting directors, DiCaprio secured roles in about 20{{nbsp}}commercials.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=21–22}}

By the early{{nbsp}}1990s, DiCaprio began acting regularly on television, starting with a role in the pilot of The Outsiders (1990) and one episode of the soap opera Santa Barbara (1990), in which he played a teenage alcoholic.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=23}} DiCaprio's career prospects improved when he was cast in Parenthood, a series based on the 1989 comedy film of the same name. To prepare for the role of Garry Buckman, a troubled teenager, he analyzed Joaquin Phoenix's performance in the original film.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=23–24}} His work that year earned him two nominations at the 12th Youth in Film Awards—Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series for Santa Barbara and Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series for Parenthood.{{cite web |title=12th Annual Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms12.htm |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716012652/http://youngartistawards.org/pastnoms12.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2015}} Around this time, he was a contestant on the children's game show Fun House, on which he performed several stunts, including catching the fish inside a small pool using only his teeth.{{sfn|Schwartz|Ryan|Wostbrock|1999|p=80}}{{cite web |last1=Boone |first1=John |title=Flashback Friday: Leonardo DiCaprio Competes on Game Show at 15 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/430064/leonardo-dicaprio-s-flashback-friday-15-year-old-leo-appears-on-game-show-fun-house |publisher=E! |access-date=October 11, 2019 |date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011165425/https://www.eonline.com/news/430064/leonardo-dicaprio-s-flashback-friday-15-year-old-leo-appears-on-game-show-fun-house |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Career

=1991–1996: Early work and breakthrough=

DiCaprio made his film debut in 1991 as the stepson of an unscrupulous landlord in the low-budget horror sequel Critters 3—a part he later described as "your average, no-depth, standard kid with blond hair". DiCaprio has stated that he prefers not to remember Critters 3, viewing it as "possibly one of the worst films of all time" and the kind of role he wanted to avoid in the future.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=26}} Later in 1991, he became a recurring cast member on the sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the show's central family.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=24}} Co-star Joanna Kerns recalls DiCaprio being "especially intelligent and disarming for his age" but she noted that he was also mischievous and jocular on set, and often made fun of his co-stars.{{cite news |last1=Yahr |first1=Emily |title=How Leonardo DiCaprio Went From Being a Dorky Teenage Actor to a Superstar |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-how-a-dorky-teenage-actor-became-a-superstar-a6891181.html |access-date=October 9, 2019 |work=The Independent|url-access=limited |date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009133108/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-how-a-dorky-teenage-actor-became-a-superstar-a6891181.html |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio was cast by the producers to appeal to young female audience, but his arrival did not improve the show's ratings and he left before the end of its run.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=24–25}} He was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series.{{cite web |title=13th Annual Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000613002256/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms13.htm |archive-date=June 13, 2000}} DiCaprio also had an uncredited role in 1991 in one episode of Roseanne.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=255}}

File:Lasse Hallström at 2013 MIFF (cropped).jpg directed DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination.|alt=Lasse Hallström holding a mic in his left hand and looking away from the camera]]

In 1992, DiCaprio had a brief role in the first installment of the Poison Ivy film series,{{cite news |last1=Ebiri |first1=Bilge |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Movies, Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/leonardo-dicaprios-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-149574 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009174943/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/leonardo-dicaprios-movies-ranked-worst-to-best-149574/ |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=live}} and was handpicked by Robert De Niro from a shortlist of 400 young actors to co-star with him in This Boy's Life. Adapted from the memoir by Tobias Wolff, the film focuses on the relationship between a rebellious teenager, Toby (DiCaprio), and his mother (Ellen Barkin) and abusive stepfather (De Niro).{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=This Boy's Life Movie Review & Film Summary (1993) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/this-boys-life-1993 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=November 17, 2019 |date=April 23, 1993 |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117112533/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/this-boys-life-1993 |url-status=live}}{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=38}} Director Michael Caton-Jones said that DiCaprio did not know how to behave on set; accordingly, Caton-Jones used a strict mentoring style, after which DiCaprio's behavior began to improve. Bilge Ebiri of Rolling Stone found that the powerful bond between Barkin and DiCaprio elevated the film, praising DiCaprio's portrayal of his character's complex growth from a rebellious teen to an independent young man. This Boy's Life was the first film that gained him recognition.{{sfn|Pomerance|2012|pp=104–105}}

DiCaprio played the developmentally disabled brother of Johnny Depp's character in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), a comedy-drama about a dysfunctional Iowa family. Caton-Jones recommended DiCaprio to director Lasse Hallström who was initially skeptical, as he considered DiCaprio too good-looking for the part. Hallström cast DiCaprio after he emerged as "the most observant" auditionee.{{cite news |first=Aljean |last=Harmetz |title=The Actor is Boyishly Handsome, and That's a Liability |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/movies/up-coming-leonardo-dicaprio-actor-boyishly-handsome-that-s-liability.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 1993 |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717080916/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/movies/up-coming-leonardo-dicaprio-actor-boyishly-handsome-that-s-liability.html |archive-date=July 17, 2010|url-access=limited}} To ensure authenticity in his portrayal, DiCaprio studied similarly impaired children and their mannerisms, and Hallström allowed him to create the character using his own researched attributes.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=36}} The film became a critical success.{{cite web |title=What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) |date=December 25, 1993 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whats_eating_gilbert_grape/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603124756/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whats_eating_gilbert_grape/ |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=live}} At 19, DiCaprio earned a National Board of Review Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the seventh-youngest Oscar nominee in the category.{{sfn|Pomerance|2012|pp=106–107}}{{Cite web|last=Evry|first=Max|title=The 25 Youngest Oscar Nominees of All Time|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2802405/youngest-oscar-nominees-winners-of-all-time/|date=February 9, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2021|work=MTV News|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420163843/https://www.mtv.com/news/2802405/youngest-oscar-nominees-winners-of-all-time/|url-status=dead}} "The film's real show-stopping turn comes from Mr. DiCaprio," wrote New York Times critic Janet Maslin, "who makes Arnie's many tics so startling and vivid that at first he is difficult to watch. The performance has a sharp, desperate intensity from beginning to end."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/17/movies/review-film-johnny-depp-as-a-soulful-outsider.html |title=Movie Review: What's Eating Gilbert Grape |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=December 17, 1993 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103053450/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE0D61631F934A25751C1A965958260 |archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-access=limited}} Caryn James, also writing for The New York Times, said of his performances in This Boy's Life and What's Eating Gilbert Grape: "He made the raw, emotional neediness of those boys completely natural and powerful."{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Caryn |author-link=Caryn James |title=The Baby-Faced Kid Has Developed Quite a Stare |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/movies/29jame.html |access-date=October 12, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012102044/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/movies/29jame.html |archive-date=October 12, 2019}}

DiCaprio's first role of 1995 was in Sam Raimi's Western The Quick and the Dead. When Sony Pictures became dubious over DiCaprio's casting, co-star Sharon Stone paid his salary herself.{{sfn|Muir|2004|pp=171–179}} The film was released to dismal box office performance and mixed reviews from critics.{{cite web |title=The Quick and the Dead (1995) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Quick-and-the-Dead-The |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902062037/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Quick-and-the-Dead-The |archive-date=September 2, 2014}}{{cite web |title=The Quick and the Dead (1995) |date=February 10, 1995 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1059629-quick_and_the_dead |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421170627/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1059629-quick_and_the_dead/ |url-status=live}} DiCaprio next starred as a teenage Jim Carroll, a drug-addicted high school basketball player and budding writer, in the biopic The Basketball Diaries.{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers|title=The Basketball Diaries |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-basketball-diaries-19950101 |access-date=August 26, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 21, 1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827135116/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-basketball-diaries-19950101 |archive-date=August 27, 2015}} He starred in the erotic drama Total Eclipse (1995), driven by the desire to showcase an exceptional performance, which would focus on his acting talent rather than his much-discussed physical appeal.{{sfn|Pomerance|2012|pp=111, 113}} Directed by Agnieszka Holland, it is a fictionalized account of the same-sex relationship between Arthur Rimbaud (DiCaprio) and Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). DiCaprio was cast when River Phoenix died before filming began. Although the film failed commercially,{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=62}} it has been included in the catalog of the Warner Archive Collection, which releases classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library on home video.{{cite web|title=Total Eclipse (1995)|url=https://www.wbshop.com/products/total-eclipse-1995-mod?_pos=1&_sid=6031a8443&_ss=r|publisher=Warner Archive Collection|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119014229/https://www.wbshop.com/products/total-eclipse-1995-mod?_pos=1&_sid=6031a8443&_ss=r}} A review in the San Francisco Chronicle called DiCaprio "his generation's great acting promise" but criticized the mismatch between Thewlis's "cultivated" British accent and DiCaprio's "Southern California twang".{{sfn|Pomerance|2012|p=115}}

DiCaprio next starred opposite Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996), an abridged modernization of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, which retained the original Shakespearean dialogue. DiCaprio was initially unsure about another Romeo and Juliet adaptation, but at his father's suggestion, he agreed to examine Luhrmann's work more closely. DiCaprio and Luhrmann then spent a two-week workshop exchanging ideas, which led to the collaboration.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=67–68}} Romeo + Juliet established DiCaprio as a leading Hollywood actor; according to film scholar Murray Pomerance, DiCaprio's newfound popularity helped the film become profitable only days after its release.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=67}}{{sfn|Pomerance|2012|p=117}} Reviewing DiCaprio's early works, David Thomson of The Guardian called DiCaprio "a revelation" in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, "very moving" in This Boy's Life, "suitably desperate" in The Basketball Diaries and "a vital spark" in Romeo + Juliet.{{cite news |last1=Thomson |first1=David |author-link=David Thomson (film critic) |title=David Thomson on Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/16/leonardo-dicaprio-profile |access-date=October 26, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=January 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026175510/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/16/leonardo-dicaprio-profile |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |url-status=live}} The latter earned DiCaprio a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival.{{sfn|Müller|2001|p=400}} He then portrayed a young man who has been committed to a mental asylum in Marvin's Room (1996), a family drama about two estranged sisters, played by Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, who are reunited through tragedy. He played Hank, the troubled son of Streep's character.{{sfn|Wight|2012|pp=65–67}} Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly praised "the deeply gifted DiCaprio" for holding his own against veteran actresses Keaton and Streep, describing the three as "full-bodied and so powerfully affecting that you're carried along on the pleasure of being in the presence of their extraordinary talent".{{cite magazine |first=Lisa |last=Schwarzbaum |author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1996/12/20/marvins-room |title=Marvin's Room (1996) |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 20, 1996 |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716101037/http://www.ew.com/article/1996/12/20/marvins-room |archive-date=July 16, 2015}}

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DiCaprio rejected a role in Boogie Nights (1997) to star opposite Kate Winslet in James Cameron's Titanic as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard RMS Titanic during its ill-fated maiden voyage.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=8}} DiCaprio initially had doubts, but was eventually encouraged by Cameron to pursue the part.{{cite magazine |title=Titanic |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 24, 2010 |date=November 7, 1997 |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1997/11/07/titanic |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328230602/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290182_3,00.html |archive-date=March 28, 2010|page=3}} With a production budget of more than $200 million,{{sfn|Block|Wilson|2010|p=714}}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Eliza |date=January 2, 2024 |title=Here's How Leo's 'Titanic' Payday Stacked Up to Kate's |url=https://parade.com/celebrities/leonardo-dicaprio-net-worth |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=Parade |language=en}} the film was the most expensive in history at the time, and was shot at Rosarito, Baja California where a replica of the ship was created.{{cite magazine |last1=Torres |first1=Gaby |title=The Town That Built the Titanic is Sinking |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-town-that-built-the-titanic-is-sinking-0000187-v19n4/ |access-date=March 2, 2022 |magazine=Vice |date=May 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009180631/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwn3be/the-town-that-built-the-titanic-is-sinking-0000187-v19n4 |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=live}} Titanic became the highest-grossing film at the time, eventually earning more than $2.1 billion in box-office receipts worldwide.{{efn|Titanic grossed $1.84 billion at the time of its release. After a re-release in 3D in 2012, it earned an additional $343.6 million worldwide, totaling up to $2.18 billion.{{cite web |title=Titanic (1997) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027003338/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/ |url-status=live}}
Click on the drop-down menu to see the gross at the time of its original release and 3D re-release.{{cite news |last1=Klady |first1=Leonard |title=Titanic Sails to All-Time Box Office Record |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |work=Variety |date=March 3, 1998 |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216041131/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/titanic-sails-to-all-time-box-office-record-1201345048/ |url-status=live}}}} The role of Jack Dawson transformed DiCaprio into a superstar, resulting in intense adoration among teenage girls and young women that became known as "Leo-mania".{{cite news |first=John |last=Hiscock |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3632803/Leonardo-DiCaprios-magnificent-obsessive.html |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Magnificent Obsessive |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 4, 2004 |access-date=August 3, 2010 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223094145/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3632803/Leonardo-DiCaprios-magnificent-obsessive.html |archive-date=December 23, 2010}}{{sfn|Nash|Lahti|1999|pp=74–83}} The film won 11 Academy Awards—the most wins for any film—including Best Picture, but DiCaprio's failure to gain a nomination led to a protest against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) by more than 200{{nbsp}}fans.{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Davis |title=Love Story That Won the Heart of the Academy |work=BBC News |access-date=October 8, 2019 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/oscars/69009.stm |date=March 24, 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308052908/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/oscars/69009.stm |archive-date=March 8, 2008}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1998/03/06/leonardo-dicaprio-robbed-titanic-nomination |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: Robbed of a Titanic Nomination? |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 6, 1998 |access-date=November 23, 2013 |last=Busch |first=Anita M. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715193552/http://www.ew.com/article/1998/03/06/leonardo-dicaprio-robbed-titanic-nomination |archive-date=July 15, 2015}} He was nominated for other high-profile awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/titanic|title=Golden Globe Awards: Titanic|access-date=July 30, 2023|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201154636/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/titanic|url-status=live}}

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DiCaprio stated in 2000: "I have no connection with me during that whole Titanic phenomenon and what my face became around the world{{nbsp}}[...] I'll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don't expect to{{nbsp}}[...] It's not something I'm going to try to achieve either."{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2055068,00.html |title=What's Eating Leonardo DiCaprio |magazine=Time |date=February 14, 2000 |access-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122003256/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C2055068%2C00.html |archive-date=January 22, 2014}} In his 2015 Rolling Stone article, Ebiri called the role DiCaprio's best, writing that he and Winslet "infuse their earnest back-and-forth with so much genuine emotion that it's hard not to get swept up in their doomed love affair." A writer for Vanity Fair in 2008 similarly labeled them "Hollywood's most iconic screen couple" since Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.{{cite news |last = Smith |first = Krista |title = Isn't she Deneuvely? |url = https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/winslet200812 |work = Vanity Fair |date = November 3, 2008 |access-date = August 23, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170103220131/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/winslet200812 |archive-date = January 3, 2017}} Essaying her first viewing of the film in 2017, Vox contributor Alissa Wilkinson took note of DiCaprio's "boyish charm" and found his performance "natural and unaffected".{{cite web |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Alissa |title='Titanic is turning 20, and I just saw it for the first time. It blew my mind.' |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/19/16774172/titanic-20th-anniversary-1997-dicaprio-cameron-winslet |website=Vox |access-date=February 2, 2022 |date=December 19, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202163123/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/19/16774172/titanic-20th-anniversary-1997-dicaprio-cameron-winslet |url-status=live}} The success of Titanic intensified DiCaprio's standing as a teen idol and romantic lead, an image from which he sought to dissociate himself.{{sfn|Nash|Lahti|1999|pp=74–83}} He reduced his workload "to learn to hear [his] own voice in choosing the roles" that he wanted to pursue.{{cite news|author=Rose, Tiffany |date=January 5, 2003 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: The Q Interview |work=The Independent |url-access=limited|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/leonardo-dicaprio-the-q-interview-138084.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108183449/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/leonardo-dicaprio-the-q-interview-138084.html |archive-date=January 8, 2022}}

DiCaprio had a brief featured role in Woody Allen's 1998 satire of fame, Celebrity. Ebiri labeled DiCaprio "the best thing in the film".{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/celebrity-1998 |title=Celebrity Movie Review & Film Summary |website=RogerEbert.com |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=November 20, 1998 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093643/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/celebrity-1998 |archive-date=October 6, 2014}} That year, he also took on the dual roles of villainous King Louis XIV and his secret, sympathetic twin brother Philippe in Randall Wallace's The Man in the Iron Mask, with common elements from the 1939 film of the same name and a 1929 film with Douglas Fairbanks.{{cite news |title=The Man in the Iron Mask |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/united-artists/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-788922.html |access-date=April 11, 2022 |work=The Independent |date=February 28, 2008 |url-access=limited |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411162739/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/united-artists/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-788922.html |url-status=live}} It received mixed to negative reviews,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1082400-man_in_the_iron_mask/ |title=The Man in the Iron Mask |date=March 13, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726030327/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1082400-man_in_the_iron_mask/ |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 8, 2010}} but grossed $180 million against a budget of $35 million.{{cite web |title=The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120744/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411163232/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120744/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Man-in-the-Iron-Mask |title=The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=July 13, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043250/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Man-in-the-Iron-Mask |archive-date=November 29, 2014}} Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman wrote that DiCaprio did not look old enough to play the part, but praised him as "a fluid and instinctive actor, with the face of a mischievous angel".{{cite magazine |first=Owen |last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=March 12, 1998 |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1998/03/20/man-iron-mask |title=The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003185530/http://www.ew.com/article/1998/03/20/man-iron-mask |archive-date=October 3, 2015}} The Guardian{{'s}} Alex von Tunzelmann was similarly impressed with the actor's performance but found his talent wasted in the film.{{cite news |last1=von Tunzelmann |first1=Alex |title=The Man in the Iron Mask: Uncovered |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/reel-history-man-in-the-iron-mask |access-date=February 2, 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=October 21, 2010 |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202163123/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/reel-history-man-in-the-iron-mask |url-status=live}} DiCaprio won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple for the dual roles in 1999.{{cite news |title=The Man in the Mask (1998) – Leonardo DiCaprio: His Career in Pictures |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11121170/Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-pictures.html?frame=3051418|date=February 22, 2016 |access-date=September 4, 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410070155/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11121170/Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-pictures.html?frame=3051418 |archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-access=subscription}}

Also in 1998, DiCaprio was cast to star in American Psycho (2000) for a reported salary of $20 million; after disagreements with Oliver Stone on the film's direction, DiCaprio left the project, taking the lead role in The Beach instead.{{cite news|last=Gopalan|first=Nisha |title=American Psycho: the Story Behind the Film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/24/fiction.breteastonellis |access-date=October 8, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=March 24, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091451/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/24/fiction.breteastonellis |archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live}} Adapted from Alex Garland's 1996 novel, the film saw him play a backpacking American tourist who ends up in a secret island commune in the Gulf of Thailand.{{cite news |last1=Niven |first1=John |title=Alex Garland's cult novel The Beach 20 Years On

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/02/alex-garland-the-beach-20-years-on |access-date=April 11, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 2, 2016 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411033444/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/02/alex-garland-the-beach-20-years-on |url-status=live}} Budgeted at $50 million, the film earned almost three times that at the box office,{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beach-The#tab=summary |title=The Beach (2000) |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=August 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314065104/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beach-The |archive-date=March 14, 2014}} but was negatively reviewed by critics, and earned him a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beach/ |title=The Beach (2000) |date=February 11, 2000 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831055742/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beach/ |archive-date=August 31, 2008}}{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=John |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/xcnewsplus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=43 |title=Nominations Press Release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191431/http://razzies.com/asp/content/xcnewsplus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=43 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |publisher=Golden Raspberry Awards |date=February 12, 2001 |url-status=dead}} Todd McCarthy of Variety thought DiCaprio gave a compelling performance but his character lacked defining qualities.{{cite news |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |author-link=Todd McCarthy|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-beach-1117778650/ |title=The Beach Review |work=Variety |date=February 7, 2000 |access-date=August 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906160235/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-beach-1117778650/ |archive-date=September 6, 2014}} The film received criticism for damaging the filming location in Thailand, after which DiCaprio worked to restore the area.{{sfn|Erdős|2019|p=218}}

In the mid-1990s, DiCaprio agreed to be in the mostly improvised black-and-white short film Don's Plum as a favor to aspiring director R. D. Robb. When Robb expanded it to a full-length film, DiCaprio and co-star Tobey Maguire had its release blocked in the US and Canada by court order, arguing they never intended to make a feature film. The film premiered at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival but remains obscure.{{cite magazine |author=Lee, Chris|title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and the Making and Epic Unmaking of Don's Plum |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/leonardo-dicaprio-tobey-maguire-dons-plum |access-date=April 11, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=December 12, 2016 |archive-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215101928/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/leonardo-dicaprio-tobey-maguire-dons-plum |url-status=live}}

=2002–2009: Work with Martin Scorsese and film production=

{{See also|Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio|Appian Way Productions}}

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DiCaprio turned down the role of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), feeling unprepared to "take that dive" at the time.{{cite magazine |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: 'I Turned Down the Chance to Play Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars{{'}}|url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/leonardo-dicaprio-i-turned-down-the-chance-to-play-1400784 |magazine=NME |access-date=November 9, 2019 |date=December 30, 2015 |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108050254/https://www.nme.com/news/film/leonardo-dicaprio-i-turned-down-the-chance-to-play-1400784 |url-status=live}} His first film that year was the biopic Catch Me If You Can, based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who before his 19th birthday committed check fraud to make millions in the 1960s. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film was shot across 147 different locations in 52 days, making it "the most adventurous, super-charged movie-making" DiCaprio had experienced yet.{{cite news |url=http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/dailynews/extra/12_02/12_12b.html |title=Catch Me If You Can |work=Extra |date=December 12, 2002 |access-date=July 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208031137/http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/dailynews/extra/12_02/12_12b.html |archive-date=December 8, 2008}} The film received critical acclaim and grossed $355 million against a budget of $52 million, becoming his second highest-grossing release after Titanic.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Catch-Me-if-You-Can#tab=summary |title=Catch Me If You Can (2002) |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=August 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122201816/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Catch-Me-if-You-Can |archive-date=November 22, 2013}} Roger Ebert praised his departure from dark and troubled characters,{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/catch-me-if-you-can-2002 |title=Catch Me If You Can (2002) Review |website=RogerEbert.com |date=September 25, 2002 |access-date=August 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829230500/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/catch-me-if-you-can-2002 |archive-date=August 29, 2014}} and two Entertainment Weekly critics in 2018 called it DiCaprio's best role, labeling him "delightfully persuasive, deceptive, flirtatious, and sometimes tragic—and we dare you to find a better role, if you can".{{cite magazine |author=Lawrence, Derek |title=Every Leonardo DiCaprio Film Performance, Ranked |url=https://ew.com/gallery/leonardo-dicaprio-ranking-his-movie-roles/ |access-date=October 26, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 13, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115144516/https://ew.com/gallery/leonardo-dicaprio-ranking-his-movie-roles/ |url-status=live}} DiCaprio received his third Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film.{{cite web |title=Chicago Grabs 8 Golden Globe Nominations |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/19/golden.globe.nominations/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=July 8, 2015 |date=January 18, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710164326/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/19/golden.globe.nominations/index.html |archive-date=July 10, 2015}}

Also in 2002, DiCaprio starred in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, a historical drama set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. Scorsese initially struggled selling his idea of realizing the film until DiCaprio became interested in starring in the film, and thus Miramax Films got involved with financing the project. Nonetheless, production on the film was plagued by overshooting of budgets and producer-director disagreements, resulting in an eight-month shoot. With a budget of $103 million, the film was the most expensive Scorsese had ever made. DiCaprio was drawn to playing Amsterdam Vallon, the young leader of an Irish-American street gang, as it marked a shift from "boyish" roles to a mature leading man.{{cite news |date=February 10, 2003 |title=Scorsese's Gang of Acting Heavyweights |work=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/scorseses-gang-of-acting-heavyweights-20030210-gdv7a6.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806182045/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/09/1044725670402.html |archive-date=August 6, 2010}} Gangs of New York earned $193 million worldwide and received positive critical response.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gangs-of-New-York |title=Gangs of New York (2002) |publisher=The Numbers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125204908/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gangs-of-New-York |archive-date=November 25, 2013|url-status=live |access-date=August 3, 2010}}{{cite web |title=Gangs of New York (2002) |date=December 20, 2002 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gangs_of_new_york |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517024515/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gangs_of_new_york/ |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |url-status=live}} Anne Thompson of The Observer took note of DiCaprio's "low-key, sturdy performance", but felt that co-star Daniel Day-Lewis overshadowed him.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/dec/22/features.review |title=How Do You Like Your Leonardo DiCaprio? Butch Or Boyish? The Choice Is Yours |last=Thompson |first=Anne |date=December 22, 2002 |work=The Guardian |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104210656/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/dec/22/features.review |archive-date=November 4, 2013|url-status=live|url-access=registration}}

In 2004, DiCaprio founded the production company Appian Way Productions, a namesake of the Italian road.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=142}} He was interested in finding unique source material and preserving its essence during development, citing previous experiences where the involvement of too many people influenced the final product in a negative way.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Wolf of Wall Street{{'s}} Leonardo DiCaprio on Creating Fact-Based Black Comedy Without Glorifying Crooks |url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/wolf-of-wall-street-leonardo-dicaprio-657511/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811100153/https://deadline.com/2013/12/wolf-of-wall-street-leonardo-dicaprio-657511/ |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio first executive-produced The Assassination of Richard Nixon, which starred Sean Penn as Samuel Byck,{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=255}} and was screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4200653/year/2004.html |title=The Assassination of Richard Nixon |publisher=Cannes Film Festival |access-date=December 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110210248/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4200653/year/2004.html |archive-date=November 10, 2013}} DiCaprio and Scorsese reunited for a biopic of Howard Hughes, an American film director and aviation pioneer suffering from obsessive–compulsive disorder, in The Aviator (2004), which DiCaprio also co-produced under Appian Way. He initially developed the project with Michael Mann who was eventually replaced by Scorsese.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |title=New Line Spruced up |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/new-line-spruced-up-1117778736/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |work=Variety |date=February 25, 2000 |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220352/https://variety.com/2000/film/news/new-line-spruced-up-1117778736/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |author=Saney, Daniel |title=Scorsese Overspends on The Aviator |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a17493/scorsese-overspends-on-the-aviator/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |work=Digital Spy |date=December 8, 2004 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210000518/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a17493/scorsese-overspends-on-the-aviator/ |url-status=live}} The Aviator became a critical and financial success, grossing $213{{nbsp}}million against its budget of $110{{nbsp}}million.{{cite web |title=The Aviator (2004) |date=December 25, 2004 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aviator/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 17, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928003516/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aviator/ |archive-date=September 28, 2009}}{{cite web |title=The Aviator (2004) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl742753793/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221112126/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aviator.htm |url-status=live}} Simond Braund of Empire thought DiCaprio convincingly played a complex role and highlighted the scenes depicting Hughes's paranoia and obsession.{{cite magazine |last1=Braund |first1=Simond |title=The Aviator |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/aviator-review/ |access-date=October 8, 2019 |magazine=Empire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008160317/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/aviator-review/ |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |url-status=live}} He received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.{{cite news |title=2004 Golden Globe Awards Nominees|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/goldenglobes/2004-12-13-nominee-list_x.htm |access-date=July 8, 2015 |work=USA Today |date=December 13, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041617/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/goldenglobes/2004-12-13-nominee-list_x.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005 |title=Nominees & Winners for the 77th Academy Awards |date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 12, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101230853/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005 |archive-date=January 1, 2016}}
{{cite news |title=The Aviator Set to Shine at BAFTAs|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jan/17/awardsandprizes.baftas2005 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=January 17, 2005 |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220349/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jan/17/awardsandprizes.baftas2005 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |title=The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041750/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live}}

In 2006, DiCaprio starred in the crime film The Departed and the political war thriller Blood Diamond. In Scorsese's The Departed, DiCaprio played the role of Billy Costigan, a state trooper working undercover in the Irish Mob in Boston, someone he characterizes as being in a "constant 24-hour panic attack". DiCaprio especially liked the experience of working with co-star Jack Nicholson, describing a scene with him as "one of the most memorable moments" of his life as an actor.{{sfn|Neibaur|2016|p=159}} In preparation, he visited Boston to interact with people associated with the Irish Mob and gained {{convert|15|lb|kg}} of muscle.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=David |title=Ranking the Craziest Things Actors Have Done for Famous Roles |url=https://collider.com/galleries/craziest-method-acting-for-famous-roles/ |publisher=Collider |access-date=December 11, 2019 |date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194215/https://collider.com/galleries/craziest-method-acting-for-famous-roles/ |url-status=live}} Critically acclaimed,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/departed/ |title=The Departed (2006) |date=October 6, 2006 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 17, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118005417/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/departed/ |archive-date=November 18, 2009}} the film grossed $291 million against a budget of $90 million, becoming DiCaprio and Scorsese's highest-grossing collaboration to that point.{{cite web |title=The Departed |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0407887/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410090940/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0407887/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live}} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone praised DiCaprio's and co-star Matt Damon's performances as "explosive, emotionally complex", but felt that Nicholson overshadowed the two.{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=The Departed |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-departed-250575/ |access-date=October 8, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624045407/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-departed-250575/ |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |url-status=live}} Despite DiCaprio's leading role in The Departed, the film's distributor Warner Bros. Pictures submitted his performance for a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the AMPAS to avoid internal conflict with his part in Blood Diamond.{{cite news |last1=Tapley |first1=Kristopher |title=10 Years Later: The Departed, the Oscars, and the Non-Campaign Campaign |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/the-departed-oscars-non-campaign-campaign-1201875685/ |access-date=January 8, 2022 |work=Variety |date=October 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227175221/https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/the-departed-oscars-non-campaign-campaign-1201875685/|url-status=live |archive-date=December 27, 2021}} Instead, his co-star Mark Wahlberg was nominated, though DiCaprio earned other accolades for The Departed, including a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor nominations at the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards.

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In Blood Diamond, DiCaprio starred as a diamond smuggler from Rhodesia who is involved in the Sierra Leone Civil War. While filming, he worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and said he was touched by his interactions with them.{{cite web |url=http://www.sos-usa.org/About-SOS/what-is-sos/sos-supporters/Leonardo-DiCaprio-Works-with-Orphans/Pages/default.aspx |title=Leonardo DiCaprio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106020800/http://www.sos-usa.org/About-SOS/what-is-sos/sos-supporters/Leonardo-DiCaprio-Works-with-Orphans/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |publisher=SOS Children's Villages – USA |access-date=January 13, 2009}} To prepare, he spent six months in Africa, learned about camouflage from people in South African military and interviewed and recorded people in the country to improve his accent.{{cite magazine |last1=Ressner |first1=Jeffrey |title=Q&A with Leonardo DiCaprio |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1562640-1,00.html |access-date=October 8, 2019 |magazine=Time |date=November 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008100302/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1562640-1,00.html |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |url-status=live}} The film received generally favorable reviews,{{cite web |title=Blood Diamond |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blood-diamond |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819043720/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/blood-diamond |archive-date=August 19, 2010}} and DiCaprio was noted for his South African accent, which is generally known as difficult to imitate.{{cite news |last1=Sancton |first1=Julian |title=Matt Damon vs. Leonardo DiCaprio: Whose South African (and Southie) Accent is Better? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2009/12/matt-damon-vs-leonardo-dicaprio-whose-south-african-and-southie-accent-is-better |access-date=August 11, 2015 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713160027/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2009/12/matt-damon-vs-leonardo-dicaprio-whose-south-african-and-southie-accent-is-better |archive-date=July 13, 2015}} Claudia Puig of the USA Today approvingly highlighted DiCaprio's transition from a boy to a man on screen,{{cite web|last=Puig|first=Claudia|date=December 7, 2006|title=Blood Diamond Shines Forth|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-12-07-review-blood-diamond_x.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715170610/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-12-07-review-blood-diamond_x.htm|archive-date=July 15, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2019|newspaper=USA Today}} and Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post similarly noted his growth as an actor since The Departed.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/12/08/the-many-facets-of-diamond-span-classbankheadgripping-thriller-packs-a-wallop-amid-a-landscape-of-chaos-and-civil-warspan/4307ce70-a1fd-4e40-b717-66a3cdcd40fd/ |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |title=The Many Facets of 'Diamond' Gripping Thriller Packs a Wallop Amid a Landscape of Chaos and Civil War |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 8, 2006 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305110716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/12/08/the-many-facets-of-diamond-span-classbankheadgripping-thriller-packs-a-wallop-amid-a-landscape-of-chaos-and-civil-warspan/4307ce70-a1fd-4e40-b717-66a3cdcd40fd/ |url-status=live}} DiCaprio received nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Blood Diamond.{{cite web |title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=December 4, 2012}}
{{cite web |title=64th Golden Globe Awards Facts and Figures |url=http://www.hfpa.org/2006/12/64th-golden-globe-awards-facts-and-figures/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709083640/http://www.hfpa.org/2006/12/64th-golden-globe-awards-facts-and-figures/ |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=July 8, 2015 |date=December 14, 2006}}
{{cite news |last1=Cashin |first1=Rory |title=Opinion: Why Has Leonardo DiCaprio Never Won an Oscar? |url=http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Opinion-Why-has-Leonardo-DiCaprio-never-won-an-Oscar/193825.htm |access-date=July 8, 2015 |work=Entertainment.ie |date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707085703/http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Opinion-Why-has-Leonardo-DiCaprio-never-won-an-Oscar/193825.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2015}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2006/ |title=2006 Winners |publisher=International Press Academy |access-date=August 3, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628235847/http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2006/ |archive-date=June 28, 2015}}

In 2007, DiCaprio produced the comedy drama Gardener of Eden, which according to The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s Frank Scheck "lack[ed] the necessary dramatic urgency or black humor to connect with audiences".{{cite news |last1=Scheck |first1=Frank |title=The Gardener of Eden |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gardener-eden-159414 |agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 20, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 26, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112758/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gardener-eden-159414 |archive-date=December 22, 2015}} Later that year, he produced, co-wrote and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary on the state of the natural environment that won the Earthwatch Environmental Film Award in 2008.{{cite web |title=Earthwatch Film Awards |url=https://earthwatch.org/news-media/film-awards |publisher=Earthwatch Institute |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135425/https://earthwatch.org/News-Media/Film-Awards |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |url-status=dead}} DiCaprio's Appian Way produced Planet Green's Greensburg (2008–2010), which ran for three seasons. Set in Greensburg, Kansas, it is about rebuilding the town in a sustainable way after being hit by the 2007 Greensburg tornado.{{cite web |title=Greensburg Season 3 to Air on Planet Green |url=http://www.greensburgks.org/government/news/greensburg-season-3-to-air-on-planet-green |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141150/http://www.greensburgks.org/government/news/greensburg-season-3-to-air-on-planet-green |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |publisher=Greensburgks.org}} Also in 2008, DiCaprio starred in Body of Lies, a spy film based on the novel of the same name. He played one of three agents battling a terrorist organization in the Middle East.{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Larry|date=August 15, 2007|title=Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe Will Be a Good 'Fit' in CIA Flick, Ridley Scott Hopes|work=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567106/story.jhtml|access-date=November 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312072055/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567106/story.jhtml|archive-date=March 12, 2009}} Considering the film to be a throwback to political features of the 1970s like The Parallax View (1974) and Three Days of the Condor (1975), DiCaprio dyed his hair brown and wore brown contacts for the role. The film received mixed reviews from critics,{{cite web|title=Body of Lies (2008)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009225-body_of_lies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215011326/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009225-body_of_lies/|archive-date=February 15, 2008|access-date=February 20, 2008|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} and grossed $118 million against a budget of $67.5 million.{{cite web|title=Body of Lies (2008)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Body-of-Lies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208124703/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Body-of-Lies|archive-date=December 8, 2013|access-date=July 20, 2010|publisher=The Numbers}}

Later in 2008, DiCaprio collaborated with Kate Winslet for the drama Revolutionary Road, directed by her then-husband Sam Mendes. As both actors had been reluctant to make romantic films similar to Titanic, it was Winslet who suggested that they both work with her on a film adaptation of the 1961 eponymous novel by Richard Yates. She found that the script, by Justin Haythe, had little in common with the 1997 blockbuster.{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Grace |title=DiCaprio Reveals Joys of Fighting With Winslet |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/kate.leo/index.html |work=CNN |date=January 23, 2009 |access-date=January 23, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105112404/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/kate.leo/index.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012}} Playing a couple in a failing marriage in the 1950s, DiCaprio and Winslet spent some time together in preparation, and DiCaprio felt claustrophobic on the small set they used.{{cite magazine |last1=Sella |first1=Marshall |title=Leading Man: Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.gq.com/story/leonardo-dicaprio-revolutionary-road-kate-winslet |access-date=October 15, 2019 |magazine=GQ|date=October 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320060459/https://www.gq.com/story/leonardo-dicaprio-revolutionary-road-kate-winslet |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |url-status=live}} He saw his character as "unheroic", "slightly cowardly" and someone "willing to be just a product of his environment".{{cite news |last1=Guzmán |first1=Rafer |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/2.828/leonardo-dicaprio-kate-winslet-in-revolutionary-road-1.175825 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |newspaper=Newsday |date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306101350/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/2.828/leonardo-dicaprio-kate-winslet-in-revolutionary-road-1.175825 |archive-date=March 6, 2016}} Peter Travers liked DiCaprio's pairing with Winslet and his multi-layered portrayal of an overwhelmed character,{{cite magazine |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=Revolutionary Road |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/revolutionary-road-116403/ |access-date=February 3, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 25, 2008 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203202252/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/revolutionary-road-116403/ |url-status=live}} and Marshall Sella of GQ called it the "most mature and memorable performance of his lifetime". DiCaprio earned his seventh Golden Globes nomination for the film.{{cite web |title=Complete List of Nominations for 2009 Golden Globes |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/72803/complete-list-of-nominations-for-2009-golden-globes |publisher=E! |access-date=July 8, 2015 |date=December 11, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725234459/http://www.eonline.com/news/72803/complete-list-of-nominations-for-2009-golden-globes |archive-date=July 25, 2015}} Revolutionary Road grossed $75.9{{nbsp}}million against its budget of $35{{nbsp}}million.{{cite web |title=Revolutionary Road |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0959337/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919172032/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0959337/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live}} He ended the 2000s by producing director Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological horror thriller film Orphan (2009), starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard and Isabelle Fuhrman. Although the film received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success.{{sfn|Ochoa|2011|p=75}}

=2010–2013: Films with high-profile directors=

DiCaprio continued to collaborate with Scorsese in the 2010 psychological thriller film Shutter Island, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. He played Edward "Teddy" Daniels, a U.S. Marshal investigating a psychiatric facility located on an island, who comes to question his own sanity. DiCaprio and Scorsese became interested in the project in 2007, and the former co-produced the film under Appian Way with Phoenix Pictures.{{cite magazine |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |title=Scorsese, DiCaprio Team for Island |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/scorsese-dicaprio-team-for-island-2-1117974525/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |magazine=Variety |date=October 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101064319/http://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/scorsese-dicaprio-team-for-island-2-1117974525/|url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2016}} Because of the film's disturbing scenes, DiCaprio had nightmares of mass murder during production and considered relaxing with his friends a form of therapy.{{cite web |last1=McGarvey |first1=Shannon |title=DiCaprio: {{'}}Shutter Island Was Traumatic' |website=Digital Spy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a203645/dicaprio-shutter-island-was-traumatic/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=February 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007112546/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a203645/dicaprio-shutter-island-was-traumatic/ |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |url-status=live}} The film was released to mixed reviews;{{cite web|title=Shutter Island (2010)|date=February 19, 2010 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198124-shutter_island|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220215359/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198124-shutter_island|url-status=live}} Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised Scorsese's direction and the acting but criticized its twist ending.{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|title=Shutter Island |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/mar/11/shutter-island-review |access-date=December 20, 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=March 11, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093432/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/mar/11/shutter-island-review |archive-date=December 22, 2015}} Peter Travers called it DiCaprio's "most haunting and emotionally complex performance yet", and particularly liked his cave scene with co-star Patricia Clarkson.{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=Shutter Island |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/shutter-island-98258/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007113410/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/shutter-island-98258/ |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |url-status=live}} The film was a commercial success, grossing $294 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2020705793/|title=Shutter Island (2010) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114052048/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shutterisland.htm |archive-date=January 14, 2016}}

File:InceptionCastPremiereJuly10.jpg at the film's premiere in 2010|alt=A photograph of seven people on stage; except for Leonardo DiCario on the right, they are all clapping cheerfully.]]

DiCaprio's second role in 2010 was in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed ensemble science-fiction film Inception.{{cite news|last1=Child|first1=Ben|date=July 8, 2010|title=Christopher Nolan's Inception: Too Good to be True?|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/jul/08/christopher-nolan-inception|url-status=live|access-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007191341/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/jul/08/christopher-nolan-inception|archive-date=October 7, 2019}} Inspired by the experience of lucid dreaming and dream incubation,{{cite web |date=July 16, 2010 |last1=Sheila |first1=Marikar |title=Inside Inception: Could Christopher Nolan's Dream World Exist in Real Life? Dream Experts Say Inception{{'s}} Conception of the Subconscious Isn't Far From Science |publisher=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-inception-christopher-nolans-dream-world-exist-real/story?id=11174201 |access-date=July 31, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713031445/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-inception-christopher-nolans-dream-world-exist-real/story?id=11174201 |archive-date=July 13, 2015}} the film features Dom Cobb (DiCaprio), an "extractor" who enters the dreams of others to obtain information that is otherwise inaccessible. Cobb is promised a chance to regain his old life in exchange for planting an idea in a corporate target's mind.{{cite news |last1=Honeycutt |first1=Kirk |title=Inception – Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/inception-film-review-29792 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 14, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708071139/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/inception-film-review-29792 |archive-date=July 8, 2015}} DiCaprio was fascinated with the idea of a "dream-heist" and the potential for his character to manipulate his dreamworld and impact his real life.{{cite magazine|title=Inception|magazine=Empire|date=July 2010|pages= 93–94|issue=253}} Made on a budget of $160 million, the film grossed $836 million worldwide to become DiCaprio's second highest-grossing film.{{cite web |title=Inception (2010) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124073809/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live}} To star in this film, DiCaprio agreed to a pay cut from his $20 million fee and opted for a share in first-dollar gross points, which entitled him to a percentage of the cinema ticket sales. The risk proved fruitful, as DiCaprio earned $50 million from the film, becoming his highest payday yet.{{cite news |last1=Bacardi |first1=Francesca |title=Jonah Hill Was Paid $60,000 for Wolf of Wall Street |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/jonah-hill-was-paid-60000-for-wolf-of-wall-street-1201066745/ |access-date=July 30, 2015 |work=Variety |date=January 22, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711222409/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/jonah-hill-was-paid-60000-for-wolf-of-wall-street-1201066745/ |archive-date=July 11, 2015}}

DiCaprio starred as J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011). A biopic about Hoover, the film focuses on his career as an FBI director, including an examination of his private life as an alleged closeted homosexual.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=217}} Critics felt that the film lacked coherence overall but commended DiCaprio's performance.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/j_edgar |title=J. Edgar (2011) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 10, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111090503/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/j_edgar/ |archive-date=November 11, 2011}}{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703293204576106080298279672 |title=A Hollywood Icon Lays Down the Law |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=February 18, 2011 |first=Michael |last=Judge |date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125004658/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703293204576106080298279672 |archive-date=January 25, 2015|url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}} Roger Ebert praised DiCaprio's ability to bring depth and nuance to the character, suggesting that his performance conveyed aspects of Hoover's personality that were possibly even unknown to the man himself.{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/j-edgar-2011 |title=J. Edgar |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |website=RogerEbert.com|date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501011145/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/j-edgar-2011 |archive-date=May 1, 2013}} Also in 2011, he produced Catherine Hardwicke's romantic horror film Red Riding Hood. Though it was named one of the ten worst films of 2011 by Time magazine,{{cite magazine |last=Pols |first=Mary |title=The Top 10 Everything of 2011 – Red Riding Hood |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101366_2101544,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=December 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220201942/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C2101344_2101366_2101544%2C00.html |archive-date=December 20, 2011}} it had moderate box-office returns.{{cite web |title=Red Riding Hood |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1601013249/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216161140/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=redridinghood.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2015}} Also that year, DiCaprio's Appian Way produced George Clooney's political drama The Ides of March, an adaptation of Beau Willimon's 2008 play Farragut North.{{cite news |last1=Blake |first1=Meredith |title=Beau Willimon's Political Work is Foundation for House of Cards |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-feb-12-la-et-st-house-of-cards-beau-willimon-20130212-story.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 12, 2013 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419182146/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-feb-12-la-et-st-house-of-cards-beau-willimon-20130212-story.html |url-status=live }}

In 2012, DiCaprio starred as plantation owner Calvin Candie in Quentin Tarantino's Spaghetti Western, Django Unchained. After reading the script, DiCaprio felt uncomfortable with the extent of racism portrayed in the film, but his co-stars and Tarantino convinced him not to sugarcoat it.{{cite web |last1=Flynn |first1=Fiona |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Talks Django Unchained: It Was Disturbing. |url=https://entertainment.ie/cinema/movie-news/leonardo-dicaprio-talks-django-unchained-it-was-disturbing-246025/ |publisher=Entertainment.ie |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007090021/https://entertainment.ie/cinema/movie-news/leonardo-dicaprio-talks-django-unchained-it-was-disturbing-246025/ |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |url-status=live|date=December 18, 2012}} While filming, DiCaprio accidentally cut his hand on glass, but continued filming, and Tarantino elected to use the take in the final product.{{cite news|last=Appelo|first=Tim |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-how-404160 |title=Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: How Panic Attacks and DiCaprio's Real Blood Made a Slavery Epic Better |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309092130/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-how-404160 |archive-date=March 9, 2016|date=December 20, 2012}} The film received critical acclaim;{{cite web |title=Django Unchained (2012)|date=December 25, 2012 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/django_unchained_2012/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230010720/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/django_unchained_2012/ |archive-date=December 30, 2012}} a writer for Wired magazine commended him for playing a villainous role and found his performance "blood-chilling".{{cite news |last1=Watercutter |first1=Angela |title=Review: Django Unchained is a Love Story That Ranks Among Tarantino's Best |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/12/review-django-unchained/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |magazine=Wired |date=December 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222193812/https://www.wired.com/2012/12/review-django-unchained/ |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |url-status=live}} The film earned DiCaprio a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a444847/golden-globes-nominations-2013-movies-list-in-full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151644/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a444847/golden-globes-nominations-2013-movies-list-in-full.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |title=Golden Globes nominations 2013: Movies list in full |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=December 13, 2012 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=March 2, 2022|url-status=live}} Django Unchained grossed $425 million worldwide on a production budget of $100 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3662644737/ |title=Django Unchained (2012) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627212801/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=djangounchained.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2013}}

In January 2013, DiCaprio said he would take a long break from acting to "fly around the world doing good for the environment".{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Plans to Take Break from Acting |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-plans-to-take-break-from-acting/ |publisher=CBS News |access-date=August 11, 2015 |date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175450/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-plans-to-take-break-from-acting/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015}} That year, he had four releases as an actor and a producer. His first was in the role of millionaire Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, co-starring Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.{{cite web |title=The Great Gatsby |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-great-gatsby |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122014321/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-great-gatsby |archive-date=November 22, 2011}} The film received mixed reviews from critics, but DiCaprio's performance was praised and earned him the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.{{cite web |last1=Dibdin |first1=Emma |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: 5 Best Movie Roles |website=Digital Spy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a482102/leonardo-dicaprio-the-great-gatsby-stars-5-best-movie-roles/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=May 17, 2013 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514172707/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a482102/leonardo-dicaprio-the-great-gatsby-stars-5-best-movie-roles/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Australian Academy Announces 3rd AACTA Awards Nominees, renewed partnerships with Destination NSW and The Star, and new partners Foxtel and Audi |url=http://aacta.org/media/238619/final_3rdaacta_awards%20nominations_announcement.pdf |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts |access-date=October 13, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214084358/http://aacta.org/media/238619/final_3rdaacta_awards%20nominations_announcement.pdf |archive-date=December 14, 2013}} Critic Rafer Guzman of Newsday wrote that DiCaprio was not only "tough{{nbsp}}[...] but also vulnerable, touching, funny, a faker, a human. It's a tremendous, hard-won performance."{{cite news |last=Guzman |first=Rafer |title=The Great Gatsby Review: A Good 'Gatsby,' But a Great Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/the-great-gatsby-review-a-good-gatsby-but-a-great-leonardo-dicaprio-1.5207150 |access-date=July 6, 2013 |newspaper=Newsday |date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730090314/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/the-great-gatsby-review-a-good-gatsby-but-a-great-leonardo-dicaprio-1.5207150 |archive-date=July 30, 2013}} Matt Zoller Seitz of Roger Ebert's website described his performance as "the movie's greatest and simplest special effect", and "iconic—maybe his career best".{{cite news |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |title=The Great Gatsby Review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-great-gatsby-2013 |access-date=July 7, 2013 |website=RogerEbert.com |date=May 8, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723063754/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-great-gatsby-2013 |archive-date=July 23, 2013}} The film grossed $353 million worldwide, more than three times its budget.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2706736641/ |title=The Great Gatsby (2013) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703094757/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatgatsby2012.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2013}} Three films were produced by DiCaprio under Appian Way in 2013—the ensemble crime thriller Runner Runner, which The Guardian{{'}}s Xan Brooks described as "a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions";{{cite news|last1=Brooks|first1=Xan|date=September 26, 2013|title=Runner Runner – Review|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/runner-runner-review|url-status=live|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115920/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/26/runner-runner-review|archive-date=December 22, 2015}} the commercially failed thriller Out of the Furnace; and the black comedy-drama The Wolf of Wall Street.{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Kaufman |date=December 8, 2013 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-box-office-frozen-catching-fire-out-furnace-20131208,0,5774917.story |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Frozen Tops Catching Fire, But Furnace Generates no Heat |access-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504192914/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-box-office-frozen-catching-fire-out-furnace-20131208%2C0%2C5774917.story |archive-date=May 4, 2014}}{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/leonardo-dicaprio |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214446/https://www.metacritic.com/person/leonardo-dicaprio |url-status=live}}

DiCaprio reunited with Scorsese for the fifth time in The Wolf of the Wall Street, a film based on the life of stockbroker Jordan Belfort (played by DiCaprio), who was arrested in the late 1990s for securities fraud and money laundering.{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/toldja-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-commit-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street-258725/ |title=TOLDJA! Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Commit to The Wolf of Wall Street |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830202618/http://deadline.com/2012/04/toldja-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-commit-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street-258725/ |archive-date=August 30, 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Seitz |first1=Matt Zoller |title=The Wolf of Wall Street Movie Review (2013) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wolf-of-wall-street-2013 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214447/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wolf-of-wall-street-2013 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio wanted to play Belfort ever since he had read his autobiography and won a bidding war with Warner Bros. against Brad Pitt and Paramount Pictures for the rights to Belfort's memoir in 2007.{{cite magazine |author=Pamela McClintock |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/scorsese-dicaprio-cry-wolf-1117961782/ |title=Scorsese, DiCaprio Cry 'Wolf' |magazine=Variety |date=March 25, 2007 |access-date=February 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026053647/http://variety.com/2007/film/news/scorsese-dicaprio-cry-wolf-1117961782/ |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Ashley|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Talks 'Flopping Around' in Wolf of Wall Street Sex Scenes (Video) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-talks-flopping-around-666251 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006182842/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-talks-flopping-around-666251 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live}} He was fond of Belfort's honest and unapologetic portrayal of his actual experiences in the book, and was inspired by the 2008 financial crisis to make the film. The Wolf of Wall Street received positive reviews for Scorsese's and DiCaprio's work together.{{cite web |title=The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) |date=December 25, 2013 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wolf_of_wall_street_2013/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823104828/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wolf_of_wall_street_2013 |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |url-status=live}} The Hollywood Reporter{{'s}} Todd McCarthy lauded DiCaprio for fully realizing his character's potential with a carefree performance.{{cite news|last1=McCarthy |first1=Todd |title=The Wolf of Wall Street: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wolf-wall-street-film-review-665394 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006182910/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wolf-wall-street-film-review-665394 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live}} Jonathan Romney of Film Comment wrote that DiCaprio displays a great deal of comedic talent, excelling in "rubber-limbed slapstick" humor.{{sfn|Romney|2014|p=26}} The film earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, as well as Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Picture.{{Cite news |last=Murray-Morris |first=Sophie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/golden-globes-2014-leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-for-the-wolf-of-wall-street-9055662.html |title=Golden Globes 2014: Leonardo DiCaprio wins Best Actor for The Wolf of Wall Street|date=January 13, 2014 |newspaper=The Independent|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306034426/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/golden-globes-2014-leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-for-the-wolf-of-wall-street-9055662.html|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015 |title=The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners |date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310051043/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015 |archive-date=March 10, 2015}}

=2014–present: Environmental documentaries and awards success=

DiCaprio was an executive producer on Virunga, a 2014 British documentary film about four people fighting to protect the world's last mountain gorillas from war and poaching.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Netflix & Leonardo DiCaprio Team On Virunga Documentary Release |url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga-africa-documentary-854203/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 17, 2014 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627142441/https://deadline.com/2014/10/netflix-leonardo-dicaprio-virunga-africa-documentary-854203/ |url-status=live}} The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April{{nbsp}}2014,{{cite web |title=Virunga {{!}} 2014 Tribeca Festival |url=https://tribecafilm.com/festival/archive/53208a9dc07f5df7d200062f-virunga |work=Tribeca Film Festival |access-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219162826/https://tribecafilm.com/festival/archive/53208a9dc07f5df7d200062f-virunga |url-status=live}} and DiCaprio was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.{{Cite web|title=Leonardo DiCaprio|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/leonardo-dicaprio|access-date=June 8, 2021|publisher=Emmy Awards|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608174553/https://www.emmys.com/bios/leonardo-dicaprio|url-status=live}} Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret was another documentary film that year for which he was an executive producer—he took part in the new cut released exclusively on Netflix that September.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cowspiracy.com/faq |title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Cowspiracy.com|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006165502/https://www.cowspiracy.com/faq|archive-date=October 6, 2019|url-status=live}} It explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment.{{cite web |title=Watch Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret |url=https://www.netflix.com/de/title/80033772 |publisher=Netflix |access-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113074513/https://www.netflix.com/de/title/80033772 |url-status=live}}

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In 2015, DiCaprio produced and played fur trapper Hugh Glass in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's survival drama The Revenant. DiCaprio found his role in the film difficult; he had to eat a raw slab of bison's liver and sleep in animal carcasses.{{cite news |last1=Setoodeh |first1=Ramin |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Alejandro G. Inarritu Open Up About The Revenant{{'s}} Brutal Shoot |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-revenant-leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-g-inarritu-bear-oscars-1201661500/ |access-date=October 5, 2019 |work=Variety |date=December 15, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005191210/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-revenant-leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-g-inarritu-bear-oscars-1201661500/ |archive-date=October 5, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Zakarin |first1=Jordan |title=Leonardo DiCaprio on Fighting a Bear in The Revenant and Film vs. TV |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/leonardo-dicaprio-on-fighting-a-1281529422913590.html |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=October 5, 2019 |date=October 19, 2015 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106142209/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/leonardo-dicaprio-on-fighting-a-1281529422913590.html |url-status=live}} He also learned to shoot a musket, build a fire, speak two Native American languages (Pawnee and Arikara) and apply ancient healing techniques. Built on a budget of $135 million, the film earned $533 million worldwide.{{cite web |title=The Revenant (2015) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3698165249/|access-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529171101/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=revenant.htm |archive-date=May 29, 2017 |url-status=live}} The film received positive reviews with particular praise for DiCaprio's acting.{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Hiten J |title=Watch: Leonardo DiCaprio wins 'Best Actor' Oscar Trophy for The Revenant... Finally! |newspaper=The Times of India |date=January 17, 2017 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/watch-leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-oscar-trophy-for-the-revenant-finally/articleshow/51186589.cms |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214446/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/watch-leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-oscar-trophy-for-the-revenant-finally/articleshow/51186589.cms |url-status=live}} Mark Kermode of The Guardian wrote that DiCaprio shone with a performance that prioritizes physicality over speech,{{cite news|last1=Kermode|first1=Mark |date=January 17, 2016|title=The Revenant Review – A Walk on the Wild Side|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/17/the-revenant-review-leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-tom-hardy-domhnall-gleeson|url-status=live|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006091250/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/17/the-revenant-review-leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-tom-hardy-domhnall-gleeson|archive-date=October 6, 2019}} and Nick De Semlyen of Empire noted that he uplifted the film.{{cite magazine|last=De Semlyen |first=Nick|title=The Revenant |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/revenant-review/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |magazine=Empire |date=January 6, 2016 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006091250/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/revenant-review/ |url-status=live}} The film earned him numerous awards, including the Academy Award, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actor.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Benjamin |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Wins Best Actor Oscar for Iñárritu's The Revenant |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-oscar-for-the-revenant |access-date=March 5, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011094158/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/leonardo-dicaprio-wins-best-actor-oscar-for-the-revenant |archive-date=October 11, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Susan |title=Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016: Leo's March to Oscar Gold in The Revenant |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sag-awards-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-revenant-20160130-story.html |access-date=March 5, 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512191407/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sag-awards-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-revenant-20160130-story.html |date=January 31, 2016 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Critics' Choice Awards: Spotlight wins Best Film, Leonardo DiCaprio bags Best Actor for The Revenant |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/critics-choice-awards-spotlight-wins-best-film-leonardo-dicaprio-bags-best-actor-for-the-revenant/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=January 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819181147/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/critics-choice-awards-spotlight-wins-best-film-leonardo-dicaprio-bags-best-actor-for-the-revenant/ |url-status=live }} For the next three years, DiCaprio narrated documentaries and served as a producer for films. In 2016, he was an executive producer for The Ivory Game and Catching the Sun; he also produced, hosted and narrated the documentary Before the Flood about climate change.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/articles/before-the-flood-leonardo-dicaprios-toughest-role-yet-w447293 |title=Before the Flood: Leonardo DiCaprio's Toughest Role Yet |magazine=Men's Journal |first=Charles |last=Thorp |access-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104074836/http://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/articles/before-the-flood-leonardo-dicaprios-toughest-role-yet-w447293 |archive-date=November 4, 2016|date=December 4, 2017}} He produced the crime drama Live by Night (2016), which received unenthusiastic reviews and failed to recoup its $65 million production budget.{{cite magazine |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-why-ben-afflecks-live-by-night-martin-scorseses-silence-fared-poorly-964185 |title=Box Office: Why Ben Affleck's Live by Night and Martin Scorsese's Silence Fared So Poorly |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 14, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116155113/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-why-ben-afflecks-live-by-night-martin-scorseses-silence-fared-poorly-964185}} His next production ventures were in 2018—the psychological horror Delirium and the commercially failed action–adventure Robin Hood.{{cite web |title=Delirium (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2069797/credits/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214447/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2069797/credits/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Robin Hood (2018) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4532826/credits/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026211140/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4532826/credits/ |url-status=live}}

After producing and narrating the 2019 global warming documentary Ice on Fire,{{cite magazine |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |title=Film Review: Ice on Fire |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/ice-on-fire-review-1203239703/ |access-date=April 4, 2022 |magazine=Variety |date=June 11, 2019 |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913093410/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/ice-on-fire-review-1203239703/ |url-status=live}} DiCaprio returned to acting following a four-year break in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which traces the relationship between Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), an aging television actor and his stuntman, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt).{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Leonardo DiCaprio on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Looking For Positives in Disruption That Has Turned the Movie Business on Its Ear – the Deadline Q&A |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-career-future-interview-1202813571/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521050709/https://deadline.com/2019/12/leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-career-future-interview-1202813571/ |url-status=live}} To help the film's financing, DiCaprio and Pitt agreed to take a pay cut, and they each received $10 million.{{cite magazine |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie and More 2019 Star Salaries Revealed |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/celebrity-salaries-leonardo-dicaprio-margot-robbie-dwayne-johnson-will-smith-1203200508/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |magazine=Variety |date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501003157/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/celebrity-salaries-leonardo-dicaprio-margot-robbie-dwayne-johnson-will-smith-1203200508/ |archive-date=May 1, 2019|url-status=live}} DiCaprio liked working with Pitt, and Tarantino described the pair as the most exciting since Robert Redford and Paul Newman.{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino says Brad Pitt-Leo DiCaprio have 'Most Exciting Star Dynamic' Since Robert Redford-Paul Newman |work=Firstpost |date=April 24, 2018 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-says-brad-pitt-leo-dicaprio-have-most-exciting-star-dynamic-since-robert-redford-paul-newman-4444475.html |access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006170216/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-says-brad-pitt-leo-dicaprio-have-most-exciting-star-dynamic-since-robert-redford-paul-newman-4444475.html |agency=Associated Press|archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Hainey |first1=Michael |title=Three Kings: Quentin, Brad, and Leo Take You Inside Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27458589/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-quentin-tarantino-interview/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |magazine=Esquire |date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004074617/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a27458589/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-quentin-tarantino-interview/ |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio was fascinated with the film's homage to Hollywood and focus on the friendship between his and Pitt's characters. He drew from real-life experience of witnessing the struggles and rejections of his actor friends in the industry. The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where critics praised his and Pitt's performances.{{cite news |first=Gregory |last=Wakeman|title=Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Could Brad Pitt Finally Win the Elusive Oscar He so Deserves? |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-could-brad-pitt-finally-win-the-elusive-oscar-he-so-deserves-1.898324 |access-date=April 11, 2022 |newspaper=The National |date=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214447/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-could-brad-pitt-finally-win-the-elusive-oscar-he-so-deserves-1.898324 |url-status=live}} A writer for Business Insider called it one of the best performances of DiCaprio's career,{{cite news |last1=Guerrasio|first1=Jason |date=July 23, 2019|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Gives One of the Best Performances of His Career in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood|work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/leonardo-dicaprio-gives-one-of-the-best-performances-of-his-career-in-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/articleshow/70352245.cms|access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206140302/https://www.businessinsider.in/leonardo-dicaprio-gives-one-of-the-best-performances-of-his-career-in-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/articleshow/70352245.cms|archive-date=February 6, 2020|url-status=live}} and Ian Sandwell of Digital Spy particularly liked the duo's chemistry, believing their scenes together to be some of the film's strongest parts.{{cite web |last1=Sandwell |first1=Ian |title=Does Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Succeed? |website=Digital Spy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28536552/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-quentin-tarantino/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011193008/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28536552/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-quentin-tarantino/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio received nominations for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/2020-oscar-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1203461985/|title=Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List|work=Variety|date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=January 13, 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113151810/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/2020-oscar-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1203461985/}}
{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/2020-golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1203426905/|title=Golden Globes 2020: The Complete Nominations List|magazine=Variety|date=December 9, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209155211/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/2020-golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1203426905/|archive-date=December 9, 2019|url-status=live}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51013333 |title=BAFTA Film Awards 2020: The nominations in full |work=BBC News |date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109033832/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51013333 |url-status=live}}
{{Cite web|title=The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/nominees-and-recipients/26th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|access-date=June 8, 2021|publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211155616/https://www.sagawards.org/nominees-and-recipients/26th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}} The film earned $374 million against a budget of $90 million.{{cite web |title=Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl520455681/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830125636/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledtarantino.htm |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}

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In 2020, DiCaprio served as an executive producer for The Right Stuff, a television series adaption of the 1973 namesake book. After being in development at National Geographic, it was released on Disney+.{{cite web |last1=Dry |first1=Jude |title=Leonardo DiCaprio-Produced The Right Stuff Series Sets Disney+ Launch Date |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/leonardo-dicaprio-the-right-stuff-disney-launch-date-1202229374/ |publisher=IndieWire |access-date=April 11, 2022 |date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411214446/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/leonardo-dicaprio-the-right-stuff-disney-launch-date-1202229374/ |url-status=live}} That May, DiCaprio briefly featured in the finale of the miniseries The Last Dance.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/the-last-dance-leonardo-dicaprio-michael-jordan |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Met Michael Jordan in The Last Dance Finale |magazine=Vanity Fair |first=Christopher |last=Rosen |date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518145728/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/the-last-dance-leonardo-dicaprio-michael-jordan |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |url-status=live}} In 2021, DiCaprio appeared in Adam McKay's satirical comedy Don't Look Up. He spent five months changing the film's script with McKay before agreeing to the part.{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-tweaked-dont-look-up-script-for-5-months-2021-4|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Spent 5 Months Tweaking Netflix's Don't Look Up Script Before Signing On|website=Insider Inc.|date=April 23, 2021|last=Guerrasio|first=Jason|access-date=September 29, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426231526/https://www.insider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-tweaked-dont-look-up-script-for-5-months-2021-4|url-status=live}} Starring alongside Jennifer Lawrence as two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an extinction-level comet, DiCaprio saw this film as an analogy of the world's indifference to the climate crisis. As a frequent supporter of environmentalism, DiCaprio said he has often looked to star in and make films tackling issues related to it, something he found hard due to people's inability to listen. He praised McKay for envisioning a project on how humans would react to a serious issue from a political, social and scientific standpoint.{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio on Don't Look Up: Most Important Issue in Civilization History |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/leornardo-dicaprio-netflix-dont-look-up-climate-crisis-most-important-issue-civilization-history-4610741.html |website=News18 |access-date=January 5, 2022 |date=December 31, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231223430/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/leornardo-dicaprio-netflix-dont-look-up-climate-crisis-most-important-issue-civilization-history-4610741.html}} While reviews for the film were mixed, most critics praised DiCaprio's and Lawrence's performances;{{cite news |title=Don't Look Up Movie Netflix: Why are Mixed Reviews the Center of Critics About the Movie? |author=Guevara, Jorge|url=https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2021/12/30/61cdfd41ca4741b35b8b45e7.html |access-date=January 5, 2022 |newspaper=Marca |date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230185334/https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2021/12/30/61cdfd41ca4741b35b8b45e7.html |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |url-status=live}} journalists from Digital Spy and NDTV lauded their pairing.{{cite web |author=Sandwell, Ian|title=Don't Look Up Review - Is Jennifer Lawrence's Netflix Movie Good? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38437675/dont-look-up-review-jennifer-lawrence-leonardo-dicaprio/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=January 5, 2022 |date=December 24, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230191100/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a38437675/dont-look-up-review-jennifer-lawrence-leonardo-dicaprio/}}{{cite web |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saibal |title=Don't Look Up Review: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence's Film Hits the Right Buttons |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/dont-look-up-review-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jennifer-lawrences-film-hits-the-right-buttons-3-5-stars-out-of-5-2670723 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=January 8, 2022 |date=December 25, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107072814/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/dont-look-up-review-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jennifer-lawrences-film-hits-the-right-buttons-3-5-stars-out-of-5-2670723}} DiCaprio earned nominations for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for the film.{{cite magazine|first1=Brent|last1= Lang|first2=Jordan |last2=Moreau |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1235129390/ |title=Golden Globes 2022: The Complete Nominations List |magazine=Variety |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213173919/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1235129390/}}{{cite magazine|last=Ritman |first=Alex |title=BAFTA Awards Nominations: Dune Leads Pack in Diverse List Full of Surprises|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-nominations-revealed-1235086370/ |date=February 3, 2022|access-date=February 3, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203182909/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-nominations-revealed-1235086370/}} It broke the record for the most views (152 million hours) in a single week in Netflix history.{{cite magazine |last1=Yossman |first1=K. J. |title=Adam McKay's Don't Look Up Smashes Netflix Viewing Records With Over 150 Million Hours Viewed |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/dont-look-up-netflix-weekly-viewing-records-1235147910/ |access-date=January 8, 2022 |magazine=Variety |date=January 6, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107000509/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/dont-look-up-netflix-weekly-viewing-records-1235147910/ |url-status=live}}

DiCaprio next starred in Scorsese's crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) based on the book of the same name by David Grann,{{Cite magazine |last=Kroll |first=Justin|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/leonardo-dicaprio-and-martin-scorsese-to-reteam-on-%E2%80%98killers-of-the-flower-moon%E2%80%99/ar-BBOQBH4 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese to Reteam on Killers of the Flower Moon |via=MSN|magazine=Variety|access-date=October 25, 2018|date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025110228/https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/leonardo-dicaprio-and-martin-scorsese-to-reteam-on-%E2%80%98killers-of-the-flower-moon%E2%80%99/ar-BBOQBH4|archive-date=October 25, 2018|url-status=dead}} for which he was paid $30 million.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/features/movie-star-salaries-joaquin-phoenix-joker-2-tom-cruise-1235320046/|title=Inside Movie Stars' Salaries: Joaquin Phoenix Nabs $20M for Joker 2, Tom Cruise Heads to Over $100M and More|date=July 20, 2022|first=Brent|last=Lang|magazine=Variety|access-date=July 21, 2022|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720160107/https://variety.com/2022/film/features/movie-star-salaries-joaquin-phoenix-joker-2-tom-cruise-1235320046/|url-status=live}} Initially signed for the heroic part of FBI agent Thomas Bruce White Sr., DiCaprio insisted on playing the morally complex role of murderer Ernest Burkhart, leading to extensive script rewrites.{{Cite web|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|date=February 18, 2021|title=Jesse Plemons Takes Over DiCaprio's Original Role in Scorsese's 'Flower Moon' After Script Changes|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/flower-moon-script-changes-jesse-plemons-dicaprio-role-1234617674/|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=IndieWire|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228004955/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/flower-moon-script-changes-jesse-plemons-dicaprio-role-1234617674/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|date=May 16, 2023|title=Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio & Robert De Niro On How They Found The Emotional Handle For Their Cannes Epic 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/martin-scorsese-interview-killers-of-the-flower-moon-leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-1235359006/|access-date=May 21, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520221259/https://deadline.com/2023/05/martin-scorsese-interview-killers-of-the-flower-moon-leonardo-dicaprio-robert-de-niro-1235359006/|url-status=live}} Declaring it the best performance of DiCaprio's career, IndieWire's David Ehrlich wrote that "his nuanced and uncompromising turn as the cretinous Ernest Burkhart mines new wonders from the actor's long-standing lack of vanity".{{Cite web|last1=Ehrlich|first1=David|date=May 20, 2023|title='Killers of the Flower Moon' Review: DiCaprio Gives His Best Performance for Scorsese's Bitterest Crime Epic|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-review-1234865405/|access-date=May 21, 2023|website=IndieWire|archive-date=May 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521031054/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-review-1234865405/|url-status=live}} He received another Golden Globe nomination for his performance.{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Golden Globe Nominations: 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' Top Movie List; 'Succession' Leads Way In TV |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-globe-nominations-2024-1235660995/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=December 11, 2023 |date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224173714/https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-globe-nominations-2024-1235660995/ |url-status=live }} DiCaprio will next star in Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film One Battle After Another, co-starring Sean Penn and Regina Hall.{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn Starring in Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Movie |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/leonardo-dicaprio-regina-hall-sean-penn-paul-thomas-anderson-next-movie-1235867634/ |work=Variety |accessdate=January 11, 2024 |date=January 10, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226202556/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/leonardo-dicaprio-regina-hall-sean-penn-paul-thomas-anderson-next-movie-1235867634/ |url-status=live }}

Reception and acting style

Early in his career, DiCaprio gained a reputation for his reckless behavior and intense partying with a group of male celebrities dubbed "the Pussy Posse" in the 1990s.{{cite magazine |last1=Sales |first1=Nancy Jo |author-link=Nancy Jo Sales|title=Leo, Prince of the City |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/2793/ |access-date=January 11, 2022 |magazine=New York Magazine |date=June 22, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101005419/https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/2793/ |archive-date=January 1, 2022|url-access=subscription}} In an infamous article published by New York Magazine in 1998, journalist Nancy Jo Sales criticized the group as men whose pursuit was to "chase girls, pick fights and not tip the waitress".{{cite news|first=Charlie |last=Lyne |title=Don's Plum: the Film Leonardo DiCaprio Would Rather Forget |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/23/dons-plum-leonardo-dicaprio |access-date=January 11, 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430054422/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/23/dons-plum-leonardo-dicaprio |archive-date=April 30, 2021}} During an unknown activity, DiCaprio got himself and friend Justin Herwick almost killed when his parachute failed to open, after which his instructor released an emergency core. In response, DiCaprio said he is fond of doing things that scare him. John McCain, who was a United States Senator for Arizona, called him "an androgynous wimp". DiCaprio found people's perception of him exaggerated, adding, "They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall." Steven Spielberg, who directed him in Catch Me If You Can, defended DiCaprio's reputation as a "party boy", believing it is a common behavior for young people and describing him as a family-oriented person during the film's production.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=138}} Considering DiCaprio to be conscious of his public reputation, The New York Times{{'}} Caryn James credited him as one of the few actors to use his stardom to further social causes. Carole Cadwalladr of The Guardian said DiCaprio is "polite, charming, makes jokes, engages eye contact. And manages{{nbsp}}[...] to give almost no hint whatsoever of his actual personality."{{cite news |last1=Cadwalladr |first1=Carole |title=The Interview: Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jan/28/awardsandprizes |access-date=October 12, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012190753/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jan/28/awardsandprizes |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}

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DiCaprio is regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references{{cite news |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: His Career in Pictures |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/leonardo-dicaprio-career-in-pictures-95088 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |work=Marie Claire |date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012191146/https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/people/leonardo-dicaprio-career-in-pictures-95088 |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |title=Leonardo DiCaprio: 10 Best Films, From Inception to The Wolf of Wall Street |url-access=limited|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/leonardo-dicaprio-best-films-inception-martin-scorsese-christopher-nolan-shutter-island-list-a8775786.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425035729/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/leonardo-dicaprio-best-films-inception-martin-scorsese-christopher-nolan-shutter-island-list-a8775786.html |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Turned Down a Role in One of the Best Films to Star in One of His Worst Jobs |url=https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2022/11/21/637bafe0e2704e870c8b4593.html |access-date=February 1, 2023 |work=Marca |date=November 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201175607/https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2022/11/21/637bafe0e2704e870c8b4593.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Clayton |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's 17 Best Film Performances: From Titanic to The Departed |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-leonardo-dicaprio-movies-performances-ranked/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |work=Variety |date=May 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201175607/https://variety.com/lists/best-leonardo-dicaprio-movies-performances-ranked/ |url-status=live}}}} In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time. The magazine praised his willingness to "go to the ends of the earth (often literally) to get under his characters' skin".{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Travis|first2=Sophie|last2=Butcher|first3=Nick|last3=De Semlyen|first4=James|last4=Dyer|first5=John|last5=Nugent|first6=Alex|last6=Godfrey|first7=Helen|last7=O'Hara|title=Empire's 50 Greatest Actors of All Time List, Revealed|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-actors/|access-date=February 1, 2023|work=Empire|date=December 20, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229101239/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-actors|url-status=live}} Colin Covert of The Seattle Times similarly believed DiCaprio "redefines film stardom" through his willingness to take on challenging roles that few of his contemporaries are capable of performing.{{cite news |last=Covert |first=Colin |date=January 7, 2016 |title=Q&A: Leonardo DiCaprio Talks About Grueling Revenant Shoot |newspaper=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/qa-leonardo-dicaprio-talks-about-grueling-revenant-shoot/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224335/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/qa-leonardo-dicaprio-talks-about-grueling-revenant-shoot/ |archive-date=May 30, 2019}}

Since his international stardom with Titanic (1997), he has admitted feeling nervous about starring in big-budget studio films because of their hype and marketing campaigns. As an actor, he views film as a "relevant art form, like a painting or sculpture. A hundred years from now, people will still be watching that movie."{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=11}} He often plays roles based on real-life people and stories told in specific periods.{{cite web |last1=Lozoya |first1=Livia |title=Every Real Person Leonardo DiCaprio Has Portrayed |url=https://collider.com/every-real-person-leonardo-dicaprio-has-portrayed/ |website=Collider |access-date=April 4, 2022 |date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208233609/https://collider.com/every-real-person-leonardo-dicaprio-has-portrayed/ |url-status=live}} According to Caryn James, DiCaprio is unafraid of working with established directors on unconventional projects; taking such risks has led him to star in failed films like The Beach (2000), but also his successful collaborations with Martin Scorsese.{{cite magazine |title=Successful Hollywood Duos |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/11/30/successful-hollywood-duos/|url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 30, 2007 |access-date=October 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703225354/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20164049%2C00.html | archive-date=July 3, 2009}}{{cite news |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals What Martin Scorsese Taught Him as an Actor: 'I Truly Own the Term Artist by Working Alongside Him' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-films-actor-relationship-wolf-of-wall-street-irishman-a8334321.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=The Independent |date=November 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425035740/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-films-actor-relationship-wolf-of-wall-street-irishman-a8334321.html |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |url-status=live|url-access=limited}} DiCaprio has described his relationship with Scorsese as dreamlike and admires his knowledge of film, crediting the director with having taught him its history and importance. Scorsese has commented on DiCaprio's ability to repeatedly demonstrate emotion on screen.{{cite magazine |title=Leonardo DiCaprio and Hollywood's Biggest Directors - Photo Essays |url=https://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2003807,00.html |access-date=October 12, 2019 |magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516015916/http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2003807_2165726,00.html |archive-date=May 16, 2017}} Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club considers the duo's collaborations—which earned them the 2013 National Board of Review (Spotlight Award){{cite web |title=Spotlight Award Archives |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/spotlight-award/ |publisher=National Board of Review |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122112503/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/spotlight-award/ |url-status=live}}—to be career-defining moments for both of them and as vital as Scorsese's acclaimed collaborations with Robert De Niro.{{cite web |first=Jesse |last=Hassenger |title=Martin Scorsese's Work with DiCaprio is Just as Vital as His Work with De Niro |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/martin-scorseses-work-dicaprio-just-vital-his-work-227782 |work=The A.V. Club |date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=October 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707083038/http://www.avclub.com/article/martin-scorseses-work-dicaprio-just-vital-his-work-227782 | archive-date=July 7, 2017 | url-status=live}}

Author Michael K. Hammond wrote that DiCaprio built his star reputation by demonstrating his acting ability, and praised him for "revealing a character while concealing the actor" and "disappearing into [his] roles".{{sfn|Hammond|2012|pp=166–167}} According to Agnieszka Holland, who directed DiCaprio in Total Eclipse (1995), DiCaprio is "one of the most mature actors" she has worked with and is "courageous" in his choice of roles.{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Vincent |title=The Enigmatic Mr DiCaprio |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35669844 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |work=BBC News |date=February 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512114646/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35669844 |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |url-status=live}} Holland remarked that he does not rely on method acting but rather on a trick that allows him to truly "become the character". Meryl Streep, who co-starred with DiCaprio in Marvin's Room, said he possesses the kind of unpredictability that makes his career difficult to classify, his life precarious and his work thrilling.{{sfn|Wight|2012|p=67}} Writing for The Observer, film critic Philip French has asserted that many characters portrayed by DiCaprio are in the process of becoming men. He wrote that DiCaprio's inclination toward films about dysfunctional families and characters seeking father figures may allude to his own troubled childhood. DiCaprio often plays characters who themselves are playing roles, which Caryn James says looks simple on screen but requires sophisticated acting. He tends to play antiheroes and characters who lose their mental stability as the narrative progresses.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Derek |title=Career Advice for Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/02/career-advice-for-leonardo-dicaprio/36554/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=February 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707151302/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/02/career-advice-for-leonardo-dicaprio/36554/ |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Katz |first1=Brandon |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Revisited: The Secret to His Modern Acclaim |url=https://observer.com/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-leonardo-dicaprio-filmography-oscars/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=The Observer |date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727152613/https://observer.com/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-leonardo-dicaprio-filmography-oscars/ |archive-date=July 27, 2019 |url-status=live}} Derek Thompson of The Atlantic argued that DiCaprio gives his best performances when playing "frauds and cheats and double-crossing liars and mercenaries".

Several media publications, such as People,{{sfn|Todd|2014|p=87}} Empire{{cite news |last=Green |first=Willow|title=The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars: The Men |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest-men/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Empire |date=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513031120/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest-men/ |archive-date=May 13, 2018}} and Harper's Bazaar,{{cite magazine|last1=Fisher |first1=Lauren Alexis |title=The 50 Hottest Men of All Time |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/g4612/hottest-men-of-all-time/?slide=15 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |date=January 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309005129/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/g4612/hottest-men-of-all-time/?slide=15 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |url-status=live}} have included DiCaprio in their listings of the most attractive actors. In 1998, he sued Playgirl magazine over plans to publish a fully nude picture of him.{{cite web |last1=Errico |first1=Marcus |title=DiCaprio Sues Playgirl Over Nude Spread |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/36156/dicaprio-sues-playgirl-over-nude-spread |publisher=E! |access-date=October 12, 2019 |date=March 26, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012190753/https://www.eonline.com/news/36156/dicaprio-sues-playgirl-over-nude-spread |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |url-status=live}} He has said he does not believe in focusing on appearance{{mdash}}as this is only temporary and can negatively affect one's profession in the industry{{mdash}}and looks for career longevity instead.{{cite news |last=Rauzi |first=Robin|title=A Powerfully Complex Boy's Life : This Boy Is Taking His Acting Life Very Seriously |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-09-ca-21104-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013130713/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-09-ca-21104-story.html |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |url-status=live}} In 2005, DiCaprio was made a commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture for his contributions to the arts.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4150843.stm |title=France honours director Scorsese |date=January 6, 2005 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215022625/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4150843.stm |archive-date=December 15, 2014}} In 2016, he was named one of the 100{{nbsp}}most influential people in the world by Time magazine.{{cite web |last1=Schnurr |first1=Samantha |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicki Minaj and More Stars Honored With Time 100 Covers |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/758679/leonardo-dicaprio-lin-manuel-miranda-and-more-stars-honored-with-time-100-covers |publisher=E! |access-date=October 9, 2019 |date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009173358/https://www.eonline.com/fr/news/758679/leonardo-dicaprio-lin-manuel-miranda-and-more-stars-honored-with-time-100-covers |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=live}} He was included on Forbes{{'}} annual list of the world's highest-paid actors in 2008 and from 2010 to 2016 with respective earnings of $45 million, $28 million, $77 million, $37 million, $39 million, $39 million, $29 million and $27 million, topping the list in 2011. The magazine has commended DiCaprio's ability to star in risky, R-rated films that become box office successes.{{cite magazine |last1=Rose |first1=Lacey |title=In Pictures: Hollywood's Best-Paid Actors |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/07/22/actors-hollywood-movies-biz-media-cx_lr_0722actors_slide.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=July 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409203152/http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/22/actors-hollywood-movies-biz-media-cx_lr_0722actors_slide.html#27a077477da7 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors |url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/09/08/depp-stiller-hanks-sandler-business-entertainment-highest-paid-actors.html |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=September 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803122044/https://www.forbes.com/2010/09/08/depp-stiller-hanks-sandler-business-entertainment-highest-paid-actors.html#1aa1f75f1ca8 |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Hollywood's Highest-Earning Actors |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2011/08/01/hollywoods-highest-earning-actors/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=August 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428120359/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2011/08/01/hollywoods-highest-earning-actors/#77e3cca5771c |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Tom Cruise Tops Our List Of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/07/03/tom-cruise-tops-our-list-of-hollywoods-highest-paid-actors/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=July 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416112625/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/07/03/tom-cruise-tops-our-list-of-hollywoods-highest-paid-actors#3db5f3d02ae8 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Robert Downey Jr. Tops Forbes' List Of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actors |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45egdgg/leonardo-dicaprio-20/?sh=3217097330aa |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=July 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812205651/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/07/16/robert-downey-jr-tops-forbes-list-of-hollywoods-highest-paid-actors#5148be0b589f |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |title=Hollywood's Highest Paid Actors 2014 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhem/leonardo-dicarpio/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811032431/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhem/leonardo-dicarpio/#3b0a37625114 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45mmei/13-leonardo-dicaprio/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508004735/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45mmei/13-leonardo-dicaprio/#402c7dbb4903 |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efhje/15-leonardo-dicaprio/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121180250/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efhje/15-leonardo-dicaprio/#236e6f83632a |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=live}} The Hollywood Reporter listed him as one of the 100 most powerful people in entertainment from 2016 to 2019.{{cite news |editor-last1=Brower |editor-first1=Alison |title=The THR 100: Hollywood Reporter's Most Powerful People in Entertainment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-904591 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623160621/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-904591 |archive-date=June 23, 2016 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |editor-last1=Brower |editor-first1=Alison |title=The THR 100: Hollywood Reporter's Most Powerful People in Entertainment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1013405 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621174038/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1013405 |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |editor-last1=Brower |editor-first1=Alison |title=The Hollywood Reporter 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1142979 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920145247/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1142979 |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}
{{cite magazine |editor-last1=Brower |editor-first1=Alison |title=The Hollywood Reporter 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1246527 |access-date=October 16, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016182506/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1246527 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |url-status=live}} A writer for the same magazine credits DiCaprio as the rare actor to have a successful career "without ever having made a comic book movie, family film or pre-branded franchise. Leo is the franchise."{{cite magazine |last1=Siegel |first1=Tatiana |title='His Brand Is Excellence': How Leonardo DiCaprio Became Hollywood's Last Movie Star |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-leonardo-dicaprio-became-hollywoods-last-movie-star-1225416 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916085225/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-leonardo-dicaprio-became-hollywoods-last-movie-star-1225416 |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |url-status=live}} Stacey Wilson Hunt, analyzing his career in New York Magazine in 2016, opined DiCaprio, unlike most of his contemporaries, had not starred in a bad film in the previous ten years. Of his success, DiCaprio says, "My attitude is the same as when I started. I feel very connected to that fifteen-year-old kid who got his first movie."

DiCaprio has named Robert De Niro and James Dean as two of his favorite and most influential actors, stating "There were a lot of great actors I really fell in love with, but if I were to pick two, from different generations, it would be De Niro and James Dean". When asked about a performance that stayed with him the most, DiCaprio responded, "I remember being incredibly moved by Jimmy Dean, in East of Eden. There was something so raw and powerful about that performance. His vulnerability [...] his confusion about his entire history, his identity, his desperation to be loved. That performance just broke my heart."{{cite web|author=Fleming, Mike Jr.|title=Leonardo DiCaprio On The Hard-Knock Film Education That Led To 'The Revenant': Q&A|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/leonardo-dicaprio-the-revenant-film-education-career-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-quentin-tarantino-martin-scorsese-1201699843/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 22, 2021|date=February 10, 2016|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603114015/https://deadline.com/2016/02/leonardo-dicaprio-the-revenant-film-education-career-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-quentin-tarantino-martin-scorsese-1201699843/|url-status=live}}

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An active celebrity in the climate change movement,{{Cite news |last=Goldenberg |first=Suzanne |date=February 29, 2016 |title=How Leonardo DiCaprio Became One of the World's Top Climate Change Champions |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/29/how-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-climate-change-campaigner |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425122607/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/29/how-leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-climate-change-campaigner |archive-date=April 25, 2017}} DiCaprio believes global warming is the world's "number-one environmental challenge".{{cite news |last1=Prince |first1=Rosa |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Named as United Nations Climate Change Envoy |work=The Daily Telegraph|url-access=subscription |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11100237/Leonardo-DiCaprio-named-as-United-Nations-climate-change-envoy.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213152306/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11100237/Leonardo-DiCaprio-named-as-United-Nations-climate-change-envoy.html |archive-date=December 13, 2019}} Eager to learn about ecology from an early age, he would watch documentaries on rainforest depletion and the loss of species and habitats.{{cite magazine |last1=Wolf |first1=Jeanne |url-status=live|title=Leonardo DiCaprio: Fame Can Make You 'a Little Bit Nuts' |url=https://parade.com/40227/jeannewolf/0216-leonardo-dicaprio-shutter-island/ |access-date=October 12, 2019 |magazine=Parade |date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104201304/https://parade.com/40227/jeannewolf/0216-leonardo-dicaprio-shutter-island/ |archive-date=January 4, 2019}} In 1998, he established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness.{{cite web |url=http://leonardodicaprio.org/ |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation|publisher=Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411115413/http://leonardodicaprio.org/ |archive-date=April 11, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2019}} It supports organizations and campaigns committed to ensuring a viable future for planet Earth, and produced the short web documentaries Water Planet and Global Warning. The foundation has also funded debt-for-nature swaps.{{cite web|url=http://www.undp.org/content/sdfinance/en/home/solutions/debt-for-nature-swaps.html|title=Debt for Nature Swaps|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102123551/http://www.undp.org/content/sdfinance/en/home/solutions/debt-for-nature-swaps.html|archive-date=January 2, 2018|url-status=dead}} By 2018, the foundation had funded more than 200 projects, providing $100 million in support.{{sfn|Erdős|2019|p=217}} He has been an active supporter of numerous environmental organizations and sat on the board of the World Wildlife Fund and International Fund for Animal Welfare.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/leonardo-dicaprio |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Founder, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128185416/http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/leonardo-dicaprio |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |publisher=World Wide Fund for Nature|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Snead |first1=Elizabeth |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Named Global Ambassador for International Fund for Animal Welfare |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-animal-welfare-elephants-243691 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410051636/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-animal-welfare-elephants-243691 |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |url-status=live}}

DiCaprio has owned environment-friendly electric-hybrid vehicles.{{cite news |last=D'Zurilla |first=Christie|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/leonardo-dicaprio-100000-dicaprio-car-fisker-karma-hybrid.html |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Gets the Keys to a $100,000 Car – a Hybrid |date=August 18, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 8, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131090030/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/leonardo-dicaprio-100000-dicaprio-car-fisker-karma-hybrid.html |archive-date=January 31, 2012}} His use of private jets and large yachts have been criticized as hypocritical due to their large carbon footprints.{{cite news|first=Rachael|last=Revesz

|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-flies-8-000-miles-in-private-jet-to-accept-green-award-a7042326.html|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Flies 8,000 Miles in Private Jet to Accept 'Green Award'|work=The Independent|date=May 22, 2016|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305154942/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leonardo-dicaprio-flies-8-000-miles-in-private-jet-to-accept-green-award-a7042326.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cody-battershill/leonardo-dicaprio-activism_b_9025188.html |title=DiCaprio's Hypocritical 'Activism' is His Best Performance Yet |date=January 20, 2016|first1=Cody |last1=Battershill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604213246/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/cody-battershill/leonardo-dicaprio-activism_b_9025188.html |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |work=HuffPost}} DiCaprio chaired the national Earth Day celebration in 2000 where he interviewed Bill Clinton and they discussed plans to deal with global warming and the environment.{{cite news |last1=Eilperin |first1=Juliet |title=It's Been 16 Years Since Leo Interviewed a President on Climate, and Situation is Now Much Worse |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/its-been-16-years-since-leo-interviewed-a-president-on-climate-and-situation-is-now-much-worse/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202213134/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/its-been-16-years-since-leo-interviewed-a-president-on-climate-and-situation-is-now-much-worse/ |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |url-status=live}} He presented at the 2007 American leg of Live Earth.{{cite news |title=London Live Earth Line-up Revealed |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/live-earth-40-1345164 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |work=NME |date=July 5, 2007 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918185328/https://www.nme.com/news/music/live-earth-40-1345164 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio donated $1 million to the Wildlife Conservation Society at Russia's Tiger Summit. DiCaprio's persistence in reaching the event after encountering two plane delays caused then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to describe him as a "muzhik" or "real man".{{cite news |title=Summit Agrees Tiger Recovery Plan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11828922 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |work=BBC News |date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909185729/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11828922 |archive-date=September 9, 2015}}{{cite news |author1=Hannamayj |title=Vladimir Putin: Leonardo DiCaprio is 'A Real Man' |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/25/vladimir-putin-leonardo-di-caprio-is-a-real-man/ |access-date=August 11, 2015 |magazine=Time |date=November 25, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104171112/http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/25/vladimir-putin-leonardo-di-caprio-is-a-real-man/ |archive-date=January 4, 2016}} In 2013, he organized a benefit fine art auction, "11th Hour", which raised nearly $38.8 million for his foundation.{{cite web |title='The 11th Hour' Auction |url=https://www.christies.com/presscenter/pdf/2013/11th_hour.pdf |publisher=Christie's |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308082252/https://www.christies.com/presscenter/pdf/2013/11th_hour.pdf |url-status=live }} In September 2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated DiCaprio as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a focus on climate change.{{cite news| url=https://press.un.org/en/2014/note6421.doc.htm| title=Secretary-General Designates Leonardo DiCaprio as United Nations Messenger of Peace| work=United Nations| date=September 16, 2014| access-date=July 31, 2022

| archive-date=August 10, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810032119/https://press.un.org/en/2014/note6421.doc.htm| url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/leonardo-dicaprio| title=United Nations Messengers of Peace: Leonardo DiCaprio| work=United Nations

| date=September 16, 2014| access-date=July 31, 2022| archive-date=July 31, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731215020/https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/leonardo-dicaprio|url-status=live}} Later that month, he made an opening statement to members of the UN Climate Summit; his speech reached an estimated one billion people worldwide.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyLSr_VCcg|title=Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the opening of Climate Summit 2014|work=United Nations|via=YouTube|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=July 31, 2022|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423152547/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyLSr_VCcg|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Erdős|2019|p=219}} In 2015, he announced his intention to divest from fossil fuels.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-energy-divestment-idUSKCN0RM2PZ20150922 |title=Actor DiCaprio Joins Growing Movement to Divest from Fossil Fuels|last=Rowling|first=Megan |date=September 22, 2015|work=Reuters|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017170210/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-energy-divestment-idUSKCN0RM2PZ20150922|url-status=live}} He again spoke at the UN in April 2016 prior to the signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement.{{cite news|last=Peltier|first=Elian |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Warns Mayors That Time to Act Is Limited |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/leonardo-dicaprio-michael-bloomberg-climate-mayors |access-date=October 13, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=December 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611181758/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/leonardo-dicaprio-michael-bloomberg-climate-mayors |archive-date=June 11, 2019}}

File:Actor and Environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio Walks With Secretary Kerry Before he Addresses the Third Our Ocean Conference in Washington (29627440831).jpg and DiCaprio at the Our Ocean Conference in 2016|alt=A photograph of John Kerry (left) and Leonardo DiCaprio both dressed in suits and looking away from the camera]]

At a 2016 meeting with Pope Francis, DiCaprio donated to charity and discussed environmental issues with him. A few days later, possibly influenced by this meeting, the Pope said he would act in a charity film.{{efn|The Pope appeared in the faith-based charity film Beyond the Sun, whose profits were donated to charities in Argentina.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Julia|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/pope-francis-acting |title=Days After Meeting Leonardo DiCaprio, Pope Francis Signs on to First Acting Role |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412222224/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/pope-francis-acting |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 1, 2016|access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live}}}} DiCaprio traveled to Indonesia in early 2016 where he criticized the government's palm oil industry's slash-and-burn forest clearing methods.{{cite news |title=Leonardo DiCaprio May Be Blacklisted from Visiting Indonesia Over His Criticism of Palm Oil Plantations |date=April 2, 2016 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dicaprio-banned-indonesia-palm-oil-comments-article-1.2586265 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416041125/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dicaprio-banned-indonesia-palm-oil-comments-article-1.2586265 |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |work=Daily News |access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live}} In July 2016, his foundation donated $15.6 million to help protect wildlife and the rights of Native Americans, along with mitigating climate change.{{cite news|last=Ungerman|first=Alex |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/193139_leonardo_dicaprio_foundation_commits_millions_to_the_environment/ |access-date=October 13, 2019 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Foundation Commits $15.6 Million to Fight Climate Change and Protect Wildlife |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714224011/http://www.etonline.com/news/193139_leonardo_dicaprio_foundation_commits_millions_to_the_environment/ |archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}} That October, DiCaprio joined Mark Ruffalo in support of the Standing Rock tribe's opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.{{cite news |last1=Chavez |first1=Danette |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Chance the Rapper, and More Celebrate Standing Rock Victory |url=https://www.avclub.com/leonardo-dicaprio-chance-the-rapper-and-more-celebrat-1798255165 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=The A.V. Club |date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112160255/https://news.avclub.com/leonardo-dicaprio-chance-the-rapper-and-more-celebrat-1798255165 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}

In April 2017, DiCaprio protested against President Donald Trump's inaction on climate change by attending the People's Climate March.{{cite news |last=Revesz |first=Rachael |date=April 30, 2017 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leonardo-dicaprio-al-gore-donald-trump-climate-change-rally-washington-dc-scott-pruitt-epa-paris-un-a7710151.html |title=People's Climate March: Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Stars Join Thousands in Rally Against Donald Trump |work=The Independent|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430134254/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/leonardo-dicaprio-al-gore-donald-trump-climate-change-rally-washington-dc-scott-pruitt-epa-paris-un-a7710151.html |archive-date=April 30, 2017|url-access=limited}} In July, a charity auction and celebrity concert arranged by DiCaprio's foundation had raised over $30 million in one night.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Mike |url=http://people.com/movies/madonna-delivers-surprise-performance-at-leonardo-dicaprios-charity-auction-30-million-raised-so-far/|title=Madonna Delivers Surprise Performance at Leonardo DiCaprio's Charity Auction: $30 million Raised So Far|date=July 27, 2017|work=People|access-date=October 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504055416/https://people.com/movies/madonna-delivers-surprise-performance-at-leonardo-dicaprios-charity-auction-30-million-raised-so-far/|archive-date=May 4, 2019}} The DiCaprio foundation donated $100 million in December 2018 to fight climate change.{{cite news |title=DiCaprio's Foundation Donates $100M to Fight Climate Change |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/hollywood/hollywood-stars-foundation-donates-dh367m-to-fight-climate-change |access-date=November 13, 2019 |work=Khaleej Times |date=December 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113173836/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/hollywood/hollywood-stars-foundation-donates-dh367m-to-fight-climate-change|agency=Indo-Asian News Service}} In May 2021, DiCaprio pledged $43{{nbsp}}million to enact conservation operations across the Galápagos Islands.{{Cite news|author=Storer, Rhi|date=May 18, 2021|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $43m to Restore the Galápagos Islands|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/leonardo-dicaprio-pledges-43m-to-restore-the-galapagos-islands|access-date=May 18, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518070751/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/leonardo-dicaprio-pledges-43m-to-restore-the-galapagos-islands|url-status=live}}

=Political views=

DiCaprio endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential election.{{cite web |last1=Winfrey |first1=Graham |title=Hillary Clinton for President: 37 Filmmakers Reveal Why She's the Best Choice |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/filmmakers-endorsing-hillary-clinton-george-clooney-sean-penn-lake-bell-1201742625/ |publisher=IndieWire |access-date=April 4, 2022 |date=November 4, 2016 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401114401/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/filmmakers-endorsing-hillary-clinton-george-clooney-sean-penn-lake-bell-1201742625/ |url-status=live}} In March 2020, DiCaprio attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden at the home of Paramount Pictures executive Sherry Lansing.{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2020|title=The Latest: Biden Fundraiser Draws Bigger Crowd After Wins|url=https://apnews.com/article/bef275b6bd5ed2fdae0c578137bc9918|access-date=October 22, 2020|work=AP News|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026113729/https://apnews.com/article/bef275b6bd5ed2fdae0c578137bc9918|url-status=live}} Prior to the 2020 election, DiCaprio narrated a Netflix documentary series about voting rights, stating, "All of us may have been created equal. But we'll never actually be equal until we all vote. So don't wait."{{cite news |last1=Todisco |first1=Eric |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Lends His Voice to Increase Voter Participation in New Video |url=https://people.com/politics/leonardo-dicaprio-lends-voice-support-voting-initiative/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |work=People |date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308082250/https://people.com/politics/leonardo-dicaprio-lends-voice-support-voting-initiative/ |url-status=live }} On social media, DiCaprio urged voters to make a plan to cast their ballots{{Cite web|last1=DiCaprio|first1=Leonardo|date=October 19, 2020|title=Leonardo DiCaprio|url=https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio/status/1318328253308829696|access-date=October 22, 2020|via=Twitter|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019230850/https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio/status/1318328253308829696|url-status=live}} and to draw attention to voter suppression{{Cite web|last1=DiCaprio|first1=Leonardo|date=October 8, 2020|title=Leonardo DiCaprio|url=https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio/status/1314362442185465856|access-date=October 22, 2020|via=Twitter|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009003928/https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio/status/1314362442185465856|url-status=live}} and restrictive voter ID laws, citing VoteRiders as a source of information and assistance.{{Cite web|last=DiCaprio|first=Leonardo|date=January 5, 2021|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJq7_K0FFUz/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305154944/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/p/CJq7_K0FFUz/|archive-date=March 5, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=July 23, 2021|via=Instagram}} In 2023, DiCaprio testified during the trial against Prakazrel Michel, who is being accused of participating in a foreign influence campaign that was aimed at the Obama and Trump administrations.{{Cite news|last=Lynch|first=Sarah|date=April 4, 2023|title=A Rapper Is on Trial over Foreign Influence: Why Is Leo DiCaprio Testifying?|work=The Age|url=https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/a-rapper-is-on-trial-over-foreign-influence-why-is-leo-dicaprio-testifying-20230404-p5cy2d.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 4, 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404084607/https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/a-rapper-is-on-trial-over-foreign-influence-why-is-leo-dicaprio-testifying-20230404-p5cy2d.html}}

In October 2024, DiCaprio formally endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president, citing her policies on climate change mitigation, while criticizing her Republican opponent Donald Trump.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-endorses-kamala-harris-election-2024-40bf7286e7219dfd59957bf28d34f578|title=Leonardo DiCaprio endorses Kamala Harris for president|work=Associated Press|date=October 25, 2024|last=Bahr|first=Lindsey|archive-date=October 26, 2024|access-date=October 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241026022055/https://apnews.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-endorses-kamala-harris-election-2024-40bf7286e7219dfd59957bf28d34f578|url-status=live}}

=Philanthropy=

In 1998, DiCaprio and his mother donated $35,000 for a "Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Center" at a library in Los Feliz.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/c421e90078501ff8ef0e94ee653eed05 |title=DiCaprio Computer Center Opens |work=AP News |date=April 9, 1999 |access-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503173442/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/DiCaprio-Computer-Center-Opens/id-c421e90078501ff8ef0e94ee653eed05 |archive-date=May 3, 2015}} In May 2009, DiCaprio joined Kate Winslet, director James Cameron and Canadian singer Celine Dion, in a campaign to raise money to financially support the fees of the nursing home where Millvina Dean, a survivor of the RMS Titanic, was residing. DiCaprio and Winslet donated $20,000 to support Dean.{{cite news |last1=Hodgson |first1=Claire |date=September 23, 2014 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Have Done the Nicest Thing Ever |work=Cosmopolitan |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a29875/leonardo-dicaprio-kate-winslet-titanic-survivor/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202132824/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a29875/leonardo-dicaprio-kate-winslet-titanic-survivor/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021}} In 2010, he donated $1 million to relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake.{{cite news |last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 million For Haiti Relief |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630219/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-1-million-for-haiti-relief/ |work=MTV News |access-date=July 18, 2015 |date=January 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818125354/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630219/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-1-million-for-haiti-relief/ |archive-date=August 18, 2015}} In 2011, DiCaprio joined the Animal Legal Defense Fund's campaign to release Tony, a tiger that had spent the last decade at a truck stop in Grosse Tête, Louisiana.{{cite news |last=Franzetta |first=Lisa |date=April 29, 2011 |title=Leonardo Speaks Out For Tony: 'We Need to Act Now' |publisher=Animal Legal Defense Fund |url=http://aldf.org/blog/leonardo-speaks-out-for-tony-we-need-to-act-now/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807015828/http://aldf.org/blog/leonardo-speaks-out-for-tony-we-need-to-act-now/ |archive-date=August 7, 2013}} DiCaprio donated $61,000 to the gay rights group GLAAD in 2013.{{cite web |last1=Malkin |first1=Marc |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $61,000 to Support Gay Rights at Annual GLAAD Media Awards |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/410915/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-61-000-to-support-gay-rights-at-annual-glaad-media-awards |publisher=E! |access-date=July 29, 2015 |date=April 23, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908194412/http://www.eonline.com/news/410915/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-61-000-to-support-gay-rights-at-annual-glaad-media-awards |archive-date=September 8, 2015}}

In 2016, DiCaprio donated $65,000 to the annual fundraising gala for the Children of Armenia Fund, where he was a special guest of his friend and honorary chair, Tony Shafrazi.{{Cite news |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Contributes $65,000 to Children of Armenia Fund |work=Armenian Weekly |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2016/12/15/dicaprio-contributes-65000/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024635/https://armenianweekly.com/2016/12/15/dicaprio-contributes-65000/ |archive-date=March 2, 2019}} Supporting Hurricane Harvey (2017) relief efforts, DiCaprio provided $1 million through his foundation.{{cite news |last=Jensen |first=Eric |date=August 29, 2017 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, The Kardashians, More Celebs Pledge Donations for Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/08/29/rock-nicki-minaj-dj-khaled-more-celebs-pledge-donations-for-harvey-relief-efforts/611426001/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627153308/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/08/29/rock-nicki-minaj-dj-khaled-more-celebs-pledge-donations-for-harvey-relief-efforts/611426001/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018}} In 2020, DiCaprio's foundation donated $3 million to Australia bushfire relief efforts.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |date=January 10, 2020 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Foundation to Donate $3 Million to Australia Wildfire Relief Efforts |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/leonardo-dicaprio-foundation-donate-3-million-australia-wildfire-relief-efforts-1202826780/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110185825/https://deadline.com/2020/01/leonardo-dicaprio-foundation-donate-3-million-australia-wildfire-relief-efforts-1202826780/ |url-status=live|archive-date=January 10, 2020 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} Amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the media announced DiCaprio donated $10{{Nbsp}}million to support Ukraine,{{efn|DiCaprio donated to humanitarian groups, including CARE, International Rescue Committee, the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees and Save the Children.}}{{cite news |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $10 Million to His Grandmother's Homeland Ukraine |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-10-million-to-his-grandmother-s-homeland-ukraine-101646736525304.html |access-date=March 9, 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=March 8, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308234215/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/leonardo-dicaprio-donates-10-million-to-his-grandmother-s-homeland-ukraine-101646736525304.html |url-status=live|agency=Asian News International}} although the news agency Associated Press suggested this amount was inaccurate.{{Cite news|author=Coyle, Jake|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-europe-22e3a7d8da6384eb0379c197f2be493d|title=DiCaprio Donates to Ukraine, but Earlier Reports False|work=AP News|date=March 10, 2022|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311075236/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-europe-22e3a7d8da6384eb0379c197f2be493d|url-status=live}}

Personal life

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DiCaprio is agnostic.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/leonardo-dicaprio-faces-his-demons-116522/|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Faces His Demons|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=August 5, 2010|quote=I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic. What I honestly think about is the planet, not my specific spiritual soul floating around. I know that sounds slightly eco-boy, but I think about the idea that there's going to be a mass extinction, and then something else is going to evolve.|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606230301/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/leonardo-dicaprio-faces-his-demons-116522/|url-status=live}} His personal life is the subject of widespread media attention.{{sfn|Mooney|2021|p=249}} He rarely grants interviews and is reluctant to discuss his private life.{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=October 29, 2006 |title=The Baby-Faced Kid Has Developed Quite a Stare |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/movies/29jame.html |access-date=September 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012102044/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/movies/29jame.html |url-status=live}}

Throughout his 40s, DiCaprio had been the focus of various reports detailing his involvement with women aged 25 or younger, and had faced criticism for the age disparity of those relationships.{{efn|These criticisms include a reference in Taylor Swift's song "The Man",{{cite news |last=Pollard |first=Alexandra |title=Taylor Swift, Lover Review: The Sound of an Artist Excited to Be Earnest Again |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-lover-album-tracklist-stream-lyrics-joe-alwyn-london-boy-a9075376.html |work=The Independent |access-date=January 31, 2022 |date=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823061946/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-lover-album-tracklist-stream-lyrics-joe-alwyn-london-boy-a9075376.html |url-status=live|url-access=limited}} as well as jokes made by hosts of the Golden Globe Awards in 2014,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/2014-golden-globes-tina-fey-amy-poehler/index.html|title=Golden Globes: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's Best Jokes|work=CNN|last=Hare|first=Breeanna|date=January 13, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114003007/http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/2014-golden-globes-tina-fey-amy-poehler/index.html|url-status=live}} and in 2020{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/video/leonardo-dicaprio-golden-globes-ricky-gervais/|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Laughs Off Ricky Gervais' Joke at Golden Globes|work=Variety|date=January 6, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114003011/https://variety.com/video/leonardo-dicaprio-golden-globes-ricky-gervais/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-leonardo-dicaprio-keeps-his-many-model-girlfriends-out-of-the-press/|title=Extremely Blonde and Disturbingly Young: The Anatomy of a Leonardo DiCaprio Relationship|work=Vice|date=June 5, 2019|last=Jones|first=Allie|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227041224/https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3x47g/how-leonardo-dicaprio-keeps-his-many-model-girlfriends-out-of-the-press|url-status=live}} and at the 94th Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2022-amy-schumer-leonardo-dicaprio-b2045269.html|title=Oscars 2022: Amy Schumer Joke About Leonardo DiCaprio and His 'Girlfriends' Draws Gasps|work=The Independent|date=March 28, 2022|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|access-date=March 30, 2022|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331175324/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2022-amy-schumer-leonardo-dicaprio-b2045269.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}}}{{Efn|In 2019, Camila Morrone addressed the criticism as follows: "There's so many relationships in Hollywood – and in the history of the world – where people have large age gaps [...] I just think anyone should be able to date who they want to date".{{Cite news|date=December 3, 2019|title=Camila Morrone Doesn't Always Want to Talk About Leonardo DiCaprio. But She Understands Why People Ask|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-03/camila-morrone-mickey-and-the-bear|access-date=September 6, 2022|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=September 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905212303/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-03/camila-morrone-mickey-and-the-bear|url-status=live}}}}{{Cite news |last=Mahdawi |first=Arwa |date=September 3, 2022 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Why Don't You Date Someone Your Own Age? |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/03/leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriend-breakup-25-week-in-patriarchy |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905230052/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/03/leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriend-breakup-25-week-in-patriarchy |url-status=live}} In 1999, DiCaprio met Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, whom he dated until 2005.{{cite web |last=Wallace |first=Francesca|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/news/gisele-bndchen-on-why-she-broke-up-with-leonardo-dicaprio/news-story/47ba6a5a9ed28e9fc1c6c8e8481d9749 |title=Gisele Bündchen Finally Opened Up About Why She and Leonardo DiCaprio Broke Up in 2005 |work=Vogue Australia |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805154155/https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/news/gisele-bndchen-on-why-she-broke-up-with-leonardo-dicaprio/news-story/47ba6a5a9ed28e9fc1c6c8e8481d9749 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |url-status=live|date=September 27, 2018}} He was romantically involved with Israeli model Bar Refaeli from 2005 to 2011. He later dated German fashion model Toni Garrn from 2013 to 2014 and later in 2017.{{cite web |last1=Torres |first1=Libby |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Has Been Romantically Linked to Everyone From Blake Lively to Rihanna. Here's a Complete History of His Relationships |url=https://www.insider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriends-age-relationship-history-timeline |website=Insider Inc. |access-date=March 9, 2023 |date=September 11, 2022 |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730105710/https://www.insider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriends-age-relationship-history-timeline |url-status=live }} DiCaprio was briefly romantically linked with Barbadian singer Rihanna, with the pair attending Coachella together in 2016.{{cite magazine |last1=Lawson |first1=Richard |title=Were Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna Getting Romantic at Coachella This Weekend? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/04/leonardo-dicaprio-and-rihanna-coachella |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421090304/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/04/leonardo-dicaprio-and-rihanna-coachella |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |date=April 18, 2016 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} DiCaprio successfully sued French tabloid {{ill|Oops (magazine)|lt=Oops|italic=y|fr}} after it made claims that DiCaprio had gotten Rihanna pregnant.{{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Eriq |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Wins Lawsuit Over French Tabloid Story of Rihanna Pregnancy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/leonardo-dicaprio-wins-lawsuit-french-814539/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203165556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/leonardo-dicaprio-wins-lawsuit-french-814539/ |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=live}} DiCaprio was in a relationship with American model and actress Camila Morrone from 2017 until 2022.{{Cite news |date=September 2, 2022 |title=Another Breakup for Leonardo DiCaprio, Netizens Say He Doesn't Date Anyone Over 25|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/another-breakup-for-leonardo-dicaprio-netizens-say-he-doesnt-date-anyone-over-25-8125394/ |access-date=September 3, 2022 |newspaper=The Indian Express |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902173120/https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/another-breakup-for-leonardo-dicaprio-netizens-say-he-doesnt-date-anyone-over-25-8125394/ |url-status=live}} He has been dating Italian model Vittoria Ceretti since August 2023.{{cite news |last1=Lutkin |first1=Aimee |title=All About Vittoria Ceretti, Leonardo DiCaprio's Girlfriend |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a45069426/who-is-leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriend-vittoria-ceretti/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |work=Elle |date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225001459/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a45069426/who-is-leonardo-dicaprio-girlfriend-vittoria-ceretti/ |url-status=live }}

DiCaprio owns houses in Los Angeles and apartments in New York City.{{cite news |last1=Halberg |first1=Morgan |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Paid $9.9 Million for a Remodeled Beverly Hills Home |url=https://observer.com/2021/12/leonardo-dicaprio-buys-beverly-hills-los-angeles-home/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |work=The New York Observer |date=December 13, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302063359/https://observer.com/2021/12/leonardo-dicaprio-buys-beverly-hills-los-angeles-home/ |url-status=live}} In 2009, he bought an island, Blackadore Caye, off mainland Belize—on which he is set to open an environmentally friendly resort{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/realestate/an-idea-hits-the-beach.html|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Builds an Eco-Resort |last=Satow |first=Julie |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705040446/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/realestate/an-idea-hits-the-beach.html?_r=1 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Bown |first1=Jessica |title=The Sea-Cooled Eco-Resort That's Nearly Mosquito-Free |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48380590 |work=BBC News |access-date=October 29, 2019 |date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002042730/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48380590 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |url-status=live}}—and in 2014, he purchased the original Dinah Shore residence designed by architect Donald Wexler in Palm Springs, California.{{cite news |first1=Lauren |last1=Beale |date=March 7, 2014 |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-leonardo-dicaprio-20140307-story.html |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Buys Dinah Shore's Onetime Desert Home |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706064134/http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-leonardo-dicaprio-20140307-story.html |archive-date=July 6, 2015}}

In 2005, DiCaprio's face was severely injured when model Aretha Wilson hit him over the head with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party. As a result, he required seventeen stitches to his face and neck.{{cite web|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Attacker Gets Two Years in Prison|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11947111.amp|publisher=BBC News|date=December 8, 2010|access-date=February 10, 2022|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208202217/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11947111.amp|url-status=live}} Wilson pleaded guilty to the assault and was sentenced in 2010 to two years in prison.{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Caroline |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Attacker Aretha Wilson Sentenced to Two Years in Prison |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-attacker-aretha-wilson-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/ |publisher=CBS News |access-date=July 29, 2023 |date=December 8, 2010 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729175847/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leonardo-dicaprio-attacker-aretha-wilson-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/ |url-status=live }}

In 2017, when The Wolf of Wall Street producer Red Granite Pictures was involved in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, DiCaprio turned over the gifts he received from business associates at the production company, including from fugitive businessman Jho Low, to the US government.{{Cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/leonardo-dicaprio-turns-over-marlon-brando-oscar-other-gifts-allegedly-bought |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Turns Over Marlon Brando Oscar, Other Gifts Allegedly Bought with 1MDB Funds|date=June 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Straits Times|access-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105357/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/leonardo-dicaprio-turns-over-marlon-brando-oscar-other-gifts-allegedly-bought|archive-date=September 17, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title=Red Granite Pictures to Pay $60 Million to U.S. Government in Malaysian Corruption Case |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/red-granite-pictures-pay-60-million-us-government-malaysian-corruption-case-1092592/ |access-date=March 9, 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 6, 2018 |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309171746/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/red-granite-pictures-pay-60-million-us-government-malaysian-corruption-case-1092592/ |url-status=live }} These included a Best Actor Oscar trophy won by Marlon Brando, a $3.2 million Pablo Picasso painting, and a $9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat collage.{{cite web |last1=Kinsella |first1=Eileen |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Surrenders $3.2 Million Picasso and $9 Million Basquiat to US Government |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardo-dicaprio-gives-pack-jho-low-picasso-basquiat-996377 |publisher=Artnet |access-date=January 18, 2021 |date=June 16, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116235742/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardo-dicaprio-gives-pack-jho-low-picasso-basquiat-996377 |url-status=live}}

Filmography and accolades

{{Main|Leonardo DiCaprio filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Leonardo DiCaprio}}

According to the online portal Box Office Mojo and the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, DiCaprio's most critically and commercially successful films include What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Blood Diamond (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Inception (2010), Django Unchained (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Revenant (2015), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Don't Look Up (2021), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). His films have grossed $7.2 billion worldwide.{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Box Office Results |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/name/nm0000138/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-access=subscription|access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712180409/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=leonardodicaprio.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/leonardo_di_caprio |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915203318/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/leonardo_di_caprio |archive-date=September 15, 2019 |url-status=live}}

DiCaprio has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following:{{cite web |last1=Dove |first1=Steve |title=Leonardo DiCaprio Gets Best Actor Nomination for 2016 Oscars |url=https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/leonardo-dicaprio-gets-best-actor-nomination-for-2016-oscars |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=October 10, 2019 |date=January 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010175001/https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/leonardo-dicaprio-gets-best-actor-nomination-for-2016-oscars |archive-date=October 10, 2019}}

66th Academy Awards (1994): Best Supporting Actor, nomination, for What's Eating Gilbert Grape
77th Academy Awards (2005): Best Actor, nomination, for The Aviator
79th Academy Awards (2007): Best Actor, nomination, for Blood Diamond
86th Academy Awards (2014): Best Picture and Best Actor, nominations, for The Wolf of Wall Street
88th Academy Awards (2016): Best Actor, win, for The Revenant
92nd Academy Awards (2020): Best Actor, nomination, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

DiCaprio has won three Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Aviator and The Revenant and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Wolf of Wall Street,{{cite web |title=Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/leonardo-dicaprio |publisher= Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527225322/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/leonardo-dicaprio |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live}} as well as a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for The Revenant.{{cite magazine |last1=Lodderhose |first1=Diana |title=The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio Dominate BAFTA Awards |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/bafta-awards-winners-2016-complete-list-british-academy-film-television-1201706004/ |access-date=October 10, 2019 |magazine=Variety |date=February 14, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204103701/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/bafta-awards-winners-2016-complete-list-british-academy-film-television-1201706004/ |archive-date=February 4, 2021}}

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