英語名人堂：萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧

萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧(Leonardo DiCaprio)，1974年11月11日出生于美國加利福尼亞州洛杉磯，美國影視演員、制作人。

1990年，16歲的他參加了電視劇《成長的煩惱》的拍攝。1993年，他憑借《不一樣的天空》中的表演獲得了第66屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳男配角獎和第51屆美國電影電視金球獎最佳男配角的提名[1] 。1995年，拍攝電影《羅密歐與朱麗葉》，榮膺第47屆柏林國際電影節(jié)最佳男主角。1997年，萊昂納多主演了《泰坦尼克號》。2002年，萊昂納多出演了史蒂文斯皮爾伯格導演的《逍遙法外》，并因此獲得了金球獎男主角的提名。2004年，和馬丁西科塞斯合作的《飛行家》為萊昂迎來一個美國金球獎最佳男演員獎。2006年，憑借《無間道風云》和《血鉆》獲得金球獎最佳男主角的雙提名。2010，他出演了《盜夢空間》。2013年，他主演了電影《了不起的蓋茨比》。2014年1月，他憑借《華爾街之狼》中的表演獲得了金球獎最佳男主角獎;9月17日，被聯(lián)合國授予聯(lián)合國“和平使者”，關注氣候變化[2] 。2015年，萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧收入2900萬美元，居福布斯全球演員富豪榜排名第13位。[3]

2016年，憑借電影《荒野獵人》獲得第73屆金球獎最佳男主角獎和第88屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳男主角獎[4-5] 。

Leonardo DiCaprio is a movie heartthrob and award-winning Hollywood actor. He shot to fame for his role in ‘Titanic’ in 1997. He has also starred in many other successful movies. DiCaprio is known for his environmentalist activities. He flies on commercial flights instead of private jets and has an eco-friendly house. He has inspired other celebrities to take up environmental causes.

DiCaprio is an only child and was born in Los Angeles in 1974. He was named after Leonardo da Vinci because his pregnant mother was looking at a da Vinci painting in Italy when her baby first kicked. Leo's actor stepbrother inspired DiCaprio to take up acting. He began looking for an agent when he was twelve but was unsuccessful.

DiCaprio started his career making TV commercials. His break came in 1990 when he appeared in several shows. DiCaprio’s big breakthrough came in 1993 when he starred opposite Robert de Niro in ‘The Boy’s Life’. That same year he starred alongside Johnny Depp in ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’. He was 19 and his performance earned him an Academy Award nomination.

DiCaprio’s career took off and he became a Hollywood star. His status was elevated to superstar after he acted in ‘Titanic’, which won 11 Oscars. He was the most searched for personality on the Internet and his popularity was dubbed "Leo-mania”. He said later he would “never reach that state of popularity again”. Today, DiCaprio prefers to think of himself as an indie actor.