April 7, 2009, at 7:27 pm
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio born November 11th 1974 in Los Angeles California; began his acting career in a few commercials and educational films. Landing a few minor roles on TV, DiCaprio found himself in his first major motion picture Critters 3. Shockingly enough, DiCaprio still found work after a lackluster debut and quickly found himself critically acclaimed.
In 1993 Leo took the roll of Tobias Wolff in This Boy’s Life. Shortly thereafter, also in 1993, DiCaprio worked along side Johnny Depp in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Leo’s performance was so outstanding, that Leo was nominated by the Academy for Best Supporting Actor. A few smaller hits such as The Quick and the Dead, Total Eclipse and Romeo + Juliet propelled DiCaprio into his most famous role.
In 1998 the highest grossing film ever created starred Mister D … Titanic. Amazingly, DiCaprio did not receive a nomination from the Academy for his performance. (And Kate Winslet lost hers) No matter, Dicaprio continued to produce hundred million dollar hits. Six consecutive box office monsters including Gangs of New York, Catch Me If You Can and The Departed have kept Leo on the top of the “to hire” list.
With a handful of movies scheduled to be released in the next couple of years, DiCaprio has shined in almost every role he has taken on. Perhaps later in life when Leo has larger body of work, he will receiver a higher mark by That’s-All-Folks.com; but for now we are happy to announce Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio as the 96th Greatest Actor of All-Time.
Please raise your hand if you have seen Critters 3. (FYI my hand is raised high) Still extremely early into his acting life, DiCaprio continues to impress me, not only in the roles he lands, but in his performances. I always go into a movie of his wanting to hate him, largely in part because I can’t stand to watch Titanic all the way through, but even if the movie is not to my liking, I always seem to enjoy his acting.
I am actually watching Catch Me If You Can right now, and love the cockiness of the 17-year-old Frank Abagnale Jr. If I need a shot of young DiCaprio, I watch The Quick and the Dead. Russel Crowe, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman … WOW I love that cast. Leo has been in less than 30 movies in his career, and nearly all of them are well known to all movie-goers. I am fairly confident that when his career is completed, he will be noted as one of the best 10 actors of all time. For now, we are parking him at the bottom, so all you Leo lovers out there, keep in mind we will revise this list in 30-40 years.
(If this link is true, we’ll move him to #1 tomorrow!)
