Starring in the biggest money making movie of all time made Leonardo DiCaprio an international phenomenon but before that he had already been recognized as a talented young actor, earning a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination at the age of nineteen. He's gone on to become Martin Scorsese's go-to-guy and also the greenest man in Hollywood. He has his own foundation and divides his time between acting and working on environmental issues. Quite a different path from the teen heart throb route he could have taken. We salute him for this in Destination Hollywood's Tribute to Leonardo DiCaprio.
New on DVD
Leonardo DiCaprio's most recent movie,
The 11th Hour
, is now available on DVD.
Now in Theaters
We know Iraq war movies have not been doing so well but here is Body of Lies based on the book Body of Lies with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe directed by Ridley Scott. Here is the trailer:
Coming Soon
Leonardo DiCaprio has no less than 16 projects listed as in development as an actor or a producer. Busy guy. Some of the most interesting of these involve Leonardo portraying a young Theodore Roosevelt and producing a film version of the Kurt Vonnegut novel Cat's Cradle.
In December Leonardo DiCaprio will team with his Titanic co-star Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road. They will play a 1950's couple in this drama directed by Kate Winslet's husband Sam Mendes. Here's the trailer:
DH Suggests
Destination Hollywood Suggests this Tribute dedicated to one of Leonardo DiCaprio's movies ...