English Speaking Project Organization – Celebrities

 Name and occupation

 Place of birth and Nationality
 Residence
 Childhood and family
 Career
 Achievements and Awards
 Reasons why we admire this person

Leonardo di Caprio is an American actor, producer and activist who was born on 11th November
1974 in Los Angeles, where he still lives, more precisely in the famous neighborhood called Los
Feliz. He is an only child and was mainly raised by his mother after his parents divorced. Leonardo
started demonstrating his passion for acting when he was little by performing to his parents and, at
the age of 14, he started doing small appearances in commercials. He made his first appearance in
television in 1990 with the comedy film “Parenthood”. Because of that appearance, he earned a
nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor. Leonardo´s appearance in the film
“Titanic”, filmed in 1997, turned his overall image as an actor and it is considered his best
performance. That film received 14 Academy Award nominations and won 11 of them. Leonardo is
also an environmentalist. When he won his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2016, he
dedicated it to the environment issues, spoke about the consequences of climate change and warned
us ‘not to take our planet for granted’. He is really dedicated to the awareness of climate change and
to save species all over the world. Leonardo has also done lots of charity work, he has donated more
than a hundred million dollars to charity! And that’s why we admire him. Because of him, we started
realizing that we need to start caring about other people and that we need to be conscious about
helping others, including our so important planet.

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/leonardo-wilhelm-dicaprio-2135.php
https://the-talks.com/interview/leonardo-dicaprio/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/awards