~SoMe FaCtS aBoUt LeOnArDo~
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"He's probably the world's most beautiful-looking
man, yet he doesn't think
he's gorgeous.
And to me he's just smelly, farty Leo."
- KATE WINSLET
"You're not gonna put in the article
that I smoke
are you? Please, don't put that in. Oh, man. My parents don't know
that I smoke. My father will kill me."
-LEO IN PREMIER MAG
~ViTaL
sTaTs~
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full name:
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
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d.o.b.:
november 11, 1974
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birthplace:
Los Feliz, California
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education:
John Marshell High School, Center for Enriched Studies, L.A.
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height:
6 ft. (man, he doesn't look it!)
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weight:
about 140 lbs.
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hair:
blond (well, duh!)
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eyes:
blue/green
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shoe size:
11
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marital
status: single, with no interest in marriage
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nationality:
Italian (father) and German (mother)
~RaNdOm
FaCtS~
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mother:
Irmeline DiCaprio (née INDENBIRKEN) former legal secretary
(click here for a picture of leo, his mother
and his grandmother)
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father:
George DiCaprio: comic book distributor
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some info
about parents: ex-hippies, separated before Leo
was born,
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siblings:
step-brother (Adam)
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other family:
stepmother (professional body builder)
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first words:
oma and opa
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pets:
bearded dragon lizard named Blizz - Short For Blizzard
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sign:
scorpio (sun in scorpio, moon in libra)
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love matches:
cancer, pisces, scorpio
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hobbies:
writing poetry and short stories, and spending
time by the ocean (funny, same with me... all three!)
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boxers or
briefs: briefs
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tricks of
the trade: "When the Basketball Diaries script
called for his character to snort cocaine, he sniffed Ovaltine and would
later have to scrape his nose clean with Q-Tips." (E!)
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first car:
Jeep Grand Cherokee
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current
car: black Chevy Tahoe
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nicknames:
Leo, The Noodle, D, Leonardo Retardo, DeCaf
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bad habits:
twisting his hair, biting his nails
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musical
instrument: used to play the organ
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biggest
wish: to save the environment and live in peace
(can you say cliché?)
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childhood
description: "Funny, goofy, and cute."
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best quality:
a good sense of humor
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worst quality:
procrastination (sounds familiar... anyone else plead
guilty?)
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main goal
in life: to be a successful actor (oh
really? Who'da thunk?)
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strange
collections: $5 sunglasses
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fears:
being called flowery, speaking in front of large audiences
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known for:
impressions of Michael Jackson, Kirk Cameron, John Lequizamo, and James
Cameron.
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blondes
or brunettes: brunettes, 'cause there are more
of them
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what he
looks for in a woman: "I like girls who are intelligent,
someone funny and pretty-with a nice personality."
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first on-screen
kiss: actor David Thewlis in Total Eclipse
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charities:
donates money to save the manatees
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acting debut:
Romper Room, when he was 5 years old (and he was kicked
off the show for uncontrollable behavior)
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first million
dollar+ paycheck: Titanic
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bad advice
he's received: an acting agent told him to cut
his hair and change his name to Lenny Williams (thank
god he didn't take that advice!)
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mistaken
identity: as a kid, he was mistaken for a girl
because of his long hair, and the odd outfits his mom dressed him in.
(i understand that still happens today!)
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how he got
his name: when he was still in his mother's womb,
he kicked one time as she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting.
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first date:
"A junior-high classmate named Cessi. Leonardo wore a light blue turtleneck
he says he bought at K-Mart, and he took his date to see When Harry Met
Sally. But his fine taste in sportswear apparently didn't impress Cessi,
who thought he was weird and decided not to go out with him again." (E!)
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ouch:
When he found out Robert De Niro had chosen him to play Tobias Wolff in
the film version of Wolff's autobiography, This Boy's Life, DiCaprio became
so excited he punched a hole in the ceiling.
~LiTtLe
KnOwN fAcTs~
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he speaks German fluently.
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Heidi Fleiss's father was his
pediatrician.
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he
almost died when he was skydiving (5000 ft!) at a friend's birthday, the
rip-cord of his parachute failed to open. (Click to read his
quote on the subject)
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he was originally passed over
for the part of Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape because he was
too handsome.
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gets his hair colored at Privé
salon in L.A.
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he only signs Movie Contracts
if they include accommodations for five of his friends to stay on the film
location
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to start crying on screen, he
imagines his Mumsie in pain.
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Kirk Cameron taught Leo about
Religion while working on Growing Pains.
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he wears headbands... like, constantly.
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he loves cartwheels
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he likes to wrestle... thumb wrestling
with Claire Danes and full-body contact with Kate Winslet.
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he hates piercing and tatooing
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he believes in karma
~FaVoRiTeS~
leo's favorite...
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Book:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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Bands:
Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin
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Musician:
Harry Connick, Jr.
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Song:
"Sittin on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
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Actors:
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson
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Actress:
Meg Ryan
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Movies:
all three Godfather films
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TV show:
The Twilight Zone
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Drink:
lemonade, fruitopia
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Food:
pasta, hamburgers
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Colors:
green, black and purple (funny...
green's my favorite too!)
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Sports:
basketball, baseball
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Vacation
Spot: Germany
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Childhood
Memory: playing practical jokes and terrorizing the neighborhood
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Birthday:
"My sixteenth because I started to drive."
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Cities:
New York, San Francisco
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Basketball
Team: L.A. Lakers
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Hobby:
looking for art in trendy Soho galleries
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Places to
shop: in New York, Prada, Mossimo and Barneys; in L.A.,
Fred Segal.
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Shoes:
black Doc Martens
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Hangouts:
Bash in Miami, Tunnel and Life in New York and Sky Bar, Barfly and Millennium
in L.A.
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Games:
Sony PlayStation, Pinball
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Animals:
reptiles
~StUfF
tHaT hApPeNeD On HiS BiRtHdAy~
the 11th of November
(this info was taken from the IMDb)
The following
people were born:
| Name |
Year |
|
Name |
Year |
|
Name |
Year |
| Leonardo
DiCaprio |
1974 |
|
Vili
Auvinen |
1931 |
|
Sam
Spiegel |
1903 |
| Adam
Beach |
1972 |
|
Rolan
Bykov |
1929 |
|
Queenie
Ashton |
1903 |
| Tyler
Christopher |
1972 |
|
La
Vern Baker |
1929 |
|
John
Longden |
1900 |
| Peta
Wilson |
1970 |
|
Luigi
Malerba |
1927 |
|
Pat
O'Brien |
1899 |
| Damien
Nash |
1967 |
|
Jonathan
Winters |
1925 |
|
René
Clair |
1898 |
| Todd
Verow |
1966 |
|
Kurt
Vonnegut Jr. |
1922 |
|
Winifred
Kingston |
1894 |
| Calista
Flockhart |
1965 |
|
Peter
Coe |
1918 |
|
Beverly
Bayne |
1894 |
| Uwe
Gerritz |
1965 |
|
Stubby
Kaye |
1918 |
|
Jerome
Storm |
1890 |
| Philip
McKeon |
1964 |
|
Asta
Hansen (I) |
1917 |
|
Virginia
Kirtley |
1888 |
| Judi
Trott |
1962 |
|
Manuel
Alexandre |
1917 |
|
Giovanni
Grasso |
1888 |
| Demi
Moore |
1962 |
|
Giuseppe
La Torre |
1915 |
|
Maurice
Elvey |
1887 |
| Lisa
Welch |
1960 |
|
Sonja
Wigert |
1913 |
|
Roland
Young |
1887 |
| Stefan
Ekman |
1944 |
|
Leo
J. McMahon |
1913 |
|
Charles
Maigne |
1879 |
| Denise
Alexander |
1939 |
|
Patric
Knowles |
1911 |
|
Dorothy
Vernon (I) |
1875 |
| Susan
Kohner |
1936 |
|
Antonio
Casas |
1911 |
|
Mark
Fenton |
1866 |
| Bibi
Andersson |
1935 |
|
Robert
Ryan |
1909 |
|
Edwin
Thanhouser |
1865 |
| Pertti
Palo |
1934 |
|
Raquel
Torres |
1908 |
|
Frederick
Vroom |
1857 |
| Heinz
Hopf |
1934 |
|
Martin
Held |
1908 |
|
Thomas
Bailey Aldrich |
1836 |
the following people died:
| Name |
Year |
|
Name |
Year |
|
Name |
Year |
| Warren
Douglas (I) |
1997 |
|
Dmitri
Tiomkin |
1979 |
|
Charles
Chauvel |
1959 |
| Pedro
Zamora |
1994 |
|
Jane
Ace |
1974 |
|
Victor
Young (I) |
1956 |
| Ernest
Clark (I) |
1994 |
|
James
E. Abbe |
1973 |
|
Rosamond
Johnson |
1954 |
| José
Antonio Valdelomar |
1992 |
|
Frank
Newberg |
1969 |
|
Jerome
Kern |
1945 |
| Elsie
Kirk |
1990 |
|
Harry
Seymour |
1967 |
|
Hector
Abbas |
1942 |
| John
King (I) |
1987 |
|
Jordan
Whitfield |
1967 |
|
William
Le Maire |
1933 |
| Roger
C. Carmel |
1986 |
|
Gaston
Glass |
1965 |
the following people were
married:
|
and |
|
Year |
| Warren Douglas (I) |
|
'Bonnie Padgette' |
1957 |
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This page last updated: 3-14-98
