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From ‘Growing Pains’ to ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

For practically 30 years, Leonardo DiCaprio has managed to keep up a picture as a good-looking, Hollywood heartthrob and as one of many trade’s most bankable and pedigreed performers. While he is persistently been on the prime of the A-list for many of his profession, the roles DiCaprio has taken have modified dramatically. In “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood,” DiCaprio lends his star energy to assist Quentin Tarantino form a brand new Tinseltown legend. Here’s how the actor has developed over time:

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“Growing Pains” (1991) After guest-starring on “Roseanne” and “Parenthood,” DiCaprio landed a task on the long-running sitcom “Growing Pains.” He performed Luke Brower, a homeless scholar within the class of younger faculty instructor Mike (Kirk Cameron) that the Seaver household soak up till he’s reunited together with his father.

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“This Boy’s Life” (1993) In his first main film function, Leo starred alongside Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin within the ’50s interval drama “This Boy’s Life.” Here, he flashed a rebellious charisma and wildness that may come to outline his future performances.

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“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993) DiCaprio earned his first Oscar nomination at 19 in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” He starred because the mentally challenged youthful brother to Johnny Depp in Lasse Hallstrom’s tender household drama set in small-town Middle America.

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“The Basketball Diaries” (1995) DiCaprio took a starring function in “The Basketball Diaries,” taking part in a teenage basketball star who falls into drug dependancy. The film turned the focus for critics within the wake of the Columbine highschool taking pictures primarily based on a disturbing dream sequence by which DiCaprio’s character shoots six of his classmates with a shotgun whereas sporting a black trench coat.

Twentieth Century Fox

“Romeo + Juliet” (1996) In Baz Luhrmann’s fashionable rendition of the traditional Shakespeare play “Romeo + Juliet,” DiCaprio transitioned to full-on Hollywood heartthrob reverse Claire Danes.

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“Titanic” (1997) DiCaprio turns into a family identify got here when he starred in “Titanic” because the charming, however poor, artist Jack Dawson. The film went on to win 11 Oscars and grow to be then the highest-grossing film of all time, however DiCaprio didn’t win for Best Actor.

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“The Man within the Iron Mask” (1998) DiCaprio rocked longer tresses to embody King Louis XIV in “The Man within the Iron Mask.”

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“The Beach” (2000) Leo chopped his golden locks very brief for his function in Danny Boyle’s “The Beach,” by which his character travels to a secret island in Thailand with a map and the hope to discover a solitary seashore paradise.

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“Gangs of New York” (2002) “Gangs of New York” was the primary of Leo’s many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, main a brutal gang drama set throughout Civil War-era New York.