Movies Gallery Leonardo DiCaprio through the years By Madeline Boardman Updated on June 30, 2022 09:41AM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/GettyImages Born in Hollywood on Nov. 11, 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio started acting at a young age, picking up his first roles in the late '70s and '80s in Romper Room and Friends and The New Lassie. He rose to fame as a child star, earning credits for Parenthood and Growing Pains. Decades later, DiCaprio has an Oscar to his name for 2015's The Revenant and nominations for What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Ahead, see the performer through the years. 01 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in 1989 Darlene Hammond/Getty Images 02 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in 1989 Darlene Hammond/Getty Images 03 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in Parenthood in 1990 Theo Westenberger/NBCU Photo Bank 04 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in the '80s Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic 05 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio on Growing Pains on Sept. 28, 1991 ABC Photo Archives 06 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in 1993 Rose Hartman/Archive Photos/Getty Images 07 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the 66th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 21, 1994 Barry King/WireImage 08 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio and Dennis Hopper at the Red Rock West party in 1994 Steve Eichner/Getty Images 09 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in New York City in 1995 Catherine McGann/Getty Images 10 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Mark Wahlberg in 1995 Kevin Mazur/WireImage 11 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries in 1995 Getty Images 12 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in Total Eclipse in 1996 Etienne George/RDA/Getty Images 13 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of Romeo + Juliet in Hollywood on Oct. 27, 1996 Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images 14 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Claire Danes in Romeo + Juliet in 1996 20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection 15 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Kate Winslet in Titanic in 1997 Merie Weismiller 16 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in The Man in the Iron Mask in 1998 United Artists/Getty Images 17 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach in 2000 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images 18 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the Concert for New York City on Oct. 20, 2001 Scott Gries/ImageDirect 19 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio promoting Gangs of New York in Cannes, France on May 21, 2002 Dave Hogan/Getty Images 20 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the Catch Me If You Can Los Angeles premiere on Dec. 16, 2002 Gregg DeGuire/WireImage 21 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the Gangs of New York premiere in Paris on Jan. 6, 2003 Tony Barson/WireImage 22 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the London premiere of Catch Me If You Can on Jan. 27, 2003 UK Press/Getty Images 23 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio on Nov. 20, 2004 Jonathan Alcorn/WireImage 24 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at The Aviator press conference in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, 2004 Vera Anderson/WireImage 25 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the 57th annual DGA Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills on Jan. 29, 2005 Vince Bucci/Getty Images 26 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Gisele Bundchen at the 77th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Feb. 27, 2005 Kevin Mazur/WireImage 27 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio in Los Angeles on Nov. 16, 2006 Piyal Hosain/Fotos International/Getty Images 28 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Jennifer Connelly at the Blood Diamond Los Angeles premiere on Dec. 6, 2006 L. Cohen/WireImage 29 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of The 11th Hour in Hollywood on Aug. 8, 2007 Jeff Vespa/WireImage 30 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the Paris premiere of Body of Lies on Nov. 3, 2008 Tony Barson/WireImage 31 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Kate Winslet at the Los Angeles premiere of Revolutionary Road on Dec. 15, 2008 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 32 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the 20th anniversary of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Jan. 6, 2009 Alexandra Wyman/WireImage 33 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Kate Winslet at the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Jan. 11, 2009 Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images 34 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the J. Edgar opening night gala at the AFI FEST 2011 in Hollywood on Nov. 3, 2011 Kevin Winter/Getty Images 35 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Tobey Maguire at the photocall for The Great Gatsby at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2013 Tony Barson/FilmMagic 36 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Kate Winslet in Beverly Hills on May 22, 2013 Alexandra Wyman/WireImage 37 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 12, 2014 Christopher Polk/NBC 38 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the 86th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 2, 2014 Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic 39 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio filming The Wolf of Wall Street in New York City on Sept. 25, 2012 James Devaney 40 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio at the Screen Actors Guild Foundation 30th Anniversary Celebration in Beverly Hills on Nov. 5, 2015 Mark Davis/Getty Images 41 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with former President Barack Obama at the White House on Sept. 25, 2016 White House/Twitter 42 of 42 Leonardo DiCaprio with Brad Pitt at the Cannes premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on May 21, 2019 Visual China Group via Getty Images