The year was 1997, and the Oscars were ruled by the Titanic. The hearts of the movie lovers world wide was captured by "the king of the world", Leonardo DiCaprio.

Did you know that Leonardo Dicaprio was named after the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci? May be his mother knew that he would rise to fame like his name sake. His heart-wrenching performance as Jack Dawson had the audience call out "Come Back" in theaters. The sudden popularity he enjoyed after the huge success of Titanic was even dubbed "Leo-mania".

He started his career at the tender age of 17 and reached the pinnacle of stardom with Titanic. The next year his film The Man in the Iron Mask, showed two faces of DiCaprio in the characters of twin brothers King Louis XIV and Philippe.His performance as Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet recreated the magic of the Shakespearean love saga for me. In Catch Me If You Can, he stole the screen as Frank Abagnale, a smart and cute con who acts as a pilot, doctor and an attorney. Blood Diamond showed a new DiCaprio, a rough and tough diamond smuggler in Africa. The most recent release of DiCaprio is the Shutter Island , a psychological thriller, released in February 2010.

Many People are inspired by DiCaprio's commitment to the cause of global warming. He drives a hybrid car which is specially designed to improve the fuel-efficiency and has installed solar panels in his house.