He was born in Los Angeles on November 11, 1974 and began his career as an actor at a very young age, starting in advertising to then moving on to television and movies. He has acted in many films, but the one that brought him to the peak of success with the general public was undoubtedly Titanic in 1997. His last film is called Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese. He has been involved in environmental causes for many years, and he is a strong supporter of ecological business practices. His commitment goes back to the films The Beach in 2000 and Blood Diamond in 2006. The following year he wrote and produced the ecological and environmental documentary The Eleventh Hour. He now drives a Toyota Prius, he has bought his New York apartment in an ecologically sustainable skyscraper, and he has bought a small island off Belize on which he is building an eco-resort. In 2010 he gave one milion dollars to WWF in order to save tigers and to protect their habitat.

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