Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor.
Body of Lies (film) . It stars Leonardo DiCaprio , Russell Crowe , and Mark Strong as the three principals . Leonardo DiCaprio . He gained public recognition with leading roles in The Basketball Diaries ( 1995 ) and the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet ( 1996 ) , before achieving international fame with James Cameron 's epic romance Titanic ( 1997 ) , which became the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron 's science fiction film Avatar ( 2009 ) overtook it . The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American coming of age crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert , starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Lorraine Bracco , James Madio , and Mark Wahlberg .