Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor.
Blood Diamond is a 2006 German-American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick , starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou . Gangs of New York . The film culminates in a violent confrontation between Cutting and his mob with the protagonist Amsterdam Vallon ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) and his allies , which prefaces the real-life New York Draft Riots of 1863 . Leonardo DiCaprio . DiCaprio 's subsequent films include The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998 ) , the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) , and the epic historical drama Gangs of New York ( 2002 ) , which marked his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese . 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 . The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American action drama film directed , produced , and written by Randall Wallace , and starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a dual role as the title character and villain , Jeremy Irons as Aramis , John Malkovich as Athos , Gerard Depardieu as Porthos , and Gabriel Byrne as D'Artagnan .