Leonardo Di Caprio Born November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio has become a modern day Casanova. DiCaprio has been romantically linked with so many models and actresses it boggles the mind, but more on that later. DiCaprio was raised in Echo Park, an area Leo terms as “Hollywood slums”, his parents had divorced only a year after his birth. His name was chosen by his mother because when she was at the Uffizi looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting her unborn son gave her a swift kick, a name incidentally that his advisors wanted him to change to Lenny Williams. Leo’s first part came at the age of five, when he was in Romper Room, which was his favorite TV show at the time. Allegedly, DiCaprio was almost thrown off the set for misbehaving on the set, and DiCaprio still has a reputation as a troublemaker to this day.

DiCaprio had a re-occurring role on ABC’s Growing Pains and played Tobias Wolff in This Boy’s Life, the latter which drew him high praise from critics. DiCaprio’s momentum continued with What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, where he played the mentally retarded brother of Johnny Depp. That role got him an Academy Award nomination. DiCaprio’s momentum didn’t continue though as he bombed in the movies The Quick and the Dead, The Basketball Diaries, and in Total Eclipse, where he played the homosexual poet Rimbaud. Leonardo atoned himself with spirited performances in Marvin’s Room and Romeo + Juliet, but DiCaprio’s ship literally came in when he played Jack Dawson in the big budget Titanic, which was the highest grossing film ever made. He then followed up with The Man in the Iron Mask, where he played a dual role as good and evil twin heirs to the French monarchy. His latest film, The Beach, netted DiCaprio a whopping $20 million in which he plays an traveler who is given a map to paradise by an unknown stranger. DiCaprio also is rumored to be eyeing the biographic film about Howard Hughes, the eccentric bisexual deceased billionaire. Leonardo is perhaps the busiest actor in Hollywood at getting busy. He is in effect the Wilt Chamberlain of the stars. Although some have said he is a dud in bed, such as Linnea Dietrichson, a steamy Danish barmaid who says she got it on with Leo after meeting in a London pub. Unfortunately for her, she came away disappointed, saying he was spouting cliché pick up lines and lifeless kisses. She also said the moment of passion with what she termed as the flabby and pale DiCaprio only lasted 5 minutes. There also are reports that Leo is not endowed anywhere near that of John Holmes, as porn star Kendra Jade termed him ‘average’. Perhaps was the impetus for him suing Playgirl magazine stopping them from publishing full frontal nudity of the actor in 1998. This might be refuted considering his reported naked romp in Cuba with supermodel Naomi Campbell, a rumored brat in her own right. Incidentally, DiCaprio met another model Carla Paneka while in Havana and was said to be getting dual action. He’s been linked to many other’s as well, including Kristin Zang (who reportedly dumped DiCaprio and broke his heart to the point where he stopped his Romeo ways for over a year), Vanessa Hayden, Kate Moss, Alicia Silverstone, Eva Herzigova (whom he literally stole from washed up Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres to whom she was married!), his Juliet co-star Claire Danes, singing lolita Mariah Carey, French actress Virginie Ledoyen (who also co-stars in The Beach), the then married Demi Moore (which may have hastened her later divorce from Bruce Willis), Natasha Henstridge, Carmen Electra, Helena Christensen, Juliette Lewis, Bijou Philips, Baby Spice, and his Titanic co-star Kate Winslett! There are many other lesser known names, and Leo and his ‘gang’ are always out on the town wherever they might be. What does Leo say about all this screwing around getting nude with supermodels and the like? “I’m obsessed with girls, when you′re my age your hormones are just kicking in and there’s not much besides sex on your mind.”

There also are several reports of Leonardo being what some would call a punk. During Jennifer Lopez’s 29th birthday party in New York, DiCaprio was partying with guy pal and rapper Q-Tip, until one of his ex-friends David Blaine showed up, when DiCaprio reportedly shouted “we’re out of here!” and headed to the exits with his buddies. When leaving the club, Leo reportedly threw a beer bottle at the press barely missing a photographer, although others at the scene say it was no beer bottle. There was talk that Q-Tip is homosexual and Leo’s past work and agressive sexual tendencies may indicate that perhaps reports of Leo being bisexual have some merit, in fact recently he was pinned with being seen with some young Thai men when filming The Beach. Another report says that Leo was being an immaturish child who was flicking lights on and off at a party for Mary Fanaro in Malibu trying to get people to leave. When a woman tried to stop him, he allegedly slapped her hand and continued until Kate Hudson, daughter of Goldie Hawn, arrived. One of the partiers goes on to say in New York Magazine “He was like a spoiled kid who finally shuts up when you give him a new toy. All of a sudden, he was all over her.”

Star Wars fans struck back at Leo when during a filming of The Phatom Menace, a trailer for The Beach caused the packed house to begin chanting “Leo sucks!” and it was originally reported that he was in the theater, but later reports deny that claim. Apparently Leo has thought Menace itself sucked, and he was rumored to have turned down the role as Anakin Skywalker in Episode 2 (in fact, Access Hollywood confirmed he turned down the role because of scheduling conflicts). His run-ins with James Cameron during the filming of Titanic and his questioning of the director made him even wonder why DiCaprio took the role in the first place. This all being said, DiCaprio has been seemingly an unfair target of the paparazzi as they continue to hound him to the where in Taiwan where security representatives reportedly blocked DiCaprio and crew’s leaving until one of his friends apologized for cussing out a photographer. DiCaprio claims it was because the photographer was shouting obscenities about the man’s parents.

Keanu Charles Reeves parents were Samuel Nowlin Reeves (half-Hawaiian, half-Chinese) and Patricia (English). Keanu (Key-ah-nu) means “cool breeze over the mountains” in Hawaiian. Sister, Kim (1966) and Karina (1976) were born in Australia. After his parents’ divorce, he moved with his mother and sister to New York City and after his mother’s marriage to director Paul Aaron they moved to Toronto — Keanu still retains his Canadian citizenship.

Keanu attended Jesse Ketchum Public School, Toronto and attended four high schools (including De La Salle College and the Toronto School for the Performing Arts) before dropping out at age 17.

Keanu worked odd jobs and did stage work — Wolfboy in 1984 was his stage debut, and some bit television parts. His motion picture debut was in the Canadian film, Dream To Believe. Keanu’s first US feature film was Youngblood in 1986. After his move to California in 1986, he landed River’s Edge (1987), one of his best roles. A string of movies followed in which he played troubled or misfit teens. As the size of his parts grew, he attracted attention of mainstream directors — landing films such as Dangerous Liaisons (1987), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), and Little Buddha (1993).

With the completion of Johnny Mnemonic and A Walk in the Clouds in 1985 Keanu returned to Canada to fulfill a dream of playing the title role in Hamlet on stage. Keanu continues to act in feature films like The Matrix (1999) and independent films such as The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) and tour with his band, Dogstar

A mid-range star of big-budget action films and the occasional comedy, Kurt Russell is among the few to make the successful transition from child star to successful adult actor. As a youth, Russell aspired to follow the footsteps of his father, Bing Russell, who, in addition to being a big league baseball player, was also an actor (he was perhaps best known for his role as the sheriff on the TV western Bonanza). That his heroes Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris did the same thing only strengthened Russell’s resolve to have both a baseball and acting career.

He first broke into acting on television, starring in the series The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, and made his film debut playing the “Boy Who Kicks Elvis” in the 1963 Elvis Presley vehicle It Happened at the World’s Fair. After signing a ten-year contract with Disney, Russell got his big break as a juvenile actor in 1966, starring opposite Fred MacMurray in Disney’s live-action feature Follow Me Boys! His association with the studio lasted through 1975, and produced such comedic family movies as The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), The Barefoot Executive (1971), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). The last film marked Russell’s final collaboration with Disney, aside from his voicing the character of Copper in the studio’s The Fox and the Hound (1981). Still an avid baseball enthusiast during those years, Russell nurtured his dreams of becoming a professional ball player until a shoulder injury permanently changed his plans.

After ending his association with Disney, Russell disappeared from features — he did, however, appear in a few television movies — until playing the title role in Elvis, John Carpenter’s made-for-television biopic. His next role as a sleazy used car salesman in Robert Zemeckis’ hilariously caustic Used Cars (1980) allowed him to counter his wholesome, All-American nice guy image, and proved that he was an actor of untapped range. Director Carpenter recognized this and cast Russell as mercenary Snake Plissken in his brooding sci-fi action film Escape from New York (1981), and then as a scientist in the Antarctic in his chilling 1982 remake of The Thing. Realizing that his characters were larger than life, Russell typically played them with his tongue ever so slightly in his cheek.

In 1983, however, he moved to serious drama, playing opposite Cher and Meryl Streep in Silkwood. The success of that film helped him break into a more mainstream arena, and he was later able to win praise for his dramatic work in such films as Swing Shift (1984), Tequila Sunrise (1988), and Winter People (1989). However, it is with his performances in action films that Russell remains most widely associated. He has appeared in a number of such films, all of disparate quality. Some of Russell’s more memorable projects include Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Tango and Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), and Executive Decision (1996). In 1996, he reprised his Snake Plissken character for Carpenter’s Escape from L.A.. The following year, he starred opposite Kathleen Quinlan in the revenge thriller Breakdown, and then returned to the sci-fi action realm with Soldier in 1998. Some of Russell’s fame comes from his status as half of one of Hollywood’s most famous couples. The long-time partner of Goldie Hawn and father of one of her children, he has appeared with Hawn in Swing Shift and Overboard (1987).

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Soldier (1998)
Breakdown (1997)
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Executive Decision (1996)
Stargate (1994)
Tombstone (1993)
Captain Ron (1992)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Backdraft (1991)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Winter People (1989)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Overboard (1987)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
The Best of Times (1985)
The Mean Season (1984)
Swing Shift (1984)
Silkwood (1983)
The Thing (1982)
Escape From New York - Director’s Special Edition (1981)
Escape from New York (1981)
Elvis - The Movie (1979)
The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle (1977)
Captive, The - The Longest Drive II (1976)
Search for the Gods (1975)
Sniper (1975)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Superdad (1973)
Now You See Him, Now You Don′t (1972)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1970)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
One and Only Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
Mosby’s Marauders (1966)
Fugitive, The - V. 5 (1964)
It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963)

Jason Biggs gained overnight recognition for his role in the 1999 summer smash American Pie. As the boy who put the American in the Pie, Biggs earned a place alongside There’s Something About Mary’s Ben Stiller on the screen roster of Most Embarrassing Moments Involving Genitalia and Inanimate Objects. What many people who saw him as an overnight success didn’t realize, however, was that he’d actually been acting–on the screen, stage, and television–for most of his young life.
A native of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, where he was born May 12, 1978, Biggs began modeling and acting in commercials when he was a small child. When he was barely an adolescent, the young actor made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the acclaimed play Conversations With My Father and landed a recurring role on the short-lived sitcom Drexell’s Class around the same time. At the age of fifteen, he joined the cast of the daytime drama As The World Turns as Pete Wendall. His performance on the show, on which he appeared from 1994 to 1995, earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination. With this honor to his name, Biggs segued into film a short time later, debuting in the 1997 Camp Stories.
In 1999, the unequivocal hit that was American Pie came along, and Biggs, portraying one of the more perpetually humiliated members of a group of four friends trying to lose their virginity by high-school graduation, made an undeniably distinct impression on critics and audiences alike. Riding high on his success, he soon entered into a two-picture deal with Miramax and a development project with 20th Century Fox Television, ensuring that his career had certainly gotten off to an auspicious and memorable start.

In 2000, Biggs’ recently won popularity was evidenced by his starring roles in a number of films. Included amongst them were Robert Iscove’s Boys and Girls, which cast the actor as a college student, and Amy Heckerling’s Loser, in which Biggs again set foot on a college campus to play a social misfit in love with an unattainable girl (Pie co-star Mena Suvari).

American Pie 2 (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Boys and Girls (2000)
Loser (2000)
American Pie (1999

A frequent name on People magazine’s list of the 50 most beautiful people, hunky, low-key heartthrob Jared Leto had a peripatetic childhood, wandering nomadically with his older brother and divorced mother to Haiti, Louisiana, Wyoming, Colorado and Virginia, among other places. After briefly studying painting and filmmaking, he moved to Los Angeles at age 20 to pursue an acting career, making his TV debut on the innovative youth series “My So-Called Life” (ABC, 1994-95) as an enigmatic, strong silent type who was the on-again, off-again love interest of Claire Danes′ heroine. In his TV-movie debut “Cool and the Crazy” (1994), a segment of Showtime’s “Rebel Highway” series, Leto played the sympathetic young husband of a dissatisfied Alicia Silverstone, and he segued to features in the ensemble of “How to Make an American Quilt” (1995). His first major role came as a virginal Irish teenager in the British film “The Last of the High Kings″ (1996, released on video in the USA as “Summer Fling″ in 1998).
For his impersonation of the celebrated track star Steve Prefontaine, Leto earned strong notices and proved a charismatic screen presence in the 1997 quasi-documentary biopic “Prefontaine”, directed by Steve James. For this challenging role, the actor immersed himself in the athlete’s life, meeting with members of the family and training for six weeks with one of the runner’s college roommates. With his blond hair and sculpted physique, he bore a striking resemblance to the real Prefontaine, but Leto went beyond just the surface, adopting Prefontaine’s voice and unique, upright running style, making the transformation so complete that when the runner’s sister Linda first saw him in character, she broke down and cried. Despite the attention and praise, the film failed to attract a large audience and disappeared quickly from multiplexes. Leto next delivered another strong turn as a hitchhiking college student suspected of being a serial killer in the uneven “SwitchBack” (1997) then landed the lead role of an aristocratic Brit in the period drama “Basil″ (1998). He happily joined the ensemble cast of Terence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line” (also 1998) and then embarked on a string of small roles in high-profile films. Acting alongside heavyweights Brad Pitt and Ed Norton, Leto was the blond Angel Face of David Fincher’s “Fight Club”, played off his hunk status as Winona Ryder’s boyfriend in “Girl, Interrupted″ (both 1999) and essayed a gay high school teacher who attracts the attentions of Robert Downey Jr. in “Black and White” (2000). He did what he could with the small part of a despised rival of the titular “American Psycho” before undertaking larger roles as a heroin addict in Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream”, adapted from the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., and as one of two Las Vegas 20-year-olds who go to Seattle and stand vigil after rocker Kurt Cobain’s suicide in “Highway” (all 2000). In 2002, Leto appeared in “Panic Room” with Jodie Foster, marking his second teaming with director David Fincher.