Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was a teenager when he first starred in a movie, has worked with many prominent Hollywood directors throughout his career, including Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, James Cameron and Christopher Nolan.
The Academy Award-winner spent much of his childhood and all of his adult life in the public eye. He has become a loud advocate for addressing climate change and cofounded a philanthropic organization to "rewild" the planet by protecting and restoring nature and its diverse lifeforms.
His acting career, his ties to other powerful people in the entertainment industry and his advocacy have placed him at the heart of numerous online rumors, often false. Here are seven we've investigated.
