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 Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life. He is known to be selective about his film roles.Jared Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana, to Constance "Connie" (Metrejon) and Anthony L. "Tony" Bryant. The surname "Leto" is from his stepfather. His ancestry includes English, Cajun (French), as well as Irish, German, and Scottish. Jared and his family traveled across the United States throughout his childhood, living in such states as Wyoming, Virginia and Colorado. Leto would continue this trend when he initially dropped a study of painting at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in favor of a focus on acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.In 1992, Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, intending to take acting roles on the side. Leto's first appearances on screen were guest appearances on the short-lived television shows Camp Wilder (1992), Almost Home (1993) and Rebel Highway (1994). However, his next role would change everything for Leto. While searching for film roles, he was cast in the show, My So-Called Life (1994) (TV Series 1994-1995). Leto's character was "Jordan Catalano", the handsome, dyslexic slacker, the main love interest of "Angela" (played by Claire Danes). Leto contributed to the soundtrack of the film, and so impressed the producers initially that he was soon a regular on the show until its end.Elsewhere, Leto began taking film roles. His first theatrically released film was the ensemble piece, How to Make an American Quilt (1995), based on a novel of the same name and starring renowned actresses Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Jean Simmons and Alfre Woodard. The film was a modest success and, while Leto's next film, The Last of the High Kings (1996), was a failure, Leto secured his first leading role in Prefontaine (1997), based on long-distance runner Steven Prefontaine. The film was a financial flop, but was praised by critics, notably Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. He also took a supporting role in the action thriller, Switchback (1997), which starred Dennis Quaid, but the film was another failure.Leto's work was slowly becoming recognized in Hollywood, and he continued to find work in film. In 1998, everything turned for the better on all fronts. This was the year that Leto founded the band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, with his brother, Shannon Leto, as well as Matt Wachter (who later left the group), and after two guitarists joined and quit, Tomo Milicevic was brought in as lead guitarist and keyboardist. As well as the formation of his now-famous band, Leto's luck in film was suddenly shooting for the better. He was cast as the lead in the horror film, Urban Legend (1998), which told a grisly tale of a murderer who kills his victims in the style of urban legends. The film was a massive success commercially, though critics mostly disliked the film. That same year, Leto also landed a supporting role in the film, The Thin Red Line (1998). Renowned director Terrence Malick's first film in nearly twenty years, the film had dozens of famous actors in the cast, including Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, John Travolta, Nick Nolte and Elias Koteas, to name a few. The film went through much editing, leaving several actors out of the final version, but Leto luckily remained in the film. The Thin Red Line (1998) was nominated for seven Oscars and was a moderate success at the box office. Leto's fame had just begun. He had supporting roles in both James Mangold's Girl, Interrupted (1999), and in David Fincher's cult classic, Fight Club (1999), dealing with masculinity, commercialism, fascism and insomnia. While Edward Norton and Brad Pitt were the lead roles, Leto took a supporting role and dyed his hair blond. The film remains hailed by many, but at the time, Leto was already pushing himself further into controversial films. He played a supporting role of "Paul Allen" in the infamous American Psycho (2000), starring Christian Bale, and he played the lead role in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000), which had Leto take grueling measures to prepare for his role as a heroin addict trying to put his plans to reality and escape the hell he is in. Both films were massive successes, if controversially received.The 2000s brought up new film opportunities for Leto. He reunited with David Fincher in Panic Room (2002), which was another success for Leto, as well as Oliver Stone's epic passion project, Alexander (2004). The theatrical cut was poorly received domestically (although it recouped its budget through DVD sales and international profit), and though a Final Cut was released that much improved the film in all aspects, it continues to be frowned upon by the majority of film goers. Leto rebounded with Lord of War (2005), which starred Nicolas Cage as an arms dealer who ships weapons to war zones, with Leto playing his hapless but more moral-minded brother. The film was an astounding look at the arms industry, but was not a big financial success. Leto's flush of successes suddenly ran dry when he acted in the period piece, Lonely Hearts (2006), which had Leto playing "Ray Fernandez", one of the two infamous "Lonely Hearts Killers" in the 1940s. The film was a financial failure and only received mixed responses. Leto then underwent a massive weight gain to play "Mark David Chapman", infamous murderer of John Lennon, in the movie, Chapter 27 (2007). While Leto did a fantastic job embodying the behavior and speech patterns of Chapman, the film was a complete flop, and was a critical bomb to boot. It was during this period that Leto focused increasingly on his band, turning down such films as Clint Eastwood's World War 2 film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006).In 2009, however, Leto returned to acting with Mr. Nobody (2009). Leto's role as "Nemo Nobody" required him to play the character as far aged as 118, even as he undergoes a soul-searching as to whether his life turned out the way he wanted it to. The film was mostly funded through Belgian and French financiers, and was given limited release in only certain countries. Critical response, however, has praised the film's artistry and Leto's acting.He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the documentary film Artifact (2012).Leto remains the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), was released to positive reviews but only to limited success. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005). Their following releases, This Is War (2009) and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), received further critical and commercial success.After a five years hiatus from filming, Leto returned to act in the drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), directed by Jean-Marc Vall��e and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. Leto portrayed Rayon, a drug-addicted transgender woman with AIDS who befriends McConaughey's character Ron Woodroof. Leto's performance earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. In order to accurately portray his role, Leto lost 30 pounds, shaved his eyebrows and waxed his entire body. He stated the portrayal was grounded in his meeting transgender people while researching the role. During filming, Leto refused to break character. Dallas Buyers Club received widespread critical acclaim and became a financial success, resulting in various accolades for Leto, who was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role.In 2016, he played the Joker in the super villain film Suicide Squad (2016).Leto is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.
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Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life. He is known to be selective about his film roles.Jared Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana, to Constance "Connie" (Metrejon) and Anthony L. "Tony" Bryant. The surname "Leto" is from his stepfather. His ancestry includes English, Cajun (French), as well as Irish, German, and Scottish. Jared and his family traveled across the United States throughout his childhood, living in such states as Wyoming, Virginia and Colorado. Leto would continue this trend when he initially dropped a study of painting at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in favor of a focus on acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.In 1992, Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, intending to take acting roles on the side. Leto's first appearances on screen were guest appearances on the short-lived television shows Camp Wilder (1992), Almost Home (1993) and Rebel Highway (1994). However, his next role would change everything for Leto. While searching for film roles, he was cast in the show, My So-Called Life (1994) (TV Series 1994-1995). Leto's character was "Jordan Catalano", the handsome, dyslexic slacker, the main love interest of "Angela" (played by Claire Danes). Leto contributed to the soundtrack of the film, and so impressed the producers initially that he was soon a regular on the show until its end.Elsewhere, Leto began taking film roles. His first theatrically released film was the ensemble piece, How to Make an American Quilt (1995), based on a novel of the same name and starring renowned actresses Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Jean Simmons and Alfre Woodard. The film was a modest success and, while Leto's next film, The Last of the High Kings (1996), was a failure, Leto secured his first leading role in Prefontaine (1997), based on long-distance runner Steven Prefontaine. The film was a financial flop, but was praised by critics, notably Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. He also took a supporting role in the action thriller, Switchback (1997), which starred Dennis Quaid, but the film was another failure.Leto's work was slowly becoming recognized in Hollywood, and he continued to find work in film. In 1998, everything turned for the better on all fronts. This was the year that Leto founded the band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, with his brother, Shannon Leto, as well as Matt Wachter (who later left the group), and after two guitarists joined and quit, Tomo Milicevic was brought in as lead guitarist and keyboardist. As well as the formation of his now-famous band, Leto's luck in film was suddenly shooting for the better. He was cast as the lead in the horror film, Urban Legend (1998), which told a grisly tale of a murderer who kills his victims in the style of urban legends. The film was a massive success commercially, though critics mostly disliked the film. That same year, Leto also landed a supporting role in the film, The Thin Red Line (1998). Renowned director Terrence Malick's first film in nearly twenty years, the film had dozens of famous actors in the cast, including Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, John Travolta, Nick Nolte and Elias Koteas, to name a few. The film went through much editing, leaving several actors out of the final version, but Leto luckily remained in the film. The Thin Red Line (1998) was nominated for seven Oscars and was a moderate success at the box office. Leto's fame had just begun. He had supporting roles in both James Mangold's Girl, Interrupted (1999), and in David Fincher's cult classic, Fight Club (1999), dealing with masculinity, commercialism, fascism and insomnia. While Edward Norton and Brad Pitt were the lead roles, Leto took a supporting role and dyed his hair blond. The film remains hailed by many, but at the time, Leto was already pushing himself further into controversial films. He played a supporting role of "Paul Allen" in the infamous American Psycho (2000), starring Christian Bale, and he played the lead role in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000), which had Leto take grueling measures to prepare for his role as a heroin addict trying to put his plans to reality and escape the hell he is in. Both films were massive successes, if controversially received.The 2000s brought up new film opportunities for Leto. He reunited with David Fincher in Panic Room (2002), which was another success for Leto, as well as Oliver Stone's epic passion project, Alexander (2004). The theatrical cut was poorly received domestically (although it recouped its budget through DVD sales and international profit), and though a Final Cut was released that much improved the film in all aspects, it continues to be frowned upon by the majority of film goers. Leto rebounded with Lord of War (2005), which starred Nicolas Cage as an arms dealer who ships weapons to war zones, with Leto playing his hapless but more moral-minded brother. The film was an astounding look at the arms industry, but was not a big financial success. Leto's flush of successes suddenly ran dry when he acted in the period piece, Lonely Hearts (2006), which had Leto playing "Ray Fernandez", one of the two infamous "Lonely Hearts Killers" in the 1940s. The film was a financial failure and only received mixed responses. Leto then underwent a massive weight gain to play "Mark David Chapman", infamous murderer of John Lennon, in the movie, Chapter 27 (2007). While Leto did a fantastic job embodying the behavior and speech patterns of Chapman, the film was a complete flop, and was a critical bomb to boot. It was during this period that Leto focused increasingly on his band, turning down such films as Clint Eastwood's World War 2 film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006).In 2009, however, Leto returned to acting with Mr. Nobody (2009). Leto's role as "Nemo Nobody" required him to play the character as far aged as 118, even as he undergoes a soul-searching as to whether his life turned out the way he wanted it to. The film was mostly funded through Belgian and French financiers, and was given limited release in only certain countries. Critical response, however, has praised the film's artistry and Leto's acting.He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the documentary film Artifact (2012).Leto remains the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), was released to positive reviews but only to limited success. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005). Their following releases, This Is War (2009) and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), received further critical and commercial success.After a five years hiatus from filming, Leto returned to act in the drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), directed by Jean-Marc Vall��e and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. Leto portrayed Rayon, a drug-addicted transgender woman with AIDS who befriends McConaughey's character Ron Woodroof. Leto's performance earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. In order to accurately portray his role, Leto lost 30 pounds, shaved his eyebrows and waxed his entire body. He stated the portrayal was grounded in his meeting transgender people while researching the role. During filming, Leto refused to break character. Dallas Buyers Club received widespread critical acclaim and became a financial success, resulting in various accolades for Leto, who was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role.In 2016, he played the Joker in the super villain film Suicide Squad (2016).Leto is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.
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Leto was the first person in his family to graduate high school.Leto moved to Haiti when he was just 12 years old because his mother, Constance, was working with a medical charity. After the 2010 earthquake, he traveled back to Haiti to aid and assist the people. He also published a book filled with photos and experiences from his trip and donated all of the profits to Haitian charities.While preparing for his role as a heroin addict in the movie Requiem for a Dream (2000), Jared lost 28 pounds, starved himself and denied himself the pleasure of then-fianc��e Cameron Diaz's bed for two months. Leto admits that playing the part of Harry Goldfarb was "sadomasochistic... the hardest thing I've done".Leto holds two world records. He and his 30 Second to Mars band mates, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, were inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 for holding the longest consecutive concert tour, spanning over 300 shows over a two year period. Leto also has the highest documented score for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the SEGA Mega Drive.He gained 62 lb for his latest role, playing Mark David Chapman, in Chapter 27 (2007). Then lost the weight by going on an all-liquid diet consisting of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water. He lost 20 lb in 10 days.He got the part of Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) after a Skype call with director Jean-Marc Vall��e. Leto took the call dressed as a woman and hit on Vall��e for up to 25 minutes.Jean-Marc Vall��e and Leto's co-star, Matthew McConaughey, both claim they never actually met Jared Leto until after filming wrapped on Dallas Buyers Club (2013) because he was always in character.He lost 35 pounds for his Oscar winning role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club.To prepare for the role of the Joker in Suicide Squad (2016), Leto watched hours of real crime footage on YouTube until he couldn't watch anymore. His reasoning was to understand how calm and deliberate a criminal can be and he wanted to apply that to the character.Grew up in a hippie community with his mother Constance Leto, step-father and brother Shannon Leto.Leto gained over 20lbs of muscle as part of his physical transformation into the Joker for Suicide Squad (2016).The makeup application for the Joker's tattoos and pale skin in Suicide Squad (2016) required Leto to sit in the makeup chair for 4-5 hours each day.Bartholomew Cubbins is his pseudonym with which he signs the videos/films he directs (including most of his band 30 Seconds to Mars's video clips starting with "The Kill").Has been diagnosed with gout after undergoing dramatic weight loss. He packed on 62 pounds for his role in Chapter 27 (2007). (August 2006)Leto is also a successful tech investor with stakes in over 50 companies such as Airbnb, Nest, Reddit, Uber, Slack, Zenefits, Stripe, and Uber. He was an initial investor in Nest prior to Google's $3.2M acquisition. In addition to his investments, Leto also has 4 of his own startup companies including the online streaming platform, VyRT. He claims that investments could one day be more lucrative than the film and music industries, and credits his entrepreneurial skills to his experiences dealing with the music industry.Is in a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars with his brother Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic. The band has four albums out; their self-titled debut album, their second album "A Beautiful Lie", their third "This is War" and their most recent "Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams".His hobbies include snowboarding, skateboarding, hiking, writing songs, reading, and painting.(2000-2002) Was engaged to Cameron Diaz.Leto developed a severe case of a bronchial Staph infection (Staphylococcus Aureus) in 2011 while on tour with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars. The infection caused him to cough and have difficulty breathing for an entire year. Despite his illness, the band refused to cancel any show.Leto listed his longtime home for sale in November 2016 for $1,999,999. The Hollywood Hills home, dubbed the "Mars Lab," served as both his home and recording studio for his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, since March 2006. The sale comes two years after Leto purchased the 1.7-acre Lookout Mountain Laboratory, a former military compound, in Los Angeles for $5 million.He has English, Cajun (French), as well as Irish, German, Scottish, and distant Spanish, ancestry. "Leto" was the surname of Jared's stepfather/adoptive father.Transfered from UARTS in Philly to School of Visual Arts in Manhattan to study Film and Video.He is the third actor to have won an Oscar and play the Joker in live-action. The first two are Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger.Attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.He stated in a June 2017 article with the Evening Standard that he doesn't feel the desire to have children because he's too busy and wouldn't be present enough.Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1997)Even though Leto's band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, was in support of their album "Love Lust Faith + Dreams" in the wake of Dallas Buyers Club (2013), his band mates (Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic ) never saw him in character as Rayon. Leto's explanation was that he thinks they would have felt uncomfortable because he was in character all the time. He did receive visits from his mother, Constance, while he was in character.Leto officiated the wedding of his longtime friend, Emma Ludbrook, on February 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. Leto became ordained as a Universal Life minister so he could perform the ceremony for his former personal assistant and business partner.He has two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage.Leto purchased a 100,000 square foot former Air Force compound in Los Angeles to convert into a living space. It's complete with a swimming pool, gym, control tower, soundstage, screening rooms, and an actual guillotine. It's also the same location that's rumored to have been the location where the government shot the B-roll footage for the moon landing.In many of his movies, he is disfigured in some way. In Requiem for a Dream (2000), his arm becomes infected and is amputated. In Fight Club (1999), his face is beaten beyond recognition. In Panic Room (2002), he is badly burned. In American Psycho (2000), he is brutally murdered with an ax and, in Lord of War (2005), he is shot several times in the chest.Leto utilizes a pseudonym when he directs short films and music videos. The Dr. Seuss inspired name, Bartholomew Cubbins, is utilized because he feels that having his real name attached as the director distracts the viewers.To prepare for his role as Harry in Requiem for a Dream (2000), he lived on the streets of New York City with heroin junkies. While the real junkies were shooting up heroin, Leto would shoot up water to understand the feeling of how injecting yourself with a substance felt like.While filming Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Leto never visually saw his costars or the film sets because his contact lenses completely obstructed his vision.Leto's tattoos have all been given by legendary tattoo artist, Mark Mahoney. Mahoney also has tattooed Leto's brother, Shannon Leto and mostly tattooed the brothers inside their own homes, not in a tattoo shop.Prior to Suicide Squad (2016), Leto's most financially successful film was Panic Room (2002).The first actor to play The Joker in a film that wasn't centered around Batman.He turned down a key role in Flags of Our Fathers (2006) in order to commit his time to his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.All of Leto's tattoos are related to his band, 30 Seconds to Mars:u003culu003cliThe Latin phrase "Provehito In Altum" is tattooed across his right collar bone. The phrase serves as the band's motto and roughly translates into 'launch forth into the depth.'u003c/liu003cliThe Alchemy triangle symbol for air, also the band's "triad" logo, is tattooed on the exterior of both of his forearms.u003c/liu003cliThe red "glyph" symbol is tattooed on the inside of his right wrist.u003c/liu003cliThe Orbis Epsilon, a circle divided into two parts with four arrows shooting out, is a favorite shape of the band. Leto revealed the back tattoo after he hit 1 million Twitter followers.u003c/liu003cliThe Echelon "X" symbol, that is also part of his band's iconography, is tattooed on the inside of Leto's left forearm.u003c/liu003cliHe has large Roman arrows tattooed on the back of both calves.u003c/liu003c/ulLeto previously had two domesticated pet wolves named Judas (d. 2007) and Sky (d. 2012).Leto's film debut was as a young man named Beck in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) alongside Winona Ryder and Ellen Burstyn. He later reunited with Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and with Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream (2000).As of 2016, Jared has been in two films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Thin Red Line (1998) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).He sent gifts to fellow Suicide Squad (2016) cast members including bullets, sex toys, a live rat to co-star Margot Robbie, and condoms that had been removed from the packaging.Was writer/director Joby Harold's first choice to play "Clayton Beresford", the male lead in 2007's Awake (2007). He later backed out due to scheduling conflicts with his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and was replaced by Hayden Christensen.He signed up for a 12-week acting course after he first moved to Los Angeles in the early 90s and barely showed up for it. He never went through any other acting classes or training.Leto tore his labrum while performing a stunt for Suicide Squad (2016).Leto and his 30 Seconds to Mars band mates promote theme nights when they go on tour so their shows are never the same. Previous show themes include pirates, superheroes, zombies, anime, yuppies, neon colors, military, and sports. The members of the band dress up and encourage the audience members to show up in costume and bring props.Although he lives in Los Angeles, his favorite city is New York City.Leto was offered a key role in the Clint Eastwood film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006), but he turned it down due to touring commitments he had with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars."A Beautiful Lie" has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales over 1 million. (January 2007) |
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Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging project |
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Leto was the first person in his family to graduate high school.Leto moved to Haiti when he was just 12 years old because his mother, Constance, was working with a medical charity. After the 2010 earthquake, he traveled back to Haiti to aid and assist the people. He also published a book filled with photos and experiences from his trip and donated all of the profits to Haitian charities.While preparing for his role as a heroin addict in the movie Requiem for a Dream (2000), Jared lost 28 pounds, starved himself and denied himself the pleasure of then-fianc��e Cameron Diaz's bed for two months. Leto admits that playing the part of Harry Goldfarb was "sadomasochistic... the hardest thing I've done".Leto holds two world records. He and his 30 Second to Mars band mates, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, were inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 for holding the longest consecutive concert tour, spanning over 300 shows over a two year period. Leto also has the highest documented score for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the SEGA Mega Drive.He gained 62 lb for his latest role, playing Mark David Chapman, in Chapter 27 (2007). Then lost the weight by going on an all-liquid diet consisting of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water. He lost 20 lb in 10 days.He got the part of Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) after a Skype call with director Jean-Marc Vall��e. Leto took the call dressed as a woman and hit on Vall��e for up to 25 minutes.Jean-Marc Vall��e and Leto's co-star, Matthew McConaughey, both claim they never actually met Jared Leto until after filming wrapped on Dallas Buyers Club (2013) because he was always in character.He lost 35 pounds for his Oscar winning role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club.To prepare for the role of the Joker in Suicide Squad (2016), Leto watched hours of real crime footage on YouTube until he couldn't watch anymore. His reasoning was to understand how calm and deliberate a criminal can be and he wanted to apply that to the character.Grew up in a hippie community with his mother Constance Leto, step-father and brother Shannon Leto.Leto gained over 20lbs of muscle as part of his physical transformation into the Joker for Suicide Squad (2016).The makeup application for the Joker's tattoos and pale skin in Suicide Squad (2016) required Leto to sit in the makeup chair for 4-5 hours each day.Bartholomew Cubbins is his pseudonym with which he signs the videos/films he directs (including most of his band 30 Seconds to Mars's video clips starting with "The Kill").Has been diagnosed with gout after undergoing dramatic weight loss. He packed on 62 pounds for his role in Chapter 27 (2007). (August 2006)Leto is also a successful tech investor with stakes in over 50 companies such as Airbnb, Nest, Reddit, Uber, Slack, Zenefits, Stripe, and Uber. He was an initial investor in Nest prior to Google's $3.2M acquisition. In addition to his investments, Leto also has 4 of his own startup companies including the online streaming platform, VyRT. He claims that investments could one day be more lucrative than the film and music industries, and credits his entrepreneurial skills to his experiences dealing with the music industry.Is in a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars with his brother Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic. The band has four albums out; their self-titled debut album, their second album "A Beautiful Lie", their third "This is War" and their most recent "Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams".His hobbies include snowboarding, skateboarding, hiking, writing songs, reading, and painting.(2000-2002) Was engaged to Cameron Diaz.Leto developed a severe case of a bronchial Staph infection (Staphylococcus Aureus) in 2011 while on tour with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars. The infection caused him to cough and have difficulty breathing for an entire year. Despite his illness, the band refused to cancel any show.Leto listed his longtime home for sale in November 2016 for $1,999,999. The Hollywood Hills home, dubbed the "Mars Lab," served as both his home and recording studio for his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, since March 2006. The sale comes two years after Leto purchased the 1.7-acre Lookout Mountain Laboratory, a former military compound, in Los Angeles for $5 million.He has English, Cajun (French), as well as Irish, German, Scottish, and distant Spanish, ancestry. "Leto" was the surname of Jared's stepfather/adoptive father.Transfered from UARTS in Philly to School of Visual Arts in Manhattan to study Film and Video.He is the third actor to have won an Oscar and play the Joker in live-action. The first two are Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger.Attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.He stated in a June 2017 article with the Evening Standard that he doesn't feel the desire to have children because he's too busy and wouldn't be present enough.Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1997)Even though Leto's band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, was in support of their album "Love Lust Faith + Dreams" in the wake of Dallas Buyers Club (2013), his band mates (Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic ) never saw him in character as Rayon. Leto's explanation was that he thinks they would have felt uncomfortable because he was in character all the time. He did receive visits from his mother, Constance, while he was in character.Leto officiated the wedding of his longtime friend, Emma Ludbrook, on February 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. Leto became ordained as a Universal Life minister so he could perform the ceremony for his former personal assistant and business partner.He has two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage.Leto purchased a 100,000 square foot former Air Force compound in Los Angeles to convert into a living space. It's complete with a swimming pool, gym, control tower, soundstage, screening rooms, and an actual guillotine. It's also the same location that's rumored to have been the location where the government shot the B-roll footage for the moon landing.In many of his movies, he is disfigured in some way. In Requiem for a Dream (2000), his arm becomes infected and is amputated. In Fight Club (1999), his face is beaten beyond recognition. In Panic Room (2002), he is badly burned. In American Psycho (2000), he is brutally murdered with an ax and, in Lord of War (2005), he is shot several times in the chest.Leto utilizes a pseudonym when he directs short films and music videos. The Dr. Seuss inspired name, Bartholomew Cubbins, is utilized because he feels that having his real name attached as the director distracts the viewers.To prepare for his role as Harry in Requiem for a Dream (2000), he lived on the streets of New York City with heroin junkies. While the real junkies were shooting up heroin, Leto would shoot up water to understand the feeling of how injecting yourself with a substance felt like.While filming Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Leto never visually saw his costars or the film sets because his contact lenses completely obstructed his vision.Leto's tattoos have all been given by legendary tattoo artist, Mark Mahoney. Mahoney also has tattooed Leto's brother, Shannon Leto and mostly tattooed the brothers inside their own homes, not in a tattoo shop.Prior to Suicide Squad (2016), Leto's most financially successful film was Panic Room (2002).The first actor to play The Joker in a film that wasn't centered around Batman.He turned down a key role in Flags of Our Fathers (2006) in order to commit his time to his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.All of Leto's tattoos are related to his band, 30 Seconds to Mars:u003culu003cliThe Latin phrase "Provehito In Altum" is tattooed across his right collar bone. The phrase serves as the band's motto and roughly translates into 'launch forth into the depth.'u003c/liu003cliThe Alchemy triangle symbol for air, also the band's "triad" logo, is tattooed on the exterior of both of his forearms.u003c/liu003cliThe red "glyph" symbol is tattooed on the inside of his right wrist.u003c/liu003cliThe Orbis Epsilon, a circle divided into two parts with four arrows shooting out, is a favorite shape of the band. Leto revealed the back tattoo after he hit 1 million Twitter followers.u003c/liu003cliThe Echelon "X" symbol, that is also part of his band's iconography, is tattooed on the inside of Leto's left forearm.u003c/liu003cliHe has large Roman arrows tattooed on the back of both calves.u003c/liu003c/ulLeto previously had two domesticated pet wolves named Judas (d. 2007) and Sky (d. 2012).Leto's film debut was as a young man named Beck in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) alongside Winona Ryder and Ellen Burstyn. He later reunited with Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and with Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream (2000).As of 2016, Jared has been in two films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Thin Red Line (1998) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).He sent gifts to fellow Suicide Squad (2016) cast members including bullets, sex toys, a live rat to co-star Margot Robbie, and condoms that had been removed from the packaging.Was writer/director Joby Harold's first choice to play "Clayton Beresford", the male lead in 2007's Awake (2007). He later backed out due to scheduling conflicts with his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and was replaced by Hayden Christensen.He signed up for a 12-week acting course after he first moved to Los Angeles in the early 90s and barely showed up for it. He never went through any other acting classes or training.Leto tore his labrum while performing a stunt for Suicide Squad (2016).Leto and his 30 Seconds to Mars band mates promote theme nights when they go on tour so their shows are never the same. Previous show themes include pirates, superheroes, zombies, anime, yuppies, neon colors, military, and sports. The members of the band dress up and encourage the audience members to show up in costume and bring props.Although he lives in Los Angeles, his favorite city is New York City.Leto was offered a key role in the Clint Eastwood film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006), but he turned it down due to touring commitments he had with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars."A Beautiful Lie" has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales over 1 million. (January 2007) |
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"I don't think Requiem for a Dream (2000) is for children, but I think if you went home and looked at the video games that your kids are playing, you'd be much more shocked." - Mr. Showbiz, November 2000.
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All those reports that I sleep in my closet. I don't know how people get that. People are so obsessed with what you do at home.
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I could care less about anybody knowing who I am, but I realize this is part of the game. Maybe if I really hated this whole public thing, I would go do plays in Hoboken.
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I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.
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I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth. |
| Salaries: |
Suicide Squad (2016) - $6,993,007
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - $4,329,004
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Chapter 27 (2007) - $3,246,753 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1998-present/2016) He plays in a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars along with his brother, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, and formerly featured Matt Wachter, and Solon Bixler from time to time. They originally signed to Immortal Records, an independen |
| Children: |
No Children |
| Parents: |
Constance \"Connie\" Leto (Metrejon)
Anthony L. \"Tony\" Bryant
Constance Leto
Anthony L. Bryant |
| Relatives: |
Shannon Leto (Sibling) |
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