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Comparing Johnny Depp And Leonardo Dicaprio

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Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio are two of the most talented and important actors of their day. Apart from being a movie star, Johnny Depp is also a musician and has always described music to be his first love. Leonardo Dicaprio, on the other hand is a dedicated environmentalist. He is one of the founders of The Leonardo DiCaprio Fund at California Community Foundation, which is a non-profit that brings awareness to many environmental causes. Despite of the differences in the diversity of their careers, they have both been nominated for major acting awards and have achieved international fame. Two devoted actors who happen to be big movie stars, Johnny and Leonardo both began their career by appearing in TV series. Johnny Depp appeared on the 1987 series "21 Jump Street”. He was the lead role on the show and because the show was very successful, Depp instantly become a popular teen idol during the 1980s. Likewise, Leonardo DiCaprio began his career by starring on shows like "Parenthood" and "Growing Pains. The two actors worked side by side once in the movie ‘’What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" that was released in 1993. The actors were playing brothers in the movie and gave off an unforgettable performance, which gave Leonardo his first academy award nomination. DiCaprio has been nominated for an Academy award for five times, but …show more content…

He has made several educational films about issues in the environment; these films include the 11th Hour. When DiCaprio was 24, he established a foundation called “the Leonardo Dicaprio foundation” which aims to protect the Earth’s wild places and work on some environmental issues in our day. In the year 2000, Leonard held an Earth Day celebration in which he interviewed the previous U.S. President Bill Clinton for a television segment about global

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