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Jared Leto is a renowned actor and the lead vocalist of the rock band “Thirty Seconds to Mars.” Leto rose to fame for his incredible portrayal of a transgender woman in the award-winning biological film ‘Dallas Buyers Club’.
Early life and childhood
Jared Joseph Leto’s date of birth is December 26, 1971 and his birthplace is Bossier City, Louisiana, USA. His zodiac sign is Capricorn, while his current age is 51 years.
Likewise, her nationality is American, her religion is Christian, and she is of mixed ethnicity (English, German, Scottish, Cajun, and Irish). Her parents’ name is Carl Leto and Constance Leto.
His stepfather’s name is Anthony L. Bryant. He also has some siblings whose names are Jamie, Mateo, Matthias and Shannon. The actor had a difficult early life as his parents separated when he was very young. His mother raised him as a single mother and later remarried.
The family often looked for better careers for Constance. Regarding her studies, she attended Flint Hill School and Emerson Preparatory School, graduating in 1989.
He then entered the Philadelphia University of the Arts to continue his studies. Later, she moved to the School of Visual Arts in New York City after realizing her passion for acting.
Subtitle: Jared Leto with his mother at an event (Source: ESME)
Career and professional life
In 1992, Jared Leto went to Los Angeles in search of opportunities in both the music and acting fields. He made his television debut that same year by appearing in the film ‘Camp Wilder’. From 1994 to 1995, he starred as Jordan Catalano, a rebellious teenager in the teen television drama ‘My So-Called Life’.
Jared Leto got a small character to play in the 1995 film, ‘How to Make an American Quilt.’ Likewise, he landed the lead role in the 1995 film, ‘The Last of the Great Kings’. In 1998, he formed a rock band, ’30 Seconds to Mars’ along with his brother Shannon and hired some instrumentalists.
The musician worked as the band’s lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. He landed the role of Toby Jacobs in the 1999 film ‘Girl, Interrupted’. The year 2000 became his breakthrough in Hollywood after landing the role of the drug addict ‘Harry Goldfarb’ in the film ‘Requiem for a Dream’.
In 2002, the band released their self-titled first album, focusing on human struggles. They came up with their second album, ‘A Beautiful Lie’ in 2005, significantly different from the first album, with 3 hit singles.
In 2007, his character as Mark David Chapman in the biopic ‘Chapter 27’ turned out to be one of his most recognized film roles. He later showed the presence of him in the science fiction film, ‘Mr. Nobody’ in 2009 as ‘Nemo Nobody’.
His band released another album, ‘This is War’ in 2009, which charted at number eighteen on the ‘Billboard 200’. The band members undertook a long world tour to promote the album.
Their next album was ‘Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams’, which came out in 2013. It was a 4-segment concept album that ranked number 6 on ‘Billboard 200’.
More about his career
The actor had a rare opportunity to act as Rayon, a transgender woman in the 2013 film, ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. He starred as the Joker in the 2016 superhero film, ‘Suicide Squad’, sharing the screen with Will Smith and Margot Robbie.
Similarly, he appeared as the protagonist in the neo-noir sci-fi film ‘2036: Nexus Dawn’ in 2017. He then landed the role of the main antagonist in ‘Blade Runner 2049′. Next year, ’30 Seconds to Mars’ appeared with their fifth studio album, ‘America’ which champions and experiments with electronics and art pop.
That same year, he landed the lead character in the thriller film, ‘The Outsider’, and another lead character, ‘Dr. Michael Morbius’ in the superhero film, ‘Morbius’. The actor then appeared in the crime thriller film, ‘The Little Things’ in 2019.
Adding more to his profession, he has worked as a music video director under the pseudonym ‘Bartholomew Cubbins’. He has even starred in numerous television commercials and has worked with various brands like other actors.
Awards and achievements
Jared Leto has won several awards for his outstanding work in the entertainment industry. In 2007, he received the ‘Zurich Film Festival Award’ for his performance as ‘Mark David Chapman’ in ‘Chapter 27’. He won the ‘Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Award’ for his portrayal of Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man, in ‘Mr. Nobody.
Likewise, he was honored with the ‘MTV Video Music Awards’ for directing the music videos for his band’s single. In 2014, the actor won the ‘Academy Award’ for his performance as ‘Rayon’ in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. He even won the ‘Golden Globe’ for ‘Best Performer’ for his character that same year.
Caption: Jared Leto while performing on stage (Source: Loudwire)
Jared Leto – Net worth 2023
Jared Leto is considered one of the richest celebrities with a net worth of 90 million US dollars. His source of income comes from his professions as an actor, musician, singer-songwriter, composer, film producer and businessman. In 2015, he purchased a home in Laurel Canyon worth $5 million that contains eight bedrooms and twelve bathrooms.
In addition, the actor has also actively participated in various charities, especially ‘Habitat for Humanity’. He, along with his bandmates, decided to raise money and contribute to relief efforts in times of major natural disasters.
civil status
Talking about his relationship status, the American actor has enjoyed dating beautiful women all his life. From 1999 to 2003 he was romantically involved with actress Cameron Diaz.
They got engaged in 2002 but never married. Although Jared has dated several women, he has never married any of them to this day. Jared has dated other actresses like Scarlett Johansson, Ashley Olsen, etc. For now, it seems that Leto is single but he could be secretly dating some woman.
Subtitle: Jared Leto with his ex-girlfriend (Source: Elle)
Body measurements
Regarding his body measurements, Jared Leto has an average height of 5 feet 8 inches or 1.75 m. The actor lost a lot of body weight to be able to play the role of a drug addict in one of his films.
His current body weight of 69 kg or 152 lbs. Similarly, her body measurements are 43 inches, 32 inches and 14 inches. Jared has an athletic body type with an attractive personality that appealed to all the women around him.
Jared Leto has a light complexion, short light brown hair, and bright blue eyes. Additionally, he has been wearing a shoe size 11 (US).
Jared Leto – Social Networks
Coming to the social media part, the actor is famous and very active on all online platforms. All of his online accounts are verified and contain millions of followers.
Jared Leto has an Instagram account with 10.9 million followers as of February 2023. Likewise, he has a Facebook page with 6.8 followers. The American musician joined Twitter in March 2009, where he now has 4.1 million followers.
In addition, he also has a YouTube channel with the name “JARED LETO” with 164 thousand subscribers.
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