Leonardo DiCaprio’s Titanic heart! Oscar-winner has pulled off a string of good deeds including funding a well in Africa, saving 100 whales from a Russian jail and rescuing a man lost at SEA
The Titanic star, 49, has carved out a reputation not only for starring in the biggest films of his generation and routinely dating women 25 and under – but for his numerous good deeds.
DiCaprio has long been an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and established The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 aged 24 with the mission of bringing attention and funding to the protection of biodiversity, ocean and forest conservation, and climate change.
He has been honored with the Clinton Global Citizen Award for his philanthropic work and is a United Nations Messenger of Peace for climate change.
This month it emerged he had ‘quietly’ funded a well in the African village where he filmed Blood Diamond in 2006 – and even proved lifesaver when he saved a member of the public lost at sea in 2020.
As DiCaprio’s selflessness falls under the spotlight again – DailyMail.com looks back at his kind gestures…
Leonardo DiCaprio is known as one of the most iconic actors of all time – finally picking up an Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant – but the star has also won plaudits for his many good deeds
DiCaprio established The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 aged 24 with the mission of bringing attention and funding to the protection of biodiversity, ocean and forest conservation and climate change (pictured feeding an orangutan in Indonesia in 2016)
Leo’s character Jack Dawson famously did not survive the sinking of the Titanic in James Cameron’s blockbuster movie – but in real life, the star was hailed for his part in rescuing a man from drowning while on his Caribbean vacation in 2020.
A source confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Hollywood star, then 45, was on board a boat off the island of St. Barts that successfully located the man after he’d spent 11 hours treading water and pulled him to safety.
The dramatic rescue occurred on December 30 when the captain of the boat DiCaprio was on board heard that a Frenchman, 24, had fallen from a cruise ship.
The actor immediately agreed the vessel should divert to aid in the search and after looking for hours in rough water, they spotted the man waving his hands.
The crew was able to pull him from the water just before nightfall as a giant rainstorm moved into the area.
DiCaprio’s vessel was the only one looking for the missing man who faced certain death in the middle of the ocean.
In fact, the boat’s captain described the successful rescue as a ‘one in a billion shot’.
Leo’s character Jack Dawson famously did not survive the sinking of the Titanic in James Cameron’s blockbuster movie – but in real life, the star was hailed for his part in rescuing a man from drowning while on his Caribbean vacation in 2020
A source confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Hollywood star, then 45, was on board a boat off the island of St. Barts that successfully located the man after he’d spent 11 hours treading water and pulled him to safety
STAR FUNDS WELL IN AFRICAN VILLAGE
Zwick said he learned DiCaprio had ‘quietly donated the funds to leave a place in better shape than when they arrived’. The movie was filmed in Mozambique and Cape Town, South Africa – pictured in the film with co-star Djimon Hounsou
Zwick said he learned DiCaprio had ‘quietly donated the funds to leave a place in better shape than when they arrived’. The movie was filmed in Mozambique and Cape Town, South Africa.
Zwick wrote: ‘In this, and in some many other areas of his life, Leo walks it like he talks it.’
Leonardo starred in Blood Diamond with Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou – scoring another Oscar nomination for the actor.
