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Jared Leto
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About Jared Leto
Jared Leto is a well-known and successful American actor and singer-songwriter who have been seen working actively in his career from the early 1990s.
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Full Name | San Diego Comic-Con |
Date of Birth | 26 December 1971 |
Birth Place | Bossier City, Louisiana, the U.S. |
Parent(s) | Constance Leto and Carl Leto |
Occupation | actor and singer-songwriter |
Spouse(s) | Valey Kaufman |
Net Worth | 100 million dollars |
Personal Life and Relationship
Jared Leto, whose real name is San Diego Comic-Con, was born on 26 December 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana, the U.S. as a mother, Constance Leto, where his surname was kept from his stepfather Carl Leto who had adopted him and his brother. He has an older brother whose name is Shannon Leto. From his father’s second marriage, he also had two half brothers.
Currently, Leto was dating Russian model Valey Kaufman, but Leto is the type of guy who liked to keep his personal life private.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Jared Leto holds an American nationality and belongs to English, French, Irish, German, Scottish, Spanish, and Dutch. Currently, he is 48 years old with a height of 5 feet 9 inches and 69 kg. He had got light brown hair with blue eyes. As he was born on 26 December, his zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Early Life and Education
In his early life, Jared Leto’s parents divorced, so that he and his brother had lived with his mother and maternal grandparents. Later, when he was eight years old, his father married another woman and then committed suicide. In that time, he used to move frequently with his family.
His mother influences him to enroll in the art, so that she made him attend hippie movements. Leto spent his time with many artists, musicians, photographers, painters, and all those in that theater. He was also interested in playing music. Later, he decided to focus on his study to join Emerson Preparatory School and attended the University of Arts because he was really interested in large-scale visual art. Later, he decided to join the School of Visual Arts after he became interested in filmmaking. He had also written and starred in his own movie, “Crying Joy,” while he was just a student at that time. Further, he was seen attending Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
Career
Television Career
Jared Leto started his television career after he had been cast as Dexter in an American television sitcom “Camp Wilder” from the year 1992 to 1993. He appeared as Rick Aiken in an American sitcom television series, “The Torkelsons,” in1993. From 1994 to 1995, he was cast as Jordan Catalano in an American teen drama television series, “My So-Called Life.” Later, he played Michael’s role in an American made-for-television drama movie “Cool and the Crazy” in 1994.
Further, he played a role in a documentary television movie “Hollywood High” in 2003. In 2006, he was seen providing his voice as Narrator in a television documentary movie, “The Armenian Genocide.” Later, he played a role in his own directed and produced American series “Into the Wild” from 2014 to 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he was seen in his own directed and produced series “Beyond the Horizon.” In 2016, he was also seen directing and producing the series “Great Wide Open,” where he played the role. Further, he will appear as The Joker in an upcoming series, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” in 2021.
Film Career
After being cast as Beck in an American drama movie, Jared Leto started his professional film career, “How to Make an American Quilt,” in 1995. In 1996, he appeared as Frankie Griffin in the movie “The Last of the High Kings,” it was released under the title “Summer Filing.” Later, he was cast as Steve Prefontaine is an American biographical movie “Prefontaine” in 1997. In the same year, he was cast as Lane Dixon in an American thriller movie “Switchback.”
Later, in 1998, he played Basil’s role in a British historical drama movie “Basil.” In the same year, he was cast as Paul Gardener in an American Canadian movie “Urban Legend.” Further, he had been seen appearing in several movies, including “Black and White,” “Fight Club,” “Girl, Interrupted,” “American Psycho,” “Requiem for a Dream,” and “Sunset Strip.”
In 2001, Jared Leto was seen playing the role of Rock Star Wannabe in his co-produced movie “Sol Goode.” In 2002, he appeared as Jack Hayes in an American independent drama movie “Highway” and seen in an American thriller movie “Panic Room.” In that year, he was also seen as Bobby in an American neo-noir thriller movie “Phone Booth.” Further, he was also seen as Hephaestion in an inclusive epic historical drama movie “Alexander.”
Likewise, he has seen in a documentary movie “Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow” in the year 2005. In the same year, he was also seen as Vitaly Orlove in an American crime drama movie “Lord of War.” He was seen appearing as Raymond Fernandez in an American movie “Lonely Hearts” in 2006. Later, he was also seen playing a role in an American documentary movie, “Holy Hell,” where he worked as executive producer of the movie.
Also, he was cast in several movies like “Suicide Squad,” “2036: Nexus Dawn”, “Blade Runner 2049”, “The Outsider,” and “A Day in the Life of America.” Further, he will be seen in upcoming movies like “The Little Things,” “Morbius,” and “Gucci.”
Music Video
Jared Leto also worked as a director for the music video “The Kill” and “From Yesterday” in 2006. After that, he was seen directing other music videos like “A Beautiful Lie” and “Kings and Queens,” in which he was also known as the producer. Further, he was seen directing and producing music videos like “Closer to the Edge,” “Up in the Air,” “Do or Die,” “City of Angels,” and “Walk on Water.” He was also seen directing the music video “Hurricane” and seen working in the music video “Purple Lamborghini.”
Awards
In his career, Jared Leto had won so many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting actor-Motion Picture, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor from the movie “Dallas Buyers Club.” He had also won several awards for his outstanding performance in the movies and series and received so many nominations for his performance. Besides this, he had also won and received so many music awards.
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Jared Leto is 100 million dollars.