Jared Leto

Jared Joseph Leto ˈlɛtoʊ born December 26 1971 is an American actor and musician After starting his career with television appearances in the early 1990s he achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My SoCalled Life 1994 He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt 1995 and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine 1997 After supporting roles in The Thin Red Line 1998 Fight Club 1999 Girl Interrupted 1999 and American Psycho 2000 and the lead role in Urban Legend 1998 he earned critical acclaim for portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream 2000 He began focusing increasingly on music then returned to acting with Panic Room 2002 Alexander 2004 Lord of War 2005 Lonely Hearts 2006 Chapter 27 2007 and Mr Nobody 2009 His performance as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club 2013 earned him an Academy Award a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor He starred in Suicide Squad 2016 Blade Runner 2049 2017 The Little Things 2021 and House of Gucci 2021 of which the latter two earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor Leto is the lead vocalist multiinstrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars a band he formed with his older brother Shannon Leto Their debut album 30 Seconds to Mars 2002 released to positive reviews but limited commercial 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 success and their fifth album America 2018 marked new commercial success As of September 2014 they have sold over 15 million albums worldwide Leto is considered a method actor known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles He often remains completely in character for the duration of shooting schedules of his films even to the point of adversely affecting his health He is also known to be selective about his film roles Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared Leto licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia