Drool Alert! Leonardo DiCaprio Turns A Year Sexier

Leonardo DiCaprio, the looker, continues to charm.

Happy Birthday Leo. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@elliiemurphyx)

That Leonardo Wilhelm DiCapro is not just a pretty face but an actor to reckon with has been amply proven. While he is most remembered for his impeccable portrayal of Jack in Titanic, over the years Leo has acted in a wide variety of roles. The Revenant finally won him an Oscar.

Handpicked by none other than the legendary Robert De Niro, Leonardo has also become one of the known and constant faces in environment and gay rights activism.

Today, as he turns 42, here’s looking back at Leo the looker over the years.

And yes, you are welcome.

He was named Leonardo because while his mother was pregnant, she was looking at a Da Vinci painting in a museum when he first kicked. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@nickohlaa)

Elijah Wood and Leonardo DiCaprio at the Oscars 20 years ago. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@MakingOfs)

At the young age of 10, Leonardo was advised to change his name to something more friendly and American such as Lenny Williams.

Leonardo DiCaprio photographed by Gwendolen Cates in 1993. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@leoactivitys

Robert De Niro allegedly hand-picked DiCaprio from hundreds of boys for the part in This Boy’s Life. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@leoactivitys)

Leonardo has never done drugs and had to speak to a drug expert to prepare for The Wolf of Wall Street. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@PhotoshootTweet)

DiCaprio smokes e-cigarettes. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@JulesFashion)

His time at the school, away from the public school system and his gritty neighbourhood, made him want to retreat into acting as a teen. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@AriannaBM)

DiCaprio was famously cheap in his club-hopping days, and known for not tipping in bars. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@Papa_perverso)

A Russian millionaire paid $1.5 million to go on a space trip with Leo. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@OMEBM)

In 2009, Leo and Kate Winslet helped pay nursing home fees for the last living Titanic survivor so she wouldn’t have to sell her mementos. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@IdeesLook)

Leo owns a giant pet tortoise. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@Ieodicprio)

Leo owns his own fair-trade coffee company. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@yesdicaprio)

Leo and Toby Maguire made a movie so bad that he took legal action for it to never release in the U.S. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@elliiemurphyx)

(This article is from The Quint’s archives and was first published on 11 November 2016. It is now being republished to mark Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday.)