Leonardo DiCaprio Quiz: Titanic, The Revenant and Beyond

This Leonardo DiCaprio quiz follows the actor from Growing Pains and What's Eating Gilbert Grape to Titanic, Catch Me If You Can, Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street, his Oscar for The Revenant, his many films with Martin Scorsese and One Battle After Another.

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Titanic
What was the name of DiCaprio's character in Titanic (1997)?
Oscars
For which film did DiCaprio finally win the Oscar for Best Actor?
Early Career
Which 1993 film earned DiCaprio his first Oscar nomination, at just 19?
Scorsese
Which director has worked with DiCaprio on films such as The Departed and Killers of the Flower Moon?
Inception
In Inception (2010), DiCaprio's character steals secrets from where?
Biography
In which city was DiCaprio born in 1974?
Films
In Catch Me If You Can, DiCaprio plays a young con artist chased by an FBI agent played by whom?
Films
Whom did DiCaprio play in The Wolf of Wall Street?
Recent
Which film starring DiCaprio, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, won Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars?
Environment
DiCaprio founded a foundation in 1998 focused on what cause?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What was the name of DiCaprio's character in Titanic (1997)?
Answer: Jack Dawson
Jack wins his ticket in a poker game and falls in love with Rose, played by Kate Winslet. Titanic won 11 Oscars.
Q2: For which film did DiCaprio finally win the Oscar for Best Actor?
Answer: The Revenant
He won in 2016 for playing frontiersman Hugh Glass, who survives a bear attack. It was his sixth acting nomination.
Q3: Which 1993 film earned DiCaprio his first Oscar nomination, at just 19?
Answer: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
He played Arnie, the younger brother of Johnny Depp's character. Critics were amazed by his performance.
Q4: Which director has worked with DiCaprio on films such as The Departed and Killers of the Flower Moon?
Answer: Martin Scorsese
Their partnership began with Gangs of New York in 2002 and includes The Aviator, Shutter Island and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Q5: In Inception (2010), DiCaprio's character steals secrets from where?
Answer: People's dreams
Dom Cobb leads a team that enters dreams. The spinning top at the end has puzzled audiences ever since.
Q6: In which city was DiCaprio born in 1974?
Answer: Los Angeles
DiCaprio grew up in Los Angeles. He is said to have been named after Leonardo da Vinci after kicking while his mother looked at a da Vinci painting.
Q7: In Catch Me If You Can, DiCaprio plays a young con artist chased by an FBI agent played by whom?
Answer: Tom Hanks
The 2002 Steven Spielberg film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who posed as a pilot, doctor and lawyer.
Q8: Whom did DiCaprio play in The Wolf of Wall Street?
Answer: Jordan Belfort
The 2013 film tells the story of the stockbroker's rise and fall. It famously uses the f-word more than 500 times.
Q9: Which film starring DiCaprio, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, won Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars?
Answer: One Battle After Another
DiCaprio played Bob Ferguson, a former revolutionary searching for his daughter. Anderson also won Best Director.
Q10: DiCaprio founded a foundation in 1998 focused on what cause?
Answer: The environment
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation supports projects on climate, wildlife and oceans. He also served as a UN Messenger of Peace on climate.

Leonardo DiCaprio Quiz – From Teen Idol to Oscar Winner

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most successful actors of his generation. Since the early 1990s, he has starred in dramas, thrillers and epics that have earned billions of dollars at the box office and dozens of award nominations. He is known for choosing ambitious projects with great directors and for his long-running work on environmental causes.

Born in Los Angeles in 1974, DiCaprio began acting in commercials and television, including the sitcom Growing Pains. His breakthrough came with This Boy's Life and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which earned him his first Oscar nomination at 19. In 1996, he starred in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, and the next year Titanic made him a global superstar.

In the 2000s, DiCaprio moved into darker, more challenging roles. He began a long partnership with Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, followed by The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street and Killers of the Flower Moon. He also starred in Catch Me If You Can, Blood Diamond, Inception and Django Unchained.

After several nominations, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2016 for The Revenant. In 2025, he starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, which won Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars. Off screen, he has spent decades supporting environmental work through his foundation and speeches at the United Nations.

This quiz covers Leonardo DiCaprio's films, awards and life.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is perfect for movie fans who have followed DiCaprio's career from Titanic to today.

How DiCaprio began his career
Which roles earned him Oscar attention
His long partnership with Martin Scorsese
Famous films such as Inception and The Wolf of Wall Street
Which film finally won him an Oscar
His work on the environment

Quick Facts About Leonardo DiCaprio

DiCaprio ate raw bison liver for a scene in The Revenant.
He produced the climate documentary Before the Flood in 2016.
In 2010 he starred in both Inception and Shutter Island.
DiCaprio played the Great Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film.
He played Howard Hughes in The Aviator.
His mother, Irmelin, was born in Germany.