Leonardo DiCaprio was honored by SAG (Screen Actors Guild) with the 'Actors Inspiration Award,' reported Dailymail.
The award was given to the actor for his amazing film career and the interest shown by the actor in philanthropic causes. The 'Titanic' star runs his own foundation, the "Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
The foundation is established to spread awareness about global climate change and also protect the eco system. The foundation is known to spread awareness through various media campaigns. The foundation has a website to reach people for their campaigns.
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation celebrated their 30th anniversary. The Screen Actors Guild Foundation was formed in 1933 to protect the rights of the actors in the industry. The foundation wanted to ensure that all the actors and performers got benefitted adequately.
Leonardo DiCaprio, born in 1974 started his career with commercials, slowly moving to TV and then mainstream cinema. "What's eating the Gilbert Grape" movie gave him some recognition in the industry.
The actor gave amazing performances one after another. Leonardo DiCaprio went on to win the Drama Golden Globe award for his romantic-epic wifh Kate Winslet in Titanic"
He won the same award for his performances in the movies, "The Aviator" and "The wolf of Wall Street." Leonardo will be seen in the movie "The Revenant" in 2016. The movie is based on the book by the same name written by Michael Punke.
The film is about a man being betrayed by his companions while on hunting, and how he manages to avenge them. The movie will release next year.
According to The Guardian, Leonardo's production team is also working on a new project based on the Volkswagen scandal that hit the news recently. The scandal was about the German car-making giant using software to trick the tests for the emissions. The actor has not confirmed whether he will be acting in the movie or not.
