Leonardo DiCaprio and the Oscar - when and for what the actor received the long-awaited award.

At one Time, the Oscar for DiCaprio became a joke. After all, this is an extremely long story of unrecognized talent. That is why DiCaprio received the Oscar, and it became an extraordinary event.

In general, Leonardo DiCaprio - this name has long become synonymous with uncompromising professionalism, brave choices of roles, and, of course, a chronic - from the point of view of film fans - lack of Oscars in his oeuvre. For almost a quarter of a century, the actor convincingly proved that he is capable of anything: from super-sensitive dramas to wild satire. However, each Academy Awards ceremony turned into a kind of thriller for fans: 'Will they award him or ignore him again?'.

Films for which DiCaprio was nominated for an Oscar

Only in 2016, when DiCaprio received the statuette for 'The Revenant', did the internet sigh collectively and openly rejoice. Today, his Oscar nomination history is not just a list of films but almost a textbook on acting endurance and the evolution of creative ambitions.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape - nomination

1994, Leo is not yet twenty, and he already finds himself alongside Johnny Depp in Lasse Hallström's intimate drama. In the role of Arnie, a young man with intellectual disabilities, DiCaprio balances between fragile innocence and poignant emotional accuracy. The Academy nominates him for 'Best Supporting Actor', and this is almost a sensation: among the nominees is a actor-'teenager'. Although the statuette went to Tommy Lee Jones, this work outlined DiCaprio's main feature: he is not afraid to play characters that could easily be caricatured and transforms them into living people who touch the heart.

The Aviator - nomination

Ten years passed, and Leo is already collaborating with Martin Scorsese. They shoot an epic biography of aviation magnate Howard Hughes: a giant of business and prisoner of his own obsessions. DiCaprio experiences a full range on screen: from dizzying triumphs at flashy Hollywood premieres to dark corridors of paranoia. The Academy nominates him for Best Actor in 2005. The victory goes to Jamie Foxx ('Ray'), but in the press, it is DiCaprio's artistic contribution that becomes the subject of discussions: so convincingly did he portray painful obsession with grand ideas.

Blood Diamond - nomination

In 2007, the actor transports viewers to Sierra Leone during the civil war. His Danny Archer - a smuggler, a cynic, who later enters a tragic union with a refugee-miner for the sake of a famous pink gemstone. DiCaprio not only masters a complex South African accent but also shows how the void of heroism can be born in a person who has long traded in someone else's life. This time, the competition includes Forest Whitaker for his role as Idi Amin, and the statuette goes to Whitaker. But as soon as 'antiheroes of the 2000s' are mentioned, Archer's name comes up first.

The Wolf of Wall Street - nomination

When in 2013 the world saw the satirical fairy tale about con artist broker Jordan Belfort, many thought: now the Oscar definitely won't slip away. DiCaprio, paired with Scorsese, accelerates the plot to a wild pace, dances, delivers motivational speeches, crawls up the stairs under cocaine intoxication - and does all of it without any falsehood. Moreover, Leo even becomes a co-producer, adding another Oscar nomination to the film - for 'Best Picture'. However, the statuette once again slips away, this time to Matthew McConaughey ('Dallas Buyers Club'). Despite this, 'The Wolf' remains an explosive monument to the actor's fearless performances, and the meme with the lemon 'Lamborghini crawl' is eternal.

The Revenant - victory

2015, shooting in snowy Canadian thickets, temperature below minus twenty, Inarritu's camera captures natural light, and DiCaprio seems to turn into a frontier legend. His Hugh Glass is a hunter, betrayed by comrades, torn apart by a bear, but unbroken. Leo eats raw bison liver, sleeps in a horse carcass, and his silent fury chills the bones. And finally: on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby stage, the audience stands up when Julianne Moore announces the winner. DiCaprio's speech becomes a manifest against climate change - an act of triumph and civic position at the same time.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - nomination

Five years later, Tarantino revives nostalgia for the end of the 1960s, and DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton - a TV star who is panic-stricken about being forgotten. This time, the actor allows himself to be uncertain, confused, comedically awkward yet simultaneously tragic. The scene where he bursts into tears in the trailer or the hysterical 'it's official, old buddy' showcases sweet self-irony, for which the Academy nominates him again. The victory goes to Joaquin Phoenix ('Joker'), but DiCaprio, it seems, is no longer chasing statuettes: now he is a living symbol of the fact that endurance is rewarded, even if the wait is long.