If it weren’t for his dad, there would never have been a Leonardo DiCaprio, only Lenny Williams. Strange right?

The actor remembered his agent and team saying they’d shortened his first name and added an anglicized version of his German ...

In a recent appearance on the “ New Heights ” podcast, Leonardo DiCaprio said an agent told him in his early teens that his ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is opening up about the early days of his career. During a recent interview on Jason and Travis Kelce’s ...

Leonardo DiCaprio opens up about the name change suggestion he received at the age of 12 and his early struggles in Hollywood ...

One of the world’s highest-paid movie stars, the 50-year-old actor was told by his first agent that he’d need to change his ...

On a new episode of New Heights, the actor and his One Battle After Another costar Benecio Del Toro reveal the bad career advice they got when they were starting out.

If Hollywood had its way back in the early ’90s, Titanic might have starred someone named Lenny Williams instead of Leonardo ...

Leonardo DiCaprio says that when he finally landed an agent as a young actor, he was told he’d need a new name The Titanic ...

Leonardo DiCaprio revealed that he was once told to change his name to “Lenny Williams” because his real name was considered “too ethnic” for Hollywood. The actor said his father rejected the idea, ...

Del Toro said he faced a similar situation when he was told to use Benny Del instead of his full name. Del Toro and DiCaprio ...

Moviegoers know Leonardo DiCaprio as "Leo." However, decades ago, an agent tried to get the Oscar winner to go by something completely different.