Jared Leto Profile and Pics

Jared Leto Profile

Birth Name :Jared Joseph Leto
Birth Date :December 26, 1971
Birth Place :Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
Height :5' 9"
Nationality :American
Hair Color :Dark Brown
Eye Color :Brown
Education :Attended Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia
Graduated from Emerson Preparatory School in Washington, DC in 1989
Attended University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, majored in painting
Attended NYC's School of Visual Arts, majored in filmmaking
Biography
If acting is an addiction, Jared Leto is then a victim. He had shown total commitment in most of his works. Glancing back at his male leading role in "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), little had people known that he was going through an extreme diet and gave up sex with his then fiancee, Cameron Diaz to make himself appear closest to the character Harry Goldfarb, the drug addict. Through this movie, his co-star, Ellen Burstyn was nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role in the 2001 Oscar. Ironically he didn't get any. For Leto personal satisfaction sometimes worth more than praise. "All of my roles have had their own unique set of challenges, and I enjoy that in some perverse, masochistic way," he said.

Born on December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana, Jared Leto had a rather gloomy childhood. Post his parents' divorce, he followed his single mum, Constance and brother, Shannon to live nomadically. His artistic blood eventually delivered him to University of the Arts in Philadelphia and New York's School of Visual Arts to successively study painting and filmmaking. In 1991, he moved to L.A. to seek a better future and only found it three years ...