Leonardo DiCaprio clearly has his eyes on the prize with a Best Actor nomination for this year Academy Award. Will DiCaprio walk to the Oscar stage provided Scorsese's “The Aviator" wins Best Picture? Will he grab 77th Oscar on his own as this year's best actor?

Leonardo DiCaprio to win Best Actor Oscar for starring in The Aviator?

77th Oscar in the Best Actor category goes to Jamie Foxx, Clint Eastwood or… Leonardo DiCaprio? Leonardo DiCaprio clearly has his eyes on the prize with a Best Actor nomination for this year Academy Award. Will DiCaprio walk to the Oscar stage only if “The Aviator" wins Best Picture?Anyway, Leonardo DiCaprio, starring in The Aviator, is a favourite for the best actor in a leading role. While we count down the hours before the official ceremony of the 77th Annual Academy Awards starts up in Hollywood, let us consider the chances for Leonardo DiCaprio to win this Oscar nomination.

Leonardo was born in Hollywood, California on November 11, 1974. Always drawn towards performing, Leonardo started auditioning for parts in 1988, when he was fourteen and appeared in a series of commercials and educational films. The turning point was in 1992, when Michael Caton-Jones cast Leonardo in the much sought after role of Tobias Wolff in his big-screen adaptation of Wolff's best selling novel "This Boy's Life." Co-staring alongside Robert DeNiro and Ellen Barkin, "This Boy's Life," continues to be one of Leo's favorite acting experiences. Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom cast Leonardo in the role of Arnie for the critically acclaimed film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" His performance was extraordinary and earned him an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 when Leonardo was nineteen.1995 found Leonardo playing opposite Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in "The Quick and the Dead", Sam Raimi's deliriously stylish meditation on the Old West. Later that same year, he starred in the adaptation of Jim Carroll's gritty autobiographical memoir, "The Basketball Diaries." After his role in James Cameron's "Titanic", Leonardo became very famous. In 1999, Leonardo filmed Danny Boyle's screen adaptation of the best selling novel "The Beach" by Alex Garland. The film was shot entirely on location in Thailand and marked Leonardo's first starring role since Titanic.Aside from film acting, Leo's lifelong passion for environmental awareness began to play a big role in his life. Finally, in an influential position to make a difference in the name of the planet, he was invited to chair Earth Day 2000. In a special on the deterioration of the ozone level, he also interviewed President Bill Clinton.Leonardo had leading roles in "Gangs Of New York", directed by Martin Scorsese, and "Catch Me If You Can", directed by Steven Spielberg. In 2003, the Russian International Film Festival honored Leonardo with the Tower Award for Contributions to International Cinema.

Finally, the Aviator by Martin Scorsese, in which, Leonardo DiCaprio portrays a man whose bold accomplishments are shadowed by bouts of mental illness, has given Leonardo the possibility to show his actor’s talent. This is the second Academy Award nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. He was previously nominated for the actor in a supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993).  This biography of billionaire Howard Hughes follows his life from the time of his forays into filmmaking in the late 1920s to his battles with Congress in the 1940s. The film explores his relationships with Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner, his pioneering efforts in the field of aviation...and the beginnings of his descent into isolation and mental illness. Leonardo DiCaprio is known to be a brilliant performer of psychological roles and the “Aviator” is not an exception. However, Johnny Depp, starring in “Finding Neverland” is a serious rival. Johnny Depp is also young and handsome, and he had many psychological roles, just remember “Arizona Dream” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. Who of these two nominees will get the Oscar? All we have to do is just wait and make our bets!

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