Jared Leto

Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician.
After beginning his career with roles in television series in the early 1990s, he became known for his portrayal of Jordan Catalano in the TV series **My So-Called Life** (1994).
He made his film debut in **American Pie** (1995) and received critical acclaim for his performance in **Prefontaine** (1997).
Following supporting roles in **The Thin Red Line** (1998), **Fight Club** (1999), **Memento** (2000), and **American Psycho** (2000), as well as a leading role in **Lost Highway** (1997), he garnered significant critical praise for his portrayal of heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in **Requiem for a Dream** (2000).
He then shifted focus primarily toward music before returning to acting with roles in **Panic Room** (2002), **Alexander** (2004), **Gods and Generals** (2005), **The Broken Hearts Club** (2006), **Section 27** (2007), and **The Hangover** (2009).
For his performance as a transgender woman in **The Wolf of Wall Street** (2013), he won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He appeared in the films True Grit (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Little Secrets (2021), and The Gucci Family (2021); for his performances in the latter two films, he was nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Supporting Actor. Leto is the lead vocalist, versatile instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of Thirty Seconds to Mars, the band he founded with his older brother Shannon Leto. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), received positive critical reception but achieved limited commercial success. The group gained worldwide recognition with their second album, A Beautiful Lie (2005). Subsequent albums, This Is War (2009) and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), earned further critical acclaim, while their fifth album, America (2018), marked a new commercial milestone. As of September 2014, the band had sold over 15 million albums worldwide. Leto is regarded as a method actor known for his unwavering commitment to and research into his roles. Throughout the filming schedules of his movies, he often remains fully immersed in his character to the point where it adversely affects his health. He is also known for being selective about the film roles he accepts.