Biography
Actor and musician Jared Leto got his start in the beloved but ill-fated TV series "My So-Called Life" (ABC, 1994-95), but along with his co-star quickly transitioned to feature films. He earned a solid acting reputation with supporting roles in frequently off-beat films and grew into a lead actor known for his daring choices. For several years he alternated between the life of an actor - immersing himself in roles for weeks at a time - and …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Released third 30 Seconds to Mars album "This Is War" | |
2009 | Starred in Jaco Van Dormael's romance fantasy "Mr. Nobody" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in "Chapter 27," an indie film about a woman (Lohan) who befriends Mark David Chapman during the weekend that he kills John Lennon (lensed 2006) | |
2004 | Played a murderous con man in "Lonely Hearts," which is based on the true story the notorious Lonely Hearts Killers of the 1940s | |
2005 | Released second album, "A Beautiful Lie" | |
2005 | Cast as Nicholas Cage's brother and fellow arms dealer in Andrew Niccol's "Lord of War" | |
2004 | Co-starred with Colin Farrell in Oliver Stone's "Alexander" playing Hephaestion, Alexander's friend and lover | |
2002 | Released self titled debut "30 Seconds to Mars" (Also known as "Red Planet") | |
2002 | Reunited with David Fincher on "Panic Room" | |
2000 | Portrayed one of two Las Vegas 20-year-olds who go to Seattle and stand vigil after rocker Kurt Cobain's suicide in "Highway" | |
2000 | Starred as a heroin addict in Darren Aronofsky's "Requiem for a Dream", adapted from the novel by Hubert Selby Jr | |
2000 | Played a rival co-worker of Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho", adapted from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis | |
2000 | Had small role as a gay high school teacher in James Toback's "Black and White" | |
1999 | Co-starred as Winona Ryder's boyfriend in "Girl, Interrupted" | |
1999 | Portrayed the blond Angel Face in David Fincher's "Fight Club" | |
1998 | Provided additional photography for "Alaska's Bush Pilots" (TBS); also hosted | |
1998 | Appeared in Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" and starred in routine horror offering, "Urban Legend" | |
1998 | Starred opposite Christian Slater in the title role of the tepid "Basil"; aired on TV's Romance Classics | |
1997 | First leading role in a US film, playing the title character in the biopic of the track star "Prefontaine" | |
1996 | Co-starred in "Last of the High Kings" (released in the USA on video as "Summer Fling" in 1998) | |
1995 | Feature film debut in "How to Make an American Quilt"; Claire Danes was also in the cast | |
1994 | TV-movie debut, starring in "Cool and The Crazy", an installment of Showtime's "Rebel Highway" series | |
1994 | TV series debut as a regular, "My So-Called Life" (ABC), playing high school anti-hero Jordan Catalano, the on-off love interst of star Claire Danes | |
1992 | Moved to L.A. | |
| Raised by his mother; moved frequently during adolescence; lived in, among other places, Louisiana, Colorado, Virginia, Wyoming and Haiti | ||