Jared Leto

Family

Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He has one older brother, Shannon Leto, and two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage. His mother, Constance, continued to raise Jared and Shannon after she and their father divorced, and has since remarried. His father died after remarrying.

Education

Newton North High School - Graduated in 1989

Flint Hill Preparatory, Oakton, Virginia

Emerson Preparatory School, Washington, DC

University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; majored in painting.

School of Visual Arts, New York; majored in filmmaking. While there, he starred in his own movie, "Crying Joy".

Music

Main article: 30 Seconds to Mars

Jared is the guitarist and vocalist of the band 30 Seconds to Mars (pictured at right with Leto in center), along with his brother, Shannon, on drums, Tomo Milicevic on guitar, and Matt Wachter on bass guitar.The band has two albums: 2002's self titled debut 30 Seconds to Mars (Also known as "Red Planet") and 2005's A Beautiful Lie. They began opening for other bands and started their first ever headlining tour, Forever Night Never Day, in March of 2006. Their music video for "The Kill" has been a constant player on MTV's Elite 8 and T-Minus Rock and is also popular on many Fuse programs. "The Kill" also won the MTV2 Award in the 2006 VMA's. They also have a new video for "From Yesterday", which is 13 minutes and 30 seconds long and the first American rock video ever shot in its entirety in the People's Republic of China. Jared also got the award for "Prince of Darkness" at the Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. ( Aired October 28th, 2006).

Virgin records announced on January 4, 2007 that the the band's second album has been certified platinum with sales of over one million copies. This further success comes on the heels of Leto's award for breakthrough crossover artist given at the 6th annual Hollywood Life Awards held in December of 2006.

Relationships

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Leto dated Scarlett Johansson from 2004-2005

Leto had a four year relationship with Cameron Diaz from 1998-2002 including an engagement to her (2000-2002)

Trivia

Leto was nominated as one of PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians

Leto was twice chosen by People magazine as one of their 50 Most Beautiful People, in 1996 and 1997.

Leto quipped during an AOL Instant Messenger interview with Out magazine's David Pener that he had an "exclusive", stating humorously that he was "gay as a goose". He later confirmed that he was joking.

Leto is featured in Workman Publishings "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said" Page-a-Day Calender for 2007. His quote is used for January 10, 2007:

"I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away."

Jared notoriously hates the paparazzi. In fact, rumored fling, Lindsay Lohan was quoted as saying, "Jared was so paranoid. He'd always be like, 'Don't come over if you're going to bring 15 f**king paparazzi."

Filmography

Chapter 27 (2007) (post-production) as Mark David Chapman

Lonely Hearts (2006) as Raymond Fernandez

Lord of War (2005) as Vitaly Orlov

Alexander (2004) as Hephaestion

Panic Room (2002) as Junior

Highway (2002) as Jack Hayes

Sunset Strip (2000) as Glen Walker

Requiem for a Dream (2000) as Harry Goldfarb

American Psycho (2000) as Paul Allen

Girl, Interrupted (1999) as Tobias 'Toby' Jacobs

Fight Club (1999) as Angelface

Black and White (1999) as Casey

The Thin Red Line (1998) as Second Lieutenant Whyte

Urban Legend (1998) as Paul Gardener

Basil (1998) as Basil

Switchback (1997) as Lane Dixon

Prefontaine (1997) as Steve Prefontaine

The Last of the High Kings (1996) as Frankie Griffin

How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Beck

Cool and the Crazy (1994) (TV) as Michael

My So-Called Life (1994) TV Series as Jordan Catalano

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