On Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio

While the former is a method actor and the latter is a natural actor, both are arguably the top two best actors at present in Hollywood in terms of both Acting and Stardom.Lets analyse their career together...

1.Both started with TV



While Johnny starred in 21 jump street,Leonardo starred in TV series` like parenthood

2.Both have their favourite director



Johnny has worked with Tim in seven films while Leonardo has worked with Martin in four films.

3.What`s eating Gilbert Grape


The movie in which both starred together.Although Depp was in the lead and the movie is primarily about him,it was Leonardo who stole the hearts of the audience with an amazing portrayal of an autistic kid.

Incidentally Johnny played an autistic person in a film which released in the same year titled BENNY&JOON.


4.Oscar Nominees


Both have earned three oscar nominees each but yet to win one.While JD got oscar nominees for Pirates of the carrebean,Sweeney Todd and Finding Neverland, LDC got them for What`s eating Gilbert grape,Aviator and blood diamond.
Infact both were in competition in the same year for Finding Neverland and Aviator(Jamie Foxx-RAY ended up winning the gold)

5.Similar Roles:
Apart from playing autistic/asperger`s syndrome role in benny&joon and WEGG respectively,both have played many similar roles like..



playing Under-cover cops in DONNIE BRASCO and DEPARTED.


Left:THE QUICK AND THE DEAD , Right:DEAD MAN

Also both JD and LDC have enacted real life director`s biopics on screen.They played Edward wood(ed wood) and Hughes(aviator) respectively.Infact in a Woody allen film called CELEBRITY Leonardo had a cameo where he played a role which was kind of like Johnny depp!

6.All-time Blockbusters


While Titanic was such a huge hit only cause of James cameron`s magic,POTC is an atbb only and only cause of Jack Sparrow...oops,Captain Jack Sparrow! Leonardo has just one film among the all time hits and JD has 3-Alice in wonderland,potc2 and potc3 clearly indicating who the bigger star is.
If you observe their career graph you would notice one thing-Leonardo choses scripts based on how the film is overall while Depp choses scripts based on his character and acting scope in that film.

Leonardo works with cult directors most of the time even if the role is similar(shutter island-inception) or does`nt have much scope(gangs of new york).Whereas in Johnny`s case he choses films only if he truly believes in it and only if the character that he plays interests him.

Both have an enviable career-graph and its up to you to decide whom you like more...but it is without a doubt that these two are miles ahead of the others when it comes to both acting and stardom.