Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974 - )

Film Deaths

Basketball Diaries (1995) [Jim Carroll]: Although he survives the film in reality, there's a dream sequence in which Leonardo is shot in the chest by an unseen assailant while playing basketball.
Total Eclipse (1995) [Arthur Rimbaud]: Dies of syphilis. (It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but I believe his body was shown afterwards lying in bed.)
The Quick and the Dead (1995) [Fee "The Kid" Herod]: Shot in the stomach in a gunfight with his father, Gene Hackman.
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) [Romeo Montague]: Commits suicide by drinking poison in Claire Danes's crypt; he dies in Claire's arms shortly after she wakes up from her seeming death.
Titanic (1997) [Jack Dawson]: Freezes to death while hanging on to the side of a makeshift raft in the water, after ensuring Kate Winslet is safely aboard the raft, He later appears in the Afterlife to Kate at the end of the movie.
The Aviator (2004) [Howard Hughes]: Dies (off-screen) of kidney failure, several years after the movie ends.
Blood Diamond (2006) [Danny Archer]: Shot in the side in a gunfight with Arnold Vosloo. He doesn't realize he's been shot until after shooting and kills some soldiers chasing him in the mountains; he dies shortly afterwards while helping Djimon Hounsou and Kagiso Kuypers get to safety.
The Departed (2006) [Billy Costigan]: Shot in the head by James Badge Dale in an elevator, as Leonardo is about to arrest Matt Damon. A funeral is then held for him later.
Inception (2010) [Dominic Cobb]: Dies in several of the dream-worlds: In one, he is drowned off-screen when the building floods, after Lukas Haas dunks the real Leonardo in a tub to wake him up. In another, he is hit by a train, along with Marion Cotillard, when they lie on the tracks in order to wake up to reality. He survives the movie in reality.
J. Edgar (2011) [J. Edgar Hoover]: Dies off-screen of a heart attack; his body is shown afterwards lying beside his bed when Armie Hammer finds him.
Django Unchained (2012) [Calvin Candie]: Shot in the heart (causing him to fall back into a book case and onto a globe) by Christoph Waltz with a gun hidden up Christoph's sleeve, as Samuel L. Jackson and James Remar look on in shock (his body is later seen when Samuel hugs him).
The Great Gatsby (2013) [Jay Gatsby]: Shot in the back by Jason Clarke, believing Leo caused Isla Fisher's death. In reality, it was Carey Mulligan who kills Fisher. (See Robert Redford for the 1974 version).
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019) [Rick Dalton]: Dies (off-screen) decades after the film ends; his death is not revealed in the film itself, but writer/director Quentin Tarantino announced the character's death via his podcast The Video Archives Podcast in an episode presented as a memorial to his career.
Don't Look Up (2021) [Dr. Randall Mindy]: Killed when a comet collides with the Earth; we last see him having dinner at his home with Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Timothée Chalamet, Rob Morgan, Robert Radochia, and Conor Sweeney as the comet hits.

Leonardo DiCaprio

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