Early Known for his unsympathetic characters, Jared Leto is an actor, singer, songwriter, and director. Starting his career in the early 1990s, Leto rose to prominence after working as Jordan Catalano on the television series "My So-Called Life." He is also known by his nickname "Jaro," "J."
Has Tough Childhood; Attempt Suicide When He Was 8
Jared Joseph Leto was born on December 26, 1971. Jared is now 47 years old. He was born in Bossier City, Louisiana of the United States and now he lives in Los Angeles, California.
Jared was born to father Anthony L. Bryant and mother Constance Leto who divorce when he was very small. After the separation of his parents, his father married for the second time but later on committed suicide when Jared was just 8 years old.
Following the separation of his parents, he stayed with mother and maternal grandparents. He moved to several places along with his mother as her mother as in search of a job.
Leto got the surname after his stepfather Carl Leto. Jared Leto has three brothers; Shannon Leto, Mateo Leto, and Matthias Bryant.
Talking about his education, he went to Flint Hill School but dropped out when he was in his 10th grade. Later on, he again decided to focus on his education and joined Emerson Preparatory School. After the completion of high school in 1989, he joined Philadelphia’s University and later on shifted to New York City’s School of Visual Arts from where he completed the course in acting.
Jared Leto's Career
Leto started his early career during the year 1992 as an actor. Within the very time, he moved towards Los Angeles for his career within directing. He also planned to play the roles at the very time and he also got minor characters within the television and TV Shows during the very time.
His appearance from the year 1990 till the current time is appreciated by many of his fans with his best presence and among this, his character within My So-Called Life that came in the year 1994 was a great step of his life with the name Jordan Catalano.
During the year 1994, his very first break came within. This character was just opposite Claire Danes and the name of his role as Jordan Catalano. He was also seen in Prefontaine that was during the year 1997 and simultaneously he raised his roles and performances years after years.
Leto is also known by his trademark as bright blue eyes and playing the unsympathetic character. He was deeply in love with his pet dog whose name was Judas and the dog died due to disease in May 2007. Leto was very depressed for many days after the loss of his dog.
Has Whooping Amount Collected; Living Luxurious Life
Actor and musician Jared Leto have ama s sed a ma s sive salary from his career. According to celebrity net worth, Jared Leto has an estimated net worth of $90 million.
Leto has a few houses in LA. Variety reported he sold one of his LA houses for $2.05 million to British sister-duo Cara Delevingne and Poppy Delevingne in June 2017 which was $51k more than its asking price. Leto bought the house in 2006 for a ma s sive $1.65 million.
Leto, in 2015, bought a former Los Angeles Military Compound for $5 million. The house stands at 50,000 square feet and has 8 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
Dated Several Ladies; Find His Current Relationship Status
Jared Leto is one of the most admired and dashing bachelors in Hollywood and has dated over a dozen girls so far. In his early days in acting, he was known to be dating Soleil Moon Frye. The couple was speculated to be dating in 1991 after they attended the premiere of Vanilla Ice's movie Cool as Ice.
Cameron Diaz is Leto's other girlfriend whom he started dating in 1999 and remained in the relationship until 2003. The couple was also rumored to be engaged, however, they split later. Pop Sugar reported his other girlfriends were Scarlett Johansson, Ashley Olsen, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus.
Most recently, he was known to be in a relationship with Katy Perry. PopSugar reported the couple was rumored to be hooked up in Coachella 2014.
In June 2015, People reported Leto was romancing Valery Kaufman, then a 20-year-old Russian model. The pair were spotted hanging out in NYC while Jared was busy filming Suicide Squad. After his break up from Kaufman, he is not known to be dating any other girl.
Jared Leto's Height, Weight, And Body Measurement
- Height: Jared Leto stands 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) tall.
- Weight: Leto weighs at around 69 kg (152 lbs)
- Chest: His chest measures 43 in (109 cm)
- Biceps: His biceps measure 14 in (36 cm)
- He has a long length hair with natural light brown color while his eyes are blue in color.
- Tattoos: He has several tattoos in his body and almost all of his related to his band, 30 Seconds to Mars.
by Bchrome, 27 Jan, 2016