Jared Leto is an American actor and musician. He made his acting debut on the TV show ‘Camp Wilder’ (1992) and then starred on ‘My So-Called Life’ (1994), which garnered attention from critics and audiences.
His first TV movie was, ‘Cool and the Crazy’ (1994) and he followed that up with his role in Hollywood movies like ‘How to Make an American Quilt’ (1995), ‘Prefontaine’ (1997), and ‘Urban Legend’ (1998). Although he received praise for his performances, it wasn’t until the cult-classic, ‘Fight Club’ (1999), that Jared Leto got his first box office success. He was then seen in a number of his best and top-grossing movies, namely, ‘Girl, Interrupted’ (1999), ‘American Psycho’ (2000), ‘Requiem for a Dream’ (2000), and ‘Panic Room’ (2002).
Unfortunately, he also acted in some of the worst movies of his career in that period with ‘Alexander’ (2004), ‘Lord of War’ (2005), and ‘Lonely Hearts’ (2006). Although ‘Chapter 27’ (2007) was a critical hit, he took a six-year hiatus from acting. He returned with his ‘Academy Award’ winning role in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ (2013). ‘Suicide Squad’ (2016) is his highest grossing movie and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (2017), is his upcoming movie.
Based on an eponymous Novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club is the story of a discontented white-collar employee and a devil-may-care soap salesman who join together to form an underground fight club where young men give vent to their frustrations by beating each other to pulp.
Four drug addicts stuck in their dull lives descend into a downward spiral to achieve their aspirations. Harry Goldfarb assists his drug-dealer friend Tyrone in securing a large shipment and pushes his girlfriend Marion towards prostitution to realize her fashion design dreams. His widowed mother starts a drug-infused diet regimen to appear beautiful as a guest on her favorite show.
A biographical drama, the movie follows a Dallas electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof who is diagnosed with AIDS in 1985. With very little research and a lot of stigma attached to the disease, Ron finds it difficult to get medicines. He then begins to smuggle unapproved drugs to treat himself and other AIDS patients in the Dallas Buyers Club.
In 2092, Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man, is the last mortal on earth while the rest have achieved immortality. In an interview, he recounts the dilemma a young nine year old Nemo faced when he had to choose between accompanying his mother or staying behind with his father after their divorce. The film explores all the lives that Nemo could lead based on this one decision.
Thirty years after the events of the original film, a young blade runner, LAPD officer K, uncovers a secret that can lead to a war between humans and replicants. His investigation points him towards a previous blade runner, Rick Deckard, the protagonist of the first story, who is missing for the last three decades.
In the early 1980s, Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian immigrant decides to join the arms trade along with his brother Vitaly. He quickly rises in his business, becomes wealthy and marries a famous model, Ava Fontaine. However, his rise also attracts the attention of an Interpol Agent, Jack Valentine.
Patrick Bateman is a handsome and wealthy investment banker who is focused on maintaining a high status in front of his friends and fiancée Evelyn and living a life full of vanity. However, by the night, he turns into a violent serial killer who mindlessly murders anyone around him .
Based on the eponymous novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line is a war drama revolving around a group of soldiers fighting to capture Guadalcanal for the Allied Forces during World War II. Featuring a brilliant star cast of Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, Jim Caviezel, and more, this film focuses on American soldiers trying to capture Japanese bunkers.
This psychological drama, based on author Susanna Kaysen's memoir, is an account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown when she was 18 years old. Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, she struggles to cope with her stay at the institution with fellow patients, especially the controlling sociopath Lisa.
Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah find themselves trapped in a secret panic room, built inside their new apartment. On their first night, they must survive a home invasion by three men Raoul, Burnham, and Junior, who are after the US $3 million in bearer bonds hidden in the panic room.
Set in the DC Comics universe, Suicide Squad follows a band of supervillians who get recruited to be an elite kill squad while in prison, by a secret government agency, in exchange for shorter jail time. They soon realise that they were not selected for their skills, but to give the government a convenient fall guy.
The Outsider is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of an American Prisoner-of-war in Japan. After the Second World War is over, he decides to stay in Japan, and become a member of a crime organization known as the Yakuza.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for a quick evidence-gathering assignment. However, he gets involved in the search for a serial killer who has been terrorizing the city, and joins forces with Sergeant Jim Baxter.
New England’s private Pendleton University is besieged with series of bizarre murders. Natalie, a bright student of folklore class, suspects that a murderer on the campus is turning popular urban legends, like a killer hiding in the backseat of a car, into real life murders. Though no one believes her, she has to get to the killer before it is too late.
The movie follows Alexander the Great from his childhood and continues till his adventurous life comes to end with his death at the age of thirty two. When he becomes the King of Macedonia, he starts off an expedition to conquer the world – Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan and India. His relationships with his parents Philips and Olympias; friend Hephaistion and wife Roxana are also explored.
Jared Leto Awards
| Dallas Buyers Club | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2014 |
| Dallas Buyers Club | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2014 |
| Dallas Buyers Club | Best On-Screen Transformation | 2014 |
