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Jared Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. His first major acting performance was as Jordan Catalano in the television series My So-Called Life. This lead to a growing film career. Additionally, Leto is the vocalist and guitarist of the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.

Family

Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He has one older brother, Shannon, 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 passed away after remarrying.

Education

Newton North High School
Flint Hill Preparatory, Oakton, Virginia
Emerson Preparatory, 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

Jared is also the guitarist and vocalist of the band 30 Seconds To Mars which his brother, Shannon, also plays drums for. The band has two albums: 2002's self titled debut 30 Seconds to Mars and 2005's A Beautiful Lie.

Relationships

Jared dated Scarlett Johansson. He has also dated Cameron Diaz. They were together from 1999 to 2003 and were engaged for two years. He was also rumored to have dated Britney Spears. He also dated Ashley Olsen in the spring to summer of 2005, and is reported to have dated Lindsay Lohan.

Press

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

Filmography

Chapter 27 (2006
) (post-production) as Mark David Chapman
Lonely Hearts
(2006
) as Raymond Fernandez
Lord of War
(2005
) as Vitaly Orlov
Alexander
(2004
) as Hephaistion
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 Angel Face
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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