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Jared Leto

Jared Leto
Jared Leto was born on December 26th 1971 in Bossier City. He is an musician for a rock band called "30 Seconds To Mars" and he is also an actor in a few movies.

During Jared's childhood, his family moved a lot to places such as Haiti and Virginia. His mother, Constance, was a photographer. His older brother is Shannon and he also has two step brothers from his fathers second marriage.

In 1989 Jared went to "Philadelphia's University Of Arts"and was training to become an artist but he was briefly transferred to "New York City's School Of Visual Arts". While he was there he adapted an interest in acting after being in one of the commercials from "Levi's Jeans".

When Jared finished university in 1992 he decided to move to Los Angeles to get a career in the music industry. While he was there, he also did some part time acting roles. A couple of years later he was featured in the TV show "My So Called Life" but the show ended in 1995. He went on to be in movies such as "Fight Club" and "Thin Red Line" and "Requiem for a Dream" directed by Darren Aronofski.

After appearing in some movies Jared per sued his music career where he was the vocalist, songwriter and backup guitarist in the band 30 Seconds to Mars. The members of the band include Jared's brother Shannon (Percussion) and Tomo Milicevic (Lead Guitar).



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Jared Leto - what members say


  • Urban Legend
  • Urban Legend review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars An entertaining film 16 February 2006
    ... killer is) towards the end. The movie also has a good young cast (Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson, Michael Rosenbaum, and Danielle H...   Read customer review
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • Requiem for a Dream review by from CHELTENHAM
    Rated - 3.0 stars 27 November 2003
    ...wn before you press PLAY - but it's worth it. The cast is superb, particularly Jared Leto as drug addict Harry, Jennifer Connelly as his girlfriend Marion, and Ellen Bur...   Read customer review
  • Highway
  • Highway review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Hotshots head for Seattle! 5 May 2009
    ...his is a very good rites of passage movie, showing how two friends, Jack Hayes (Jared Leto) and Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal) mature whilst escaping from the thugs sent ...   Read customer review

Jared Leto - filmography


  • Mr. Nobody - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Diane Kruger,  Rhys Ifans
    Director: Jaco Van Dormael
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the year 2092, a time when Mars is a vacation spot, Nemo Nobody is a 117-year-old man who is the last mortal among humans who have become immortal due to scientific advances involving the perpetual rejuvenation of telomeres. When Nemo is on his deathbed, he reviews the three possible existences ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 601 members
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  • Mr. Nobody on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Diane Kruger,  Rhys Ifans
    Director: Jaco Van Dormael
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the year 2092, a time when Mars is a vacation spot, Nemo Nobody is a 117-year-old man who is the last mortal among humans who have become immortal due to scientific advances involving the perpetual rejuvenation of telomeres. When Nemo is on his deathbed, he reviews the three possible existences ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,738 member
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  • Chapter 27 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Lindsay Lohan,  Mark Lindsay Chapman
    Director: J.P. Schaefer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The world stood still on the 8th December 1980, the day John Lennon was assassinated. People simply could not comprehend how such a beloved musical and cultural icon could be taken so suddenly and in such a senseless manner. In CHAPTER 27, first-time writer-director JP Schaefer attempts to unravel ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,127 member
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  • Lonely Hearts on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Travolta,  James Gandolfini,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Todd Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the true story, two homicide detectives (Travolta and Gandolfini) track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lure their victims through the personals...
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 7,864 members
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  • Lord of War on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ian Holm,  Sammi Rotibi,  Eamonn Walker
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 65,106 members
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  • Lord of War - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Ian Holm,  Sammi Rotibi,  Eamonn Walker
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,506 members
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  • Highway on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Selma Blair,  Jared Leto,  Jeremy Piven
    Director: James Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Young nihilistic Jack (Jared Leto) has a sleazy affair, bedding a woman with underworld connections. He must then flee for his life from her shady associates who are out for his blood. He joins up with his kooky buddy Pilot (Jake Gyllenhal) and the two hit the road in a beat up, but photogenic ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 754 members
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  • Panic Room on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ann Magnuson,  Patrick Bauchau,  Ian Buchanan
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As David Fincher's PANIC ROOM begins, recently divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) halfheartedly tours through an old New York City townhouse with her restless young daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart). Using money from her divorce settlement, the unhappy mother decides to buy the spacious home. The ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 18,255 members
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  • Requiem for a Dream on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Ellen Burstyn,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 28,152 members
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  • American Psycho on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Willem Dafoe,  Jared Leto
    Director: Mary Harron
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Patrick Bateman is young, white, beautiful, ivy leagued, and indistinguishable from his Wall Street colleagues. Shielded by conformity, privilege, and wealth, Bateman is also the ultimate serial killer, roaming freely and fearlessly. His murderous impulses are fueled by zealous materialism and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 24,094 members
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  • Fight Club on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Brad Pitt,  Helena Bonham-Carter
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 86,884 members
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  • Fight Club - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Brad Pitt,  Helena Bonham-Carter
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 2,771 members
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  • Black And White on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,  Jared Leto,  Ben Stiller
    Director: James Toback
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    With BLACK AND WHITE, writer-director James Toback (FINGERS, TWO GIRLS AND A GUY) confronts the topic of race head on--most specifically, the influence of black urban hip-hop culture on white America. Set in New York City as the 1990s wind to a close, the film is told in a broad, episodic fashion, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 882 members
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  • The Thin Red Line - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Adrien Brody,  James Caviezel
    Director: Terrence Malick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Terrence Malick returns to Hollywood after a two-decade hiatus with this adaptation of the classic WWII novel by James Jones. The story follows the efforts of an army platoon to capture the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean, which will have a major effect on the outcome ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 115 members
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  • Basil on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Claire Forlani,  David Ross
    Director: Radha Bharardwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning film explores passion, betrayal, vengeance and revenge and their effect on the life of a naive and unseasoned young man. Basil, yearning for freedom from the constraints of aristocracy, disregards his position and wealth to pursue the passionate love of a beautiful woman. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 183 members
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  • Urban Legend - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Alicia Witt,  Michael Rosenbaum
    Director: Jamie Blanks
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Everybody's heard of them, yet they have no traceable source. They're Urban Legends, contemporary tall-tales that emerge from the underground and take on colourful lives of their own. When a series of strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton College, student Natalie (Alicia Witt) begins to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 708 members
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  • The Thin Red Line on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Adrien Brody,  James Caviezel
    Director: Terrence Malick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Terrence Malick returns to Hollywood after a two-decade hiatus with this adaptation of the classic WWII novel by James Jones. The story follows the efforts of an army platoon to capture the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean, which will have a major effect on the outcome ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 13,605 members
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  • Urban Legend on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Alicia Witt,  Michael Rosenbaum
    Director: Jamie Blanks
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Everybody's heard of them, yet they have no traceable source. They're Urban Legends, contemporary tall-tales that emerge from the underground and take on colourful lives of their own. When a series of strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton College, student Natalie (Alicia Witt) begins to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 6,792 members
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  • Prefontaine (1997)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  R. Lee Ermey,  Ed O'Neill
    Director: Steve James
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The true story of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine who had an extraordinary talent for running despite being born with one leg shorter than the other.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 43 members
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Jared Leto facts

5 most recent films

Mr. Nobody - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Mr. Nobody - 3.0 stars
Chapter 27 - 3.0 stars
Lonely Hearts - 3.0 stars
Lord of War - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fight Club - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The My So Called Life - Complete Series - 4.0 stars
Fight Club - 4.0 stars
Requiem for a Dream - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Thin Red Line - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cool and the Crazy - 1.5 stars
10 Hollywood Leading Men - 2.0 stars
Prefontaine - 3.0 stars
Black And White - 2.0 stars
Alexander - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

A.J. Langer - 6 times - show films
Claire Danes - 6 times - show films
Tom Irwin - 6 times - show films
Wilson Cruz - 6 times - show films
Lisa Wilhoit - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Fincher - 9 times - show films
Scott Winant - 6 times - show films
Andrew Niccol - 5 times - show films
Darren Aronofsky - 3 times - show films
J.P. Schaefer - 2 times - show films