The early career DiCaprio's career began with his appearance in several commercials and educational films. He got recognition on television in 1990, when he appeared in the brief series based on the film Parenthood. In the study, he found another child actor, Tobey Maguire, quickly became friends and agreed to help each other find roles in television and film. After Parenthood, Leonardo had small roles in several shows, including The New Lassie and Roseanne, as well as a brief stint on the soap Santa Barbara, playing Young Mason Capwell. His first film role was in Critters 3, a ribbon of low-budget horror that went straight to video. Soon after, in 1991, appellant became a member of the cast of the hit ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless child that is welcomed by the Seavers.The success came in 1992 when she landed the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life, co-starring Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin. His performance as the troubled teenager who is harassed by De Niro, was well received by critics. Later, in 1993, served as the mentally disabled brother of Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape . His performance earned him nominations for Academy Awards and Golden Globe for best supporting actor. 1995 was a turbulent year for DiCaprio. That year, he appeared in four films, first Quick and the Dead, starring Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe, where he played the son of the villain, played by Gene Hackman. After Quick and the Dead, he starred in Total Eclipse, a fictionalized account of the homosexual relationship between Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud. The actor River Phoenix was originally chosen as Rimbaud, but died before production.Between 1995 and 1996 was filmed in black and white drama Don's Plum, low-budget independent film starring Leonardo and several of his friends (including Tobey Maguire). DiCaprio and Maguire tried to prevent its release, arguing that it did not intend to release it in the cinema. However, the film premiered in Berlin in 2001. Also in 1995, starred as Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries, a story about drug addiction and vices in a group of youth basketball. In 1996 Baz Luhrmann film, Romeo Juliet, Leonardo featured as the male lead and was one of the first films to give the status of "movie star", raising a total box office of 147 million. Sonja Kohn Later that year he starred in the blood that unites us, along with Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.