Jared Leto

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Jared Leto

Birth name	Jared Joseph Leto
Born	December 26, 1971 (age 34) Bossier City, Louisiana
Height	5 ft 9½ in (177 cm)
Notable roles	My So-Called Life (1994) Prefontaine (1997) Urban Legend (1998) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Alexander (2004)

Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) (also known as Neil James) is an American actor and musician. His first major acting performance was as Jordan Catalano in the television series My So-Called Life. This led to a growing film career, including a critically-acclaimed portrayal of a drug addict in Requiem for a Dream. Additionally, Leto is the vocalist and guitarist of the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.

1 Family
2 Education
3 Music
4 Relationships
5 Trivia
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Family

Leto was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He has one older brother, Shannon Leto, 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 died after remarrying.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Education

Newton North High School - Graduated in 1989
Flint Hill Preparatory, Oakton, Virginia
Emerson Preparatory School, 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".

[edit] Music

Main article: 30 Seconds to Mars

Jared is the guitarist and vocalist of the band 30 Seconds to Mars (pictured at right with Leto in center), along with his brother, Shannon, on drums, Tomo Milicevic on guitar, and Matt Wachter on bass guitar.The band has two albums: 2002's self titled debut 30 Seconds to Mars (Also known as "Red Planet") and 2005's A Beautiful Lie. They began opening for other bands, and started their first ever headlining tour, Forever Night Never Day, in March of 2006. Their music video for "The Kill" has been a constant player on MTV's Elite 8 and T-Minus Rock and is also popular on many Fuse programs. "The Kill" also won the MTV2 Award in the 2006 VMA's. They also have a new video for "From Yesterday", which is 8 minutes long and the first American rock video ever shot in its entirety in the People's Republic of China.

[edit] Relationships

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Leto dated Scarlett Johansson from 2004-2005
Leto had a four year relationship with Cameron Diaz from 1998-2002.

[edit] Trivia

Leto was nominated as one of PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians.^[1]
Leto was twice chosen by People magazine as one of their 50 Most Beautiful People, in 1996 and 1997.^[2]
Leto quipped during an AOL Instant Messenger interview with Out Magazine's David Pener that he had an "exclusive", stating humorously that he was "gay as a goose". He later confirmed that he was joking.^[3]