Ip man history biography of leonardo dicaprio

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The former child star who grew from a teen heartthrob in one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, to one of the most talented and bankable actors of his generation, has been nominated for five Academy Awards as an actor and producer, and won his third Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the drama, "The Revenant."

By senior producer David Morgan

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film "The Revenant," directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It is based on Michael Punke's novel inspired by a true-life tale of a frontiersman's fight to survive in the early 19th century American wilderness.

DiCaprio told CBS News' Charlie Rose it was one of the toughest films he's ever made. "There for nine months in sub-zero temperatures in Calgary, real locations, far-off locations, we looked at this as a grand sort of artistic experiment," DiCaprio said. "We rehearsed meticulously all day long with (cinematographer) Chivo Lubezki and Alejandro to pull off some very crucial and hard-to-do shots. And then we'd have an hour-and-a-half of natural light and it became like live theater at the end of the day, this frenetic pace and intensity that we needed to keep up with."

The actor described it as a "chapter of my life" rather than a "film commitment."

"This Boy's Life"

As a child actor growing up Los Angeles, Leonardo DiCaprio appeared in the TV series "The New Lassie," "The Outsiders," "Rosanne" and the soap opera "Santa Barbara." He also played Garry Buckman in the series, "Parenthood."

"Critters 3"

He made his film debut in the direct-to-video sci-fi flick "Critters 3" (), about hungry, toothsome creatures from outer space.

"This Boy's Life"

Leonardo DiCaprio's first major film role was in "This Boy's Life" (), starring Ellen Barkin and Robert De Niro.

"I'd never seen a set that serious before," DiCaprio told CBS "Sunday Morning"'s Lee Cowan. "I'd come from, you know, television shows and commercials. But once

Although Yen has played many kung fu heroes in his long career, his performance in Ip Man 3 is widely regarded by critics as his most classical role on the big screen.

"Ip Man subverts the audiences' stereotyped impression of an action hero," says Yen.

"He is suave, self-restrained, and pretty respectful of his wife, which makes him a more acceptable hero for present-day audiences," he says.(China was still a pretty chauvinistic society back in Ip's day.)

Interestingly, Yen says he found the role of Ip Man "closely resembling" himself in real life.

For instance, Yen's wife is taller than him. And the director Wilson Yip selected model-actress Xiong Dailin, who is also taller than Yen, to play his wife in the movie.

"In some senses, the 'Ip Man' featured in the series is the real me," says the action star, referring to some personality traits, such as taking family as a higher priority than his career.

The real Ip Man (), also known as Yip Man, was a Guangdong-born martial arts master who spent his later years teaching Wing Chun skills in Hong Kong.

Wing Chun is a concept-based martial arts system and an effective form of self-defense devised in southern China during the Qing Dynasty ().

Thanks to Ip's world-renowned student Bruce Lee, Wing Chun made a global impact, and has ardent fans in a number of countries including the United States, Finland, Germany, Turkey and Austria.

Yen, who began to learn martial arts at 4, says kung fu movies over the years have turned learning martial arts into a "lifestyle" and a kind of "fashion" for many foreigners.