Jared Leto

Jared Leto
Leto at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1971-12-26) December 26, 1971 (age 45) Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Bartholomew Cubbins Angakok Panipaq
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts
Occupation	Actor singer-songwriter director
Family	Shannon Leto (brother)
Website	jaredleto.com
Musical career
Genres	Alternative rock
Instruments	Vocals guitars bass guitar piano keyboards
Labels	Universal Virgin EMI Immortal
Associated acts	Thirty Seconds to Mars

Jared Joseph Leto (/ˈlɛtoʊ/; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and director. After starting his career with television appearances in the early 1990s, Leto achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My So-Called Life (1994). He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine (1997). Leto played supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club (1999) and American Psycho (2000), as well as the lead role in Urban Legend (1998), and earned critical acclaim after portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He later began focusing increasingly on his music career, returning to acting with Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009). In 2012, he directed the documentary film Artifact. In 2016, he played the DC Comics supervillain Joker in the DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad.