Biography
Jared Leto is an American actor and musician. Born on 26 December 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana, he began his career with television roles in the early 1990s, including Jordan Catalano in the series My So-Called Life (1994). His film debut came in How to Make an American Quilt (1995).
Leto received acclaim for supporting roles in films such as The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and American Psycho (2000), and for his lead performance as Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club (2013). Other notable film credits include Panic Room (2002), Lord of War (2005), Mr. Nobody (2009), Suicide Squad (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Little Things (2021) and House of Gucci (2021). He has also appeared as the Hatbox Ghost in Haunted Mansion (2023), Ares in TRON: Ares (2025) and Skeletor in Masters of the Universe (2026).
Leto is the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for the band Thirty Seconds to Mars, which he formed with his brother Shannon Leto. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002.
