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Also known as Bartholomew Cubbins

Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognized for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

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Jared Joseph Leto is an American television and film actor, as well as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bassist. Born in Bossier City in 1971, he is a member of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, which performs in genres including alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, and pop rock. His musical career has been associated with record labels such as Universal Music Group, EMI, Virgin Records, and Immortal Records. Leto speaks English and has a tenor voice.

He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the same award, as well as Golden Globes. His acting credits include the film Dallas Buyers Club. Leto has been educated at The University of the Arts, School of Visual Arts, and Corcoran School of the Arts & Design. He is a vegan and has a sibling named Shannon Leto. He has also used the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins.

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Jared Joseph Leto (/ˈlɛtoʊ/ LET-oh; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognized for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

After starting his career on the television series My So-Called Life (1994), Leto made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and gained critical attention for his performance in Prefontaine (1997). After supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club (1999), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and American Psycho (2000), he received praise for his lead role as a drug addict in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He then began to focus more on music, but returned to acting with Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009). His performance as a trans woman in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since starred in Suicide Squad (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Little Things (2021), and House of Gucci (2021).

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