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In this little-seen sci-fi film (not released in the States until 2013), Leto plays a 118-year-old man named Nemo who reminisces about alternate lives he could have led had he made different choices. Unrecognizable as the old man, the actor's storyline cuts back to Nemo as both a young boy and his 34-year-old self, where […]

Leto has earned rave reviews for his portrayal of Rayon, an HIV-positive, trans-woman struggling with addiction—his first major role in several years, after taking time off to focus on his band 30 Seconds to Mars. He immersed himself in the role, remaining in character throughout the 25-day shoot, waxing his entire body and losing 30 […]

Leto suffered from gout after gaining close to 70 pounds to play Mark David Chapman, the deranged fan who killed John Lennon, in this biopic that co-starred Lindsay Lohan. In order to quickly balloon up for the role, the actor ate pints of microwaved Häagen-Dazs ice cream mixed with soy sauce and olive oil. To […]

In one of his more mainstream film choices, Leto plays a corn-rowed robber whose face gets badly burned while trying to lure his victims, played by Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart, out of a panic room in a New York City brownstone that houses million-dollar bonds. As if disfiguring him with a fireball wasn't enough, […]

On the surface of this psychological drama directed by Darren Aronofsky, Leto looks like Leto. Until, that is, he devolves into an emaciated drug addict who ultimately needs to have his rotting heroin arm amputated. After starring in such unmemorable films as Switchback and Urban Legend, and having bit parts in The Thin Red Line […]

"I felt like destroying something beautiful." That was the reason behind Leto's character Angel Face getting his handsome features pulverized into oblivion during an ultra-violent brawl with Edward Norton's split personality, insomniac office worker-turned-cult leader. The savage beating left a toothless Leto writhing on a basement floor in a pool of blood and grotesquely deformed […]

In his first high-profile role after playing dreamy d-bag Jordan Catalano on My So-Called Life, Leto transformed into Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine, complete with bleach-blond hair, mutton chops and a '70s-era 'stache. While it may seem subtle now, it was an unexpected choice at the time, considering high school- and college-aged girls were still ripping […]