Jared Joseph Leto, better known as Jared Leto, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and director. The actor is known to be a method actor and is extremely picky about his roles. Before stepping foot in the movie industry, Leto started his acting career in the early 1990s with television. It was his role in television series My So-Called Life in 1994 that gained his popularity and recognition. After a brief stint on television, Leto made his movie debut in 1995 with the movie How to Make an American Quilt. He has also been seen in several lead supporting roles, for which he has earned immense critical acclaim. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Award for the Best Supporting Award for his performance of a transgender in Dallas Buyers Club in 2013.
Apart from being an actor, Leta is also a singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and main songwriter for the American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars in 1998, which he founded with his brother Shannon Leto. The bands debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, released in 2002. However, the band only gained worldwide fame and popularity after the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie in 2005. As of 2013, the band released four music albums, all of which went on to become commercially successful and also won critical acclaim. The actor and musician also directed a documentary in 2012 titled Artifact.