Reza Beyk Imanverdi with his only daughter, Mandana

Soon after that, DiCaprio played small parts in The New Lassie and Roseanne. It didn’t take long for the Academy Award winner to gain attention from these television performances, and DiCaprio was cast in his first film in 1991 - Critters 3. Robert De Niro then picked him for the starring role in This Boy’s Life the following year.