Trivia

Leto moved to Haiti when he was just 12 years old because his mother, Constance, was working with a medical charity. After the 2010 earthquake, he traveled back to Haiti to aid and assist the people. He also published a book filled with photos and experiences from his trip and donated all of the profits to Haitian charities.

He gained 62 lb for his latest role, playing Mark David Chapman, in El asesino de John Lennon (2007). Then lost the weight by going on an all-liquid diet consisting of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water. He lost 20 lb in 10 days.

While preparing for his role as a heroin addict in the movie Réquiem por un sueño (2000), Jared lost 28 pounds, starved himself and denied himself the pleasure of then-fiancée Cameron Diaz's bed for two months. Leto admits that playing the part of Harry Goldfarb was "sadomasochistic... the hardest thing I've done".

Leto holds two world records. He and his 30 Second to Mars band mates, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, were inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 for holding the longest consecutive concert tour, spanning over 300 shows over a two year period. Leto also has the highest documented score for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the SEGA Mega Drive.

Jean-Marc Vallée and Leto's co-star, Matthew McConaughey, both claim they never actually met Jared Leto until after filming wrapped on El club de los desahuciados (2013) because he was always in character.

Leto was the first person in his family to graduate high school.

He lost 35 pounds for his Oscar winning role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club.

He got the part of Rayon in El club de los desahuciados (2013) after a Skype call with director Jean-Marc Vallée. Leto took the call dressed as a woman and hit on Vallée for up to 25 minutes.

To prepare for the role of the Joker in Escuadrón Suicida (2016), Leto watched hours of real crime footage on YouTube until he couldn't watch anymore. His reasoning was to understand how calm and deliberate a criminal can be and he wanted to apply that to the character.

Grew up in a hippie community with his mother Constance Leto, step-father and brother Shannon Leto.

Leto gained over 20lbs of muscle as part of his physical transformation into the Joker for Escuadrón Suicida (2016).

Bartholomew Cubbins is his pseudonym with which he signs the videos/films he directs (including most of his band 30 Seconds to Mars's video clips starting with "The Kill").

Has been diagnosed with gout after undergoing dramatic weight loss. He packed on 62 pounds for his role in El asesino de John Lennon (2007). (agosto de 2006)

Is in a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars with his brother Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic. The band has four albums out; their self-titled debut album, their second album "A Beautiful Lie", their third "This is War" and their most recent "Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams".

Leto is also a successful tech investor with stakes in over 50 companies such as Airbnb, Nest, Reddit, Uber, Slack, Zenefits, Stripe, and Uber. He was an initial investor in Nest prior to Google's $3.2M acquisition. In addition to his investments, Leto also has 4 of his own startup companies including the online streaming platform, VyRT. He claims that investments could one day be more lucrative than the film and music industries, and credits his entrepreneurial skills to his experiences dealing with the music industry.

The makeup application for the Joker's tattoos and pale skin in Escuadrón Suicida (2016) required Leto to sit in the makeup chair for 4-5 hours each day.

Leto developed a severe case of a bronchial Staph infection (Staphylococcus Aureus) in 2011 while on tour with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars. The infection caused him to cough and have difficulty breathing for an entire year. Despite his illness, the band refused to cancel any show.

Even though Leto's band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, was in support of their album "Love Lust Faith + Dreams" in the wake of El club de los desahuciados (2013), his band mates (Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic ) never saw him in character as Rayon. Leto's explanation was that he thinks they would have felt uncomfortable because he was in character all the time. He did receive visits from his mother, Constance, while he was in character.

(2000-2002) Was engaged to Cameron Diaz.

His hobbies include snowboarding, skateboarding, hiking, writing songs, reading, and painting.

He stated in a June 2017 article with the Evening Standard that he doesn't feel the desire to have children because he's too busy and wouldn't be present enough.

He has English, Cajun (French), as well as Irish, German, Scottish, and distant Spanish, ancestry. "Leto" was the surname of Jared's stepfather/adoptive father.

He is the third actor to have won an Oscar and play the Joker in live-action. The first two are Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger.

While filming Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Leto never visually saw his costars or the film sets because his contact lenses completely obstructed his vision.

Leto officiated the wedding of his longtime friend, Emma Ludbrook, on February 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. Leto became ordained as a Universal Life minister so he could perform the ceremony for his former personal assistant and business partner.

Attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Prior to Escuadrón Suicida (2016), Leto's most financially successful film was La habitación del pánico (2002).

Leto purchased a 100,000 square foot former Air Force compound in Los Angeles to convert into a living space. It's complete with a swimming pool, gym, control tower, soundstage, screening rooms, and an actual guillotine. It's also the same location that's rumored to have been the location where the government shot the B-roll footage for the moon landing.

Leto's tattoos have all been given by legendary tattoo artist, Mark Mahoney. Mahoney also has tattooed Leto's brother, Shannon Leto and mostly tattooed the brothers inside their own homes, not in a tattoo shop.

He has two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage.

Leto utilizes a pseudonym when he directs short films and music videos. The Dr. Seuss inspired name, Bartholomew Cubbins, is utilized because he feels that having his real name attached as the director distracts the viewers.

Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (1997)

Leto listed his longtime home for sale in November 2016 for $1,999,999. The Hollywood Hills home, dubbed the "Mars Lab," served as both his home and recording studio for his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, since March 2006. The sale comes two years after Leto purchased the 1.7-acre Lookout Mountain Laboratory, a former military compound, in Los Angeles for $5 million.

Transfered from UARTS in Philly to School of Visual Arts in Manhattan to study Film and Video.

Leto previously had two domesticated pet wolves named Judas (d. 2007) and Sky (d. 2012).

In many of his movies, he is disfigured in some way. In Réquiem por un sueño (2000), his arm becomes infected and is amputated. In El club de la pelea (1999), his face is beaten beyond recognition. In La habitación del pánico (2002), he is badly burned. In Psicópata americano (2000), he is brutally murdered with an ax and, in Hombre peligroso (2005), he is shot several times in the chest.

All of Leto's tattoos are related to his band, 30 Seconds to Mars:

• The Latin phrase "Provehito In Altum" is tattooed across his right collar bone. The phrase serves as the band's motto and roughly translates into 'launch forth into the depth.'
• The Alchemy triangle symbol for air, also the band's "triad" logo, is tattooed on the exterior of both of his forearms.
• The red "glyph" symbol is tattooed on the inside of his right wrist.
• The Orbis Epsilon, a circle divided into two parts with four arrows shooting out, is a favorite shape of the band. Leto revealed the back tattoo after he hit 1 million Twitter followers.
• The Echelon "X" symbol, that is also part of his band's iconography, is tattooed on the inside of Leto's left forearm.
• He has large Roman arrows tattooed on the back of both calves.

He turned down a key role in La conquista del honor (2006) in order to commit his time to his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.

To prepare for his role as Harry in Réquiem por un sueño (2000), he lived on the streets of New York City with heroin junkies. While the real junkies were shooting up heroin, Leto would shoot up water to understand the feeling of how injecting yourself with a substance felt like.

The first actor to play The Joker in a film that wasn't centered around Batman.

Leto and his 30 Seconds to Mars band mates promote theme nights when they go on tour so their shows are never the same. Previous show themes include pirates, superheroes, zombies, anime, yuppies, neon colors, military, and sports. The members of the band dress up and encourage the audience members to show up in costume and bring props.

Was writer/director Joby Harold's first choice to play "Clayton Beresford", the male lead in 2007's Consciente (2007). He later backed out due to scheduling conflicts with his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and was replaced by Hayden Christensen.

He signed up for a 12-week acting course after he first moved to Los Angeles in the early 90s and barely showed up for it. He never went through any other acting classes or training.

He doesn't separate himself as a musician, actor, and artist. He considers himself a creative person as a whole and enjoys to work hard at whatever he is doing so he can share his work with others.

Leto's film debut was as a young man named Beck in Recuerdos de amores pasados (1995) alongside Winona Ryder and Ellen Burstyn. He later reunited with Ryder in Inocencia interrumpida (1999) and with Burstyn in Réquiem por un sueño (2000).

He sent gifts to fellow Escuadrón Suicida (2016) cast members including bullets, sex toys, a live rat to co-star Margot Robbie, and condoms that had been removed from the packaging.

Stated in an interview that his role as The Joker in Escuadrón Suicida (2016) was the "role of a lifetime".

Leto tore his labrum while performing a stunt for Escuadrón Suicida (2016).

"A Beautiful Lie" has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales over 1 million. (enero de 2007)

Leto's mother, Constance, sent him the property listing for his 50,000 sq.ft. former Air Force base homestead in Los Angeles. He thought she was crazy at first, but he quickly made an offer on the property after seeing it for himself. Leto finalized the purchase it in 2014.