IMDb 25: Look at 25 Top Stars Then and Now1 of 50
Toward the end of the 1980s, Leonardo DiCaprio was working steadily in TV (including the short-lived "Parenthood") and beginning to appear on the big screen (inauspicious roles in Poison Ivy and Critters 3.) Then along came What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which minted Johnny Depp's movie-star status and put DiCaprio's career into motion.