Jared Leto Overview

Jared Leto always knew he wanted to work in a creative field. Born in Bossier City, Louisiana, he showed an enterprising and self-reliant streak from an early age. At 12, he took his first job, washing dishes at a barbecue stand in Virginia. He became a doorman at the age of 16. Ultimately, he enrolled at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study painting before transferring to the School of Visual Arts in New York. He moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1992 to pursue a career in... See All