Leonardo DiCaprio's Titanic heart! Oscar-winner has pulled off a string of good deeds including funding a well in Africa, saving 100 whales from a Russian jail and rescuing a man lost at SEA

Leonardo DiCaprio is known as one of the most iconic actors of all time - finally picking up an Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant. Leonardo DiCaprio is known as one of the most iconic actors of all time - finally picking up an Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant - but the star has also won plaudits for his many good deeds DiCaprio established The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 aged 24 with the mission of bringing attention and funding to the protection of biodiversity, ocean and forest conservation and climate change LEO TO THE RESCUE! Leo's character Jack Dawson famously did not survive the sinking of the Titanic in James Cameron's blockbuster movie - but in real life, the star was hailed for his part in rescuing a man from drowning while on his Caribbean vacation in 2020 A source confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Hollywood star, then 45, was on board a boat off the island of St. Barts that successfully located the man after he'd spent 11 hours treading water and pulled him to safety STAR FUNDS WELL IN AFRICAN VILLAGE DiCaprio's Blood Diamond director Edward Zwick revealed in his new memoir Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood that the star had donated money to fund a well in a village where they had filmed Zwick said he learned DiCaprio had 'quietly donated the funds to leave a place in better shape than when they arrived'. The movie was filmed in Mozambique and Cape Town, South Africa - pictured in the film with co-star Djimon Hounsou DiCaprio's Blood Diamond director Edward Zwick revealed in his new memoir Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood that the star had donated money to fund a well in a village where they had filmed. Let’s keep up the momentum and ensure that these whales are released back into the wild where they belong' Russian president Vladimir Putin then demanded the swift release of 11 orcas and 87 beluga whales In 2016 - shortly after winning his Oscar the actor jetted to Indonesia to raise awareness about conservation of critically endangered Sumatran elephants In 2019 the actor backed a campaign to release around 100 sea mammals from a 'whale jail' in the Primorsky region of Russia.