1992: Jared Leto made his acting debut as a shirtless hunk in an episode of a short-lived ABC sitcom called “Camp Wilder.”
1993: Leto played another hunk, this time fully clothed, in another short-lived sitcom, “Almost Home.”
1994: Leto jumped from television guest star to TV movie star when he played Alicia Silverstone‘s unhappily married husband in “The Cool and the Crazy.”
1995: Leto began making a name for himself after playing Claire Danes‘ high school crush, Jordan Catalano, in short-lived, yet critically-acclaimed drama “My So-Called Life,” which aired for just one season on ABC.
1995: Leto made the leap to the big screen with a small role in ensemble drama, “How to Make an American Quilt.”
1996: Jared Leto‘s first leading role on film was in small coming-of-age drama “The Last of the High Kings,” which takes place in Dublin, Ireland during the summer of 1977.
1997: Jared Leto and a finely-groomed mustache made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival when “Prefontaine,” a biographical film about American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine, premiered to praise. Unfortunately, the movie failed to make a dent at the box office.
1998: Leto put on period attire and put his British accent to the test when he led the cast of “Basil,” a historical drama centering on a lonely, young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggling to meet the approval of his overbearing father.
1998: Fans of the slasher horror genre should remember Leto playing an aspiring journalist who helps another college student discover who is behind the dramatic murders of their friends in “Urban Legend.”
1999: Leto continued to ditch his pretty-boy appearance when he covered his face in scruffy facial hair for a role in psychological drama “Girl, Interrupted,” in which he played Winona Ryder‘s ex-boyfriend who was facing the Vietnam draft.
2002: Jared Leto was recruited by “Fight Club” director David Fincher to corn-row his hair and star in “Panic Room” as one of three criminals after $3 million in bearer bonds hidden in the titular room where Jodie Foster and her young daughter are hiding.
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