Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest Cinderella stories of our generation. From his humble beginnings on Growing Pains to his universally hated by all men role in Titanic. DiCaprio grew up and began to show off his formidable acting skills, making his presence known in the epic Scorsese film, The Departed. There is still one thing that has always bothered me about him, his inability to grow facial hair.

Facial hair is something we take very serious here at TCM. DiCaprio has been struggling with this his entire adult career. Never has it been more glaring than in the movie, Gangs Of New York. The movie takes place in the 1860’s when Civil War era facial hair was all the rage. It’s as if Scorsese gave everyone in the cast a month to grow out the most badass facial hair they could muster.  DiCaprio along side Daniel Day-Lewis looks down right embarrassing.

Things haven’t gone much better for Leo. Take The Departed for instance:

With Shutter Island just being released, many people have been wondering if he has finally reached the age appropriateness to finally grow the proper facial hair that is required for a man.  While I can tell you that the movie is in fact excellent (and not at all what the previews make it out to be) DiCaprio still comes up short in the facial hair department.

We know that great things lie ahead for this actor. But great facial hair? Only time will tell.