Berlin - Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio was to receive Monday the Cinema for Peace award for his efforts in promoting peace and tolerance in the international movie business.

One of Hollywood's most prominent activists in the fight against global climate change, 34-year-old DiCaprio is to receive the award at a gala ceremony in Berlin.

In 2007 DiCaprio produced and narrated a documentary The 11th Hour about the threats to the environment. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

He has also taken various steps to highlight the risks to the environment and is planning to develop an eco-friendly resort in Belize in Central America.

DiCaprio shot to stardom in 1997 following his role as Jack Dawson in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

Los Angeles-born DiCaprio has played in a string of movies including Romeo and Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, Blood Diamonds as well as Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed and Body of Lies.

More recently he was reunited with his co-star from Titanic, British actress Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road about tensions in married life in 1950s suburban America.

Held as a parallel event to the Berlinale, the Cinema for Peace award has been previously given Catherine Deneuve, Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Liza Minnelli and Sir Peter Ustinov, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere and Milla Jovovich. (dpa)