Leonardo DiCaprio makes a rare appearance with his father George, 82, as they head to a private party in Beverly Hills

Leonardo DiCaprio made a rare public appearance with his father, George, as they headed to a private party in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night. 

The American actor, 51, and his father, 82, walked side-by-side as they arrived at swanky Italian restaurant Funke for the party, which was also attended by the likes of Al Pacino, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Kevin Costner. 

For the outing, Leonardo cut a casual figure wearing a dark blue denim jacket, a black zip-up jacket, and blue denim jeans. 

Attempting to go incognito, the Oscar-winning actor sported a black Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap. 

Meanwhile, his father, George, cut a smart figure in a blue jacket teamed with grey tailored trousers. 

Completing his look with black leather shoes, the American comic book author strolled alongside his son before making their way into the party. 

Leonardo's last public outing with his father was several months ago, as they attended a bash in Los Angeles to celebrate his latest movie, One Battle After Another. 

They were also joined by Leonardo's step-mother, Peggy Farrar, who was all smiles as she proudly posed alongside her step-son and husband at the bash.  

The event was hosted by Hollywood exec Mike Medavoy and his wife Irene, along with Pam Abdy and Warner Bros' co-chairman and CEO Mike De Luca.

Star-studded attendees also included Al Pacino and Baz Luhrmann, but it was DiCaprio's folks who were the guests of honour.

Leonardo has long maintained a very close relationship with his father, who separated from the actor's mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, shortly after he was born and married Peggy two decades later in 1995.

Leonardo's father struggled financially during the actor's early childhood and found work as an installer of asbestos and fireproof roofing before launching a waterbed business called Foggy Bottom.

The elder DiCaprio also enjoyed a career in Hollywood as a comic writer, editor and distributor while helping to steer his son's career in the early days.

The actor's father had a small role in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1970s-set coming-of-age comedy Licorice Pizza inspired by his past career as a waterbed salesman.

Ever the generous son, Leonardo often includes his father and stepmum in his travels, including a luxurious holiday in Naples on the Amalfi Coast in June 2023, where they were seen dining al fresco at the world-famous restaurant Lo Scoglio da Tommaso.

Meanwhile, Leonardo's mother, Irmelin, raised him as a single parent in Los Angeles, and credits the success of his acting career with the enduring love she gave him during his childhood. 

He told Access Hollywood in 2014 that her support after he'd announced, at the age of 12, that he wanted to act was unwavering. He said: 'She’s the only reason I’m able to do what I do.' 

Irmelin was also fiercely protective of her son in the early years of his fame, often putting herself between him and camera-wielding paparazzi. 

After her own traumatic early years - she was born in Germany in an air raid shelter in 1943 as the Second World War raged across Europe, Irmelin was determined that her son would have a better upbringing. 

In 1998, her mother, Helene Indenbirken, told the German magazine Hellweger Anzeiger that being born in the tiny village of Oer-Erkenschwick, just north of Dortmund, saw the family endure 'hard times', circumstances that would eventually see them flee to the US, but not until the war had been over for a decade. 

Irmelin was raised as a teenager in a German community in New York. Her parents would eventually return to their roots three decades later, in 1985. 

After training to be a legal secretary, Leonardo's mother met his father, George, who sold comic books, in her twenties. 

The couple reportedly picked their future son's name while on holiday in Florence, after browsing the city's famous masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci.