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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the James Cameron-directed film 'Titanic.' From Leonardo DiCaprio to Kathy Bates, the cast of the Oscar-winning film have established successful careers in film, television and on stage.

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00:00When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you.

00:03This episode of The Hollywood Reporter News was brought to you by American Airlines,

00:07Hollywood's favorite airline.

00:08Twenty years ago, James Cameron broke our hearts as Jack Dawson slipped away into the

00:13icy water. And the memories still linger. Titanic ranks as the No. 2 highest-grossing

00:17film of all time, behind Cameron's Avatar with $2.2 billion at the worldwide box office

00:22and won 11 Oscars, which tied with Ben-Hur and Lord of the Rings' The Return of the

00:26King for the most wins ever.

00:28The film marked breakout roles for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet and also featured a

00:32cast of actors and actresses who were not only seasoned in their careers, but have gone on

00:36to appear in other successful films. As the movie celebrates its 20th anniversary,

00:40The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at what the cast has been up to since recreating the

00:43ship of dreams' ill-fated maiden voyage, from winning Academy Awards to starring on

00:48television shows to hitting the stage in theatrical productions.

00:51A 20-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio played leading man Jack Dawson in one of his early film roles.

00:56He's a third-class passenger, but first in the heart of rose to whip the cater.

00:59After Titanic — you may have heard about this — the actor went on to star in several

01:03blockbusters, including The Aviator, Inception, Shutter Island and Catch Me If You Can,

01:08and reunited with Winslet for 2008's Revolutionary Road. After earning five Oscar

01:13nominations throughout his career, DiCaprio won his first Academy Award for Best Actor

01:17for his 2015 film The Revenant. Although she'd already starred in British films such as Hamlet,

01:22Sense and Sensibility and Jude, the then-21-year-old Winslet's role as first-class rebel

01:27Rose de Whippecater could be considered her international breakout role. It also won her an

01:31Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2008, Winslet won another Best Actress Oscar for her

01:36performance in The Reader. She also later won another Academy Award for Revolutionary Road,

01:41where she and DiCaprio reunited. Most recently, the actress starred in the adaptation of

01:45The Mountain Between Us alongside Idris Elba. Billy Zane played Titanic villain Cal Hockley.

01:50Zane's role as Rose's wealthy, controlling fiancé was and continues to be one of the actor's

01:55most notable roles. The part earned him a nomination for Best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards

02:00as well as a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Zane was also nominated for a SAG Award for Titanic.

02:06Prior to playing the character, Zane had two screen roles in the 1985 film Back to the Future

02:10and the 1986 film Critters. Zane reprised his Back to the Future role in the second installment,

02:15released in 1989, and later portrayed Huey Warriner in the film Dead Calm, starring Nicole Kidman.

02:20Zane also has appeared in a variety of films that include The Believer alongside Ryan Gosling,

02:25which won the grand jury prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Zane also appeared on

02:30Broadway in Chicago, where he portrayed the character Billy Flynn. Although Winslet and DiCaprio

02:34were starring in their first big box office hit, Kathy Bates joined Titanic as a seasoned

02:39award-winning actress who began her career on stage. Bates was nominated for a Best Actress

02:44Tony for her role in the 1983 play Night Mother. A few years later, she won a Golden Globe

02:49and Oscar for Best Actress, thanks to her performance in the 1990 film Misery. After starring

02:54in Fry Green Tomatoes and Dolores Claiborne, Bates earned the role of Molly Brown in Titanic.

02:59Bates then played political adviser Libby Holden in the 1998 drama Primary Colors and received

03:04her second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Bates also has a long

03:09list of television roles that include The Stand, The Late Shift and Six Feet Under.

03:13Bates now stars in American Horror Story. Before landing the role of Rose's mom,

03:17Ruth, in Titanic, Frances Fisher began her career in theater and later starred in the ABC

03:22daytime soap The Edge of Night. Prior to playing Ruth, Fisher's breakout role was in the

03:26Academy Award-winning film Unforgiven, which starred and was directed by Clint Eastwood,

03:30her partner at the time. After Titanic, Fisher appeared in the 1999 film True Crime,

03:35Reuniting with Eastwood and in the 2003 Oscar-nominated film House of Sand and Fog.

03:40She's also appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer and The Roommate. Fisher recently appeared in an

03:44episode of Fargo. In Titanic, Bill Paxton played Brock Lovett, a treasure hunter who was

03:49actively searching for the heart of the ocean diamond necklace believed to be hidden somewhere

03:53in the sunken ship. Before Titanic, Paxton had both a film director and music career. In his earliest

03:59roles, Paxton appeared in James Cameron's films The Terminator and Aliens and in the 1985

04:04John Hughes film Weird Science. Paxton also worked with Cameron on the 1994 film True Lies.

04:10Following Titanic, Paxton slipped into the director's shoes for the 2001 feature film Frailty.

04:14He later had a starring role in the acclaimed HBO show Big Love that earned him three Golden Globe

04:19nominations. Paxton also landed an Emmy nomination for his role in the historical series.

04:23He additionally appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow. In 2016,

04:29Paxton starred in his final television role in the film-to-TV adaptation of Training Day.

04:33In February 2017, Paxton died at age 61 from complications of a heart surgery.

04:38For more updates on the cast of Titanic including Victor Garber who played Thomas Andrews,

04:42Jonathan Hyde aka Bruce Ismay and David Warner as the villainous Spicer Lovejoy, head to THR.com.

04:48And while you're there, you can take our 20th anniversary quiz to find out how much you really

04:52know about James Cameron's iconic film. But before you do that, head to the comments

04:57and tell us your favorite Titanic memory. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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