Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in 500 Days of Summer (2009) and 50/50 (2011). He is the founder of the online media platform HitRecord whose projects such as HitRecord on TV (2014–15) and Create Together (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding In...
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in 500 Days of Summer (2009) and 50/50 (2011). He is the founder of the online media platform HitRecord whose projects such as HitRecord on TV (2014–15) and Create Together (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Interactive Program.
Born in Los Angeles to a Jewish family, Gordon-Levitt began his acting career as a child, appearing in the films A River Runs Through It (1992), Holy Matrimony (1994), and Angels in the Outfield (1994), which earned him a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award nomination. He played the role of Tommy Solomon in the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) for which he received three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. He had a supporting role in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and voiced Jim Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002) before taking a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to resume his acting career.
Since returning to acting, Gordon-Levitt has starred in Manic (2001), Mysterious Skin (2004), Brick (2005), The Lookout (2007), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Inception (2010), Hesher (2010), Premium Rush (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Looper (2012), and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk (2015) and whistleblower Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film Snowden (2016). In 2020, he starred in the legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
In 2013, he wrote and directed Don Jon, a comedy-drama film that was released to critical acclaim, earning him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay. He previously directed and edited two short films, both of which were released in 2010: Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny and Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo. In 2021, he wrote, directed and starred in a comedy drama series Mr. Corman on Apple TV+.
Movies (Cast)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Inception
Knives Out
The Dark Knight Rises
10 Things I Hate About You
Pinocchio
Treasure Planet
Don Jon
(500) Days of Summer
Hesher
Havoc
Brick
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Uncertainty
Killshot
The Juror
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Greedy People
Lincoln
A River Runs Through It
The Lookout
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Project Power
Forever Lulu
The Night Before
Latter Days
Shadowboxer
Once Upon a Studio
Changes
The Interview
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
7500
Women in Trouble
Elektra Luxx
Premium Rush
Sweet Jane
Snowden
The Brothers Bloom
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Looper
Angels in the Outfield
Picking Up the Pieces
50/50
Big Breaks
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Miracle at St. Anna
Manic
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Flora and Son
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Gregory K
Mysterious Skin
Beethoven
Plymouth
Straight Outta OZ
The Road Killers
Killer Heat
Paradise Records
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
The Walk
Stop-Loss
Holy Matrimony
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Stranger on My Land
The Great Elephant Escape
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo