Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Acting
- February 17, 1981 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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, he 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, he 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 the comedy drama series Mr. Corman on Apple TV+.
Known for
Filmography
- Pendulum · Patrick
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery · Baseball Announcer (Voice)
- Paradise Records · The Negotiator
- An SNL Thanksgiving · (archive footage)
- Killer Heat · Nick Bali
- Greedy People · Terry
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F · Detective Bobby Abbott
- Once Upon a Studio · Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
- Flora and Son · Jeff
- Poker Face · Trey Nelson
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Hourly Dong (Voice)
- Pinocchio · Jiminy Cricket (Voice)
- A Forest Haunt · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber · Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber · Travis 'TK' Kalanick
- That's My Jam · Self
- Last Meals · Self
- Wolfboy and the Everything Factory · Luxcraft (Voice), Executive producer
- Mr. Corman · Josh Corman, Executive producer
- Amend: The Fight for America · Self
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 · Richard Schultz
- Project Power · Frank
- Dear Class of 2020 · Self
- Create Together · Self, Creator
- 7500 · Tobias Ellis
- Knives Out · Detective Hardrock (Voice)
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration · Self
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Band Together with Logic · Self, Director
- Endgame · Guard
- Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis · Self
- Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction · Self
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi · Slowen Lo (Voice)
- Drop the Mic · Self
- Comrade Detective · Iosif Baciu (Voice)
- Snowden · Edward Snowden
- Straight Outta OZ
- The Night Before · Ethan
- The Walk · Philippe Petit
- The Muppets · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- The Interview · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For · Johnny
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Sleep Cycle · Director
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Self, Executive producer
- One Song · Producer
- Vinegar · Vinny (Voice)
- Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular · Self
- Don Jon · Jon Martello, Jr., Director
- Lincoln: An American Journey · Self
- Django Unchained · Thanks
- Ending the Knight · Self
- Lincoln · Robert Lincoln
- Looper · Joe, Executive producer
- The Mindy Project · Matt Sherman
- The Blue Dildo · Writer, Director
- Premium Rush · Wilee
- The Dark Knight Rises · Blake
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- 50/50 · Adam Lerner
- Elektra Luxx · Bert Rodriguez
- Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious · Self
- Conan · Self
- Inception · Arthur
- Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo · Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director
- Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny · Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director
- Hesher · Hesher
- Uncertainty · Bobby
- Women in Trouble · Bert Rodriguez