Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 17, 1981
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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, 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+.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Paradise Records | |
| 2024 | Killer Heat | Nick Bali |
| 2024 | Greedy People | Terry |
| 2024 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Detective Bobby Abbott |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Flora and Son | Jeff |
| 2022 | A Forest Haunt | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Hourly Dong (voice) |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Richard Schultz |
| 2020 | Project Power | Frank |
| 2020 | Dear Class of 2020 | Self |
| 2019 | 7500 | Tobias Ellis |
| 2019 | Band Together with Logic | Self |
| 2019 | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self - Host |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Detective Hardrock (voice) |
| 2018 | Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Self - Host |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Slowen Lo (voice) |
| 2016 | Straight Outta OZ | |
| 2016 | Snowden | Edward Snowden |
| 2015 | The Walk | Philippe Petit |
| 2015 | The Night Before | Ethan |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Johnny |
| 2014 | The Interview | Self (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Don Jon | Jon Martello, Jr. |
| 2013 | Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular | Self |
| 2013 | Lincoln: An American Journey | Self |
| 2013 | Vinegar | Vinny |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Blake |
| 2012 | Premium Rush | Wilee |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Robert Lincoln |
| 2012 | Looper | Joe |
| 2012 | Ending the Knight | Self |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Adam Lerner |
| 2011 | Elektra Luxx | Bert Rodriguez |
| 2010 | Inception | Arthur |
| 2010 | Hesher | Hesher |
| 2010 | Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo | Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator |
| 2010 | Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny | Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator |
| 2010 | Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious | Self |
| 2009 | Women in Trouble | Bert Rodriguez |
| 2009 | Uncertainty | Bobby |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | The Doctor / Rex |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Tom |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Tommy Burgess |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Tim Boyle |
| 2008 | Killshot | Richie Nix |
| 2008 | Big Breaks | Todd Sterling |
| 2008 | The Brothers Bloom | Bar Patron |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Chris Pratt |
| 2006 | Brick | Brendan |
| 2006 | Escargots | |
| 2006 | Building Brick | |
| 2005 | Mysterious Skin | Neil McCormick |
| 2005 | Shadowboxer | Dr. Don |
| 2005 | Havoc | Sam |
| 2004 | Latter Days | Elder Paul Ryder |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Jim Hawkins (voice) |
| 2001 | Manic | Lyle |
| 2000 | Picking Up the Pieces | Flaco |
| 2000 | Forever Lulu | Martin Ellsworth |
| 1999 | 10 Things I Hate About You | Cameron James |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Jimmy Howell |
| 1998 | Sweet Jane | Tony |
| 1996 | The Juror | Oliver Laird |
| 1995 | The Great Elephant Escape | Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Zeke |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Roger |
| 1994 | The Road Killers | Rich |
| 1993 | Gregory K | Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It | Young Norman |
| 1992 | Beethoven | Student #1 |
| 1991 | Plymouth | Simon |
| 1991 | Hi Honey - I'm Dead | Josh Stadler |
| 1991 | Changes | Matt Hallam |
| 1988 | Stranger on My Land | Rounder |
| Wingmen | ||
| Nobody Nothing Nowhere | ||
| White Night | James Jones | |
| Pendulum | Patrick |