Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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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
Saturday Night Live
The Outer Limits
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Mindy Project
Murder, She Wrote
Teen Choice Awards
Star Wars: Visions
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Explained
Lip Sync Battle
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Poker Face
That '70s Show
Quantum Leap
Roseanne
L.A. Law
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
China Beach
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Family Ties
That's My Jam
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Once Upon a Studio
The Interview
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Beethoven
Amend: The Fight for America
Knives Out
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Dark Shadows
A River Runs Through It
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
The Powers That Be
The Dark Knight Rises
Angels in the Outfield
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Havoc
Lincoln
3rd Rock from the Sun
Wolfboy and The Everything Factory
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Flora and Son
Greedy People
10 Things I Hate About You
Comrade Detective
Stop-Loss
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sesame Street | 50th Anniversary Celebration!
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Killer Heat
Project Power
Inception
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
7500
Mr. Corman
Mysterious Skin
The Night Before
(500) Days of Summer
The Walk
Pinocchio
50/50
Super Pumped
Treasure Planet
Brick
Looper
Don Jon
Snowden
Premium Rush
Production Credits
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