Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1981 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- 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+.
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Filmography
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Movie
White Night
Movie · as James Jones
Seductive Poison
TV · 1 ep
Pendulum
Movie · as Patrick
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Baseball Announcer (voice)
Paradise Records
Movie · as The Negotiator
Killer Heat
Movie · as Nick Bali
Greedy People
Movie · as Terry
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Movie · as Detective Bobby Abbott
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie · as (archive footage)
Once Upon a Studio
Movie · as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
Flora and Son
Movie · as Jeff
Poker Face
TV · as Trey Nelson · 1 ep
A Forest Haunt
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Hourly Dong (voice)
Pinocchio
Movie · as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Movie · as Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
TV · as Travis 'TK' Kalanick · 7 eps
Mr. Corman
TV · as Josh Corman · 10 eps
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
TV · as Luxcraft (voice) · 20 eps
That's My Jam
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Amend: The Fight for America
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Last Meals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie · as Richard Schultz
Project Power
Movie · as Frank
Dear Class of 2020
Movie · as Self
Create Together
TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps
7500
Movie · as Tobias Ellis
Band Together with Logic
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self - Host
Knives Out
Movie · as Detective Hardrock (voice)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Movie · as Self - Host
Endgame
Movie · as Guard
Explained
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie · as Slowen Lo (voice)
Comrade Detective
TV · as Iosif Baciu (voice) · 6 eps
Drop the Mic
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Straight Outta OZ
Movie
Snowden
Movie · as Edward Snowden
The Walk
Movie · as Philippe Petit
The Night Before
Movie · as Ethan
The Muppets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie · as Johnny
The Interview
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Movie
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Don Jon
Movie · as Jon Martello, Jr.
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
Movie · as Self
Vinegar
Movie · as Vinny (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as Blake
Premium Rush
Movie · as Wilee
Lincoln
Movie · as Robert Lincoln
Looper
Movie · as Joe
Ending the Knight
Movie · as Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mindy Project
TV · as Matt Sherman · 1 ep
50/50
Movie · as Adam Lerner
Elektra Luxx
Movie · as Bert Rodriguez
Inception
Movie · as Arthur
Hesher
Movie · as Hesher
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Movie · as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Movie · as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Women in Trouble
Movie · as Bert Rodriguez
Uncertainty
Movie · as Bobby
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Movie · as The Doctor / Rex
(500) Days of Summer
Movie · as Tom
The Brothers Bloom
Movie · as Bar Patron
Stop-Loss
Movie · as Tommy Burgess
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as Tim Boyle
Killshot
Movie · as Richie Nix
Big Breaks
Movie · as Todd Sterling
The Lookout
Movie · as Chris Pratt
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brick
Movie · as Brendan Frye
Escargots
Movie
Building Brick
Movie · as Self
Mysterious Skin
Movie · as Neil McCormick
Shadowboxer
Movie · as Dr. Don
Havoc
Movie · as Sam
Numb3rs
TV · as Scott Reynolds · 1 ep
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Latter Days
Movie · as Elder Paul Ryder
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Treasure Planet
Movie · as Jim Hawkins (voice)
Manic
Movie · as Lyle
Nudes in the News
TV · as Tommy Solomon (archive footage) · 1 ep
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie · as Flaco
Forever Lulu
Movie · as Martin Ellsworth
Click
TV · as Self · 1 ep
10 Things I Hate About You
Movie · as Cameron James
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Movie · as Jimmy
Sweet Jane
Movie · as Tony
Unmasking the Horror
Movie · as Self
That '70s Show
TV · as Buddy · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Juror
Movie · as Oliver
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV · as Tommy Solomon · 139 eps
The Great Elephant Escape
Movie · as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
The Outer Limits
TV · as Zach Henniger, Teenage Boy · 1 ep
Holy Matrimony
Movie · as Zeke
Angels in the Outfield
Movie · as Roger
The Road Killers
Movie · as Rich
Gregory K
Movie · as Gregory Kingsley
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Zack Lawson · 1 ep
A River Runs Through It
Movie · as Young Norman
Beethoven
Movie · as Student #1
The Powers That Be
TV · as Pierce Van Horne · 20 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self / Presenter · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Plymouth
Movie · as Simon
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Movie · as Josh Stadler
Changes
Movie · as Matt Hallam
Dark Shadows
TV · as Daniel Collins, David Collins / Daniel Collins
Quantum Leap
TV · as Kyle · 1 ep
Stranger on My Land
Movie · as Rounder
China Beach
TV · 1 ep
Roseanne
TV · as George · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
L.A. Law
TV · as Ricky Berg · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Boy #1 · 1 ep
Family Ties
TV · as Dougie · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Sesame Street
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep