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

Johnny

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Zeke

Holy Matrimony

Wingmen

Nobody Nothing Nowhere

Cameron James

10 Things I Hate About You

Neil McCormick

Mysterious Skin

Jimmy Howell

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Roger

Angels in the Outfield

Chris Pratt

The Lookout

Bert Rodriguez

Women in Trouble

Tommy Burgess

Stop-Loss

Jim Hawkins (voice)

Treasure Planet

Tim Boyle

Miracle at St. Anna

Brendan

Brick

Oliver Laird

The Juror

Arthur

Inception

Dr. Don

Shadowboxer

Adam Lerner

50/50

Bobby

Uncertainty

Sam

Havoc

The Doctor / Rex

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Lyle

Manic

Elder Paul Ryder

Latter Days

Hesher

Hesher

Richie Nix

Killshot

Blake

The Dark Knight Rises

Wilee

Premium Rush

Tom

(500) Days of Summer

Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator

Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo

Robert Lincoln

Lincoln

James Jones

White Night

Bert Rodriguez

Elektra Luxx

Joe

Looper

Nick Bali

Killer Heat

Simon

Plymouth

Rich

The Road Killers

Jon Martello, Jr.

Don Jon

Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator

Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny

Tony

Sweet Jane

Escargots

Terry

Greedy People

Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ

Gregory K

Narrator (voice)

A Forest Haunt

Todd Sterling

Big Breaks

Self

Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular

Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)

Once Upon a Studio

Flaco

Picking Up the Pieces

Philippe Petit

The Walk

Ethan

The Night Before

Detective Bobby Abbott

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Young Norman

A River Runs Through It

Self

Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious

Self - Host

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

Jeff

Flora and Son

Hourly Dong (voice)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Josh Stadler

Hi Honey - I'm Dead

Straight Outta OZ

Edward Snowden

Snowden

Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham

The Great Elephant Escape

Self (uncredited)

The Interview

Matt Hallam

Changes

Rounder

Stranger on My Land

Slowen Lo (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Bar Patron

The Brothers Bloom

Tobias Ellis

7500

Student #1

Beethoven

Richard Schultz

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Self

Band Together with Logic

Frank

Project Power

Building Brick

Martin Ellsworth

Forever Lulu

Self - Host

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Detective Hardrock (voice)

Knives Out

Self

Ending the Knight

Self

Lincoln: An American Journey

Self

Dear Class of 2020

Vinny

Vinegar

Jiminy Cricket (voice)

Pinocchio

Patrick

Pendulum

Paradise Records

Baseball Announcer (voice)

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

K Troop