Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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
Credits
- 2024 · Killer Heat as Nick Bali
- 2024 · Greedy People as Terry
- 2024 · Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Detective Bobby Abbott
- 2023 · Once Upon a Studio as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage)
- 2023 · Flora and Son as Jeff
- 2023 · Poker Face as Trey Nelson
- 2022 · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Hourly Dong (voice)
- 2022 · Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
- 2022 · A Forest Haunt as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Travis 'TK' Kalanick
- 2021 · That's My Jam as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Wolfboy and The Everything Factory as Luxcraft (voice)
- 2021 · Star Wars: Visions as Self
- 2021 · Mr. Corman as Josh Corman
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2020 · The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Richard Schultz
- 2020 · Project Power as Frank
- 2020 · Dear Class of 2020 as Self
- 2020 · Create Together as Self - Host
- 2019 · 7500 as Tobias Ellis
- 2019 · Knives Out as Detective Hardrock (voice)
- 2019 · Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self - Host
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Band Together with Logic as Self
- 2018 · Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis as Self - Host
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2017 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Slowen Lo (voice)
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self
- 2017 · Comrade Detective as Iosif Baciu (voice)
- 2016 · Snowden as Edward Snowden
- 2016 · Straight Outta OZ as
- 2015 · The Night Before as Ethan
- 2015 · The Walk as Philippe Petit
- 2015 · The Muppets as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · The Interview as Joseph Gordon-Levitt (uncredited)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Johnny
- 2014 · Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Self - Host
- 2013 · Vinegar as Vinny
- 2013 · Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular as Self
- 2013 · Don Jon as Jon Martello, Jr.
- 2013 · Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2012 · Ending the Knight as Self
- 2012 · Lincoln as Robert Lincoln
- 2012 · Looper as Joe
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Matt Sherman
- 2012 · Premium Rush as Wilee
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Blake
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2011 · 50/50 as Adam Lerner
- 2011 · Elektra Luxx as Bert Rodriguez
- 2010 · Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Inception as Arthur
- 2010 · Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
- 2010 · Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
- 2010 · Hesher as Hesher
- 2009 · Uncertainty as Bobby
- 2009 · Women in Trouble as Bert Rodriguez
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as The Doctor / Rex
- 2009 · (500) Days of Summer as Tom
- 2008 · Big Breaks as Todd Sterling
- 2008 · Killshot as Richie Nix
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Tim Boyle
- 2008 · The Brothers Bloom as Bar Patron
- 2008 · Stop-Loss as Tommy Burgess
- 2007 · The Lookout as Chris Pratt
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Building Brick as
- 2006 · Shadowboxer as Dr. Don
- 2006 · Brick as Brendan
- 2006 · Escargots as
- 2005 · Havoc as Sam
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Mysterious Skin as Neil McCormick
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Scott Reynolds
- 2004 · Latter Days as Elder Paul Ryder
- 2002 · Treasure Planet as Jim Hawkins (voice)
- 2002 · Nudes in the News as Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
- 2001 · Manic as Lyle
- 2000 · Forever Lulu as Martin Ellsworth
- 2000 · Picking Up the Pieces as Flaco
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · 10 Things I Hate About You as Cameron James
- 1998 · That '70s Show as Buddy
- 1998 · Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Jimmy Howell
- 1998 · Sweet Jane as Tony
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · The Juror as Oliver Laird
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Tommy Solomon
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Zach Henniger
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Teenage Boy
- 1995 · The Great Elephant Escape as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
- 1994 · Angels in the Outfield as Roger
- 1994 · The Road Killers as Rich
- 1994 · Holy Matrimony as Zeke
- 1993 · Gregory K as Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ
- 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as
- 1992 · A River Runs Through It as Young Norman
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- 1992 · Beethoven as Student #1
- 1992 · The Powers That Be as Pierce Van Horne
- 1991 · Plymouth as Simon
- 1991 · Hi Honey - I'm Dead as Josh Stadler
- 1991 · Changes as Matt Hallam
- 1991 · Dark Shadows as Daniel Collins
- 1991 · Dark Shadows as David Collins / Daniel Collins
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Kyle
- 1988 · Roseanne as George
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · China Beach as
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Rounder
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Ricky Berg
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Boy #1
- 1982 · Family Ties as Dougie
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Wingmen as
- Future · Nobody Nothing Nowhere as
- Future · White Night as James Jones
- Future · Pendulum as Patrick