Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1981-02-17

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	Holy Matrimony	Zeke	53
2	2014	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Johnny	64
3		Wingmen		0
4		Nobody Nothing Nowhere		0
5	1991	Plymouth	Simon	47
6	1994	The Road Killers	Rich	53
7	1994	Angels in the Outfield	Roger	59
8	1996	The Juror	Oliver Laird	56
9	1998	Sweet Jane	Tony	58
10	1998	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	Jimmy Howell	60
11	1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Cameron James	76
12	2001	Manic	Lyle	69
13	2002	Treasure Planet	Jim Hawkins (voice)	76
14	2004	Latter Days	Elder Paul Ryder	68
15	2005	Mysterious Skin	Neil McCormick	77
16	2005	Shadowboxer	Dr. Don	51
17	2005	Havoc	Sam	52
18	2006	Brick	Brendan	68
19	2006	Escargots		0
20	2007	The Lookout	Chris Pratt	67
21	2008	Stop-Loss	Tommy Burgess	61
22	2008	Miracle at St. Anna	Tim Boyle	61
23	2008	Killshot	Richie Nix	58
24	2009	(500) Days of Summer	Tom	73
25	2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	The Doctor / Rex	58
26	2009	Women in Trouble	Bert Rodriguez	51
27	2009	Uncertainty	Bobby	55
28	2010	Hesher	Hesher	68
29	2010	Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny	Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator	67
30	2010	Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo	Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator	67
31	2010	Inception	Arthur	84
32	2011	Elektra Luxx	Bert Rodriguez	47
33	2011	50/50	Adam Lerner	72
34	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Blake	78
35	2012	Premium Rush	Wilee	63
36	2012	Looper	Joe	69
37	2012	Lincoln	Robert Lincoln	69
38		White Night	James Jones	0
39	1988	Stranger on My Land	Rounder	50
40	1991	Changes	Matt Hallam	61
41	1991	Hi Honey - I'm Dead	Josh Stadler	40
42	1992	Beethoven	Student #1	58
43	1992	A River Runs Through It	Young Norman	70
44	1993	Gregory K	Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ	68
45	1995	The Great Elephant Escape	Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham	53
46	2000	Picking Up the Pieces	Flaco	43
47	2000	Forever Lulu	Martin Ellsworth	54
48	2006	Building Brick		30
49	2008	The Brothers Bloom	Bar Patron	66
50	2008	Big Breaks	Todd Sterling	40
51	2010	Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious	Self	71
52	2012	Ending the Knight	Self	72
53	2013	Lincoln: An American Journey	Self	55
54	2013	Don Jon	Jon Martello, Jr.	60
55	2013	Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular	Self	58
56	2013	Vinegar	Vinny	100
57	2014	The Interview	Self (uncredited)	62
58	2015	The Walk	Philippe Petit	70
59	2015	The Night Before	Ethan	61
60	2016	Straight Outta OZ		73
61	2016	Snowden	Edward Snowden	71
62	2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Slowen Lo (voice)	68
63	2018	Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis	Self - Host	66
64	2019	Band Together with Logic	Self	47
65	2019	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration	Self - Host	92
66	2019	Knives Out	Detective Hardrock (voice)	78
67	2019	7500	Tobias Ellis	61
68	2020	Dear Class of 2020	Self	77
69	2020	Project Power	Frank	64
70	2020	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Richard Schultz	77
71	2022	A Forest Haunt	Narrator (voice)	50
72	2022	Pinocchio	Jiminy Cricket (voice)	63
73	2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Hourly Dong (voice)	71
74	2023	Flora and Son	Jeff	69
75	2023	Once Upon a Studio	Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage)	83
76	2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Detective Bobby Abbott	67
77	2024	Greedy People	Terry	63
78	2024	Killer Heat	Nick Bali	58
79		Pendulum	Patrick	0
80	2025	Paradise Records		20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
2	1982	Family Ties	Dougie	73
3	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Boy #1	75
4	1986	L.A. Law	Ricky Berg	71
5	1988	China Beach		74
6	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
7	1988	Roseanne	George	68
8	1989	Quantum Leap	Kyle	80
9	1991	Dark Shadows	David Collins / Daniel Collins	77
10	1992	The Powers That Be	Pierce Van Horne	83
11	1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Self / Presenter	79
12	1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Zack Lawson	76
13	1995	The Outer Limits	Zach Henniger	77
14	1995	The Outer Limits	Teenage Boy	77
15	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Tommy Solomon	75
16	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
17	1998	That '70s Show	Buddy	79
18	1999	Teen Choice Awards	Self - Nominee	100
19	2000	Click	Self	61
20	2002	Nudes in the News	Tommy Solomon (archive footage)	0
21	2005	Numb3rs	Scott Reynolds	71
22	2005	Made in Hollywood	Self	40
23	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
24	2010	Conan	Self	71
25	2012	Honest Trailers	John Blake (archive footage)	65
26	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	62
27	2012	The Mindy Project	Matt Sherman	62
28	2014	HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Self - Host	61
29	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
30	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
31	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
32	2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Self	68
33	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
34	2015	Hot Ones	Self	75
35	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
36	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
37	2015	The Muppets	Self	70
38	2017	Comrade Detective	Iosif Baciu (voice)	64
39	2017	Drop the Mic	Self	61
40	2018	James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction	Self	68
41	2018	Explained	Narrator (voice)	75
42	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
43	2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	36
44	2020	Create Together	Self - Host	80
45	2021	Amend: The Fight for America	Self	71
46	2021	Mr. Corman	Josh Corman	63
47	2021	Wolfboy and the Everything Factory	Luxcraft (voice)	85
48	2021	Last Meals		100
49	2021	That's My Jam	Self - Guest	61
50	2022	Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber	Travis 'TK' Kalanick	68
51	2023	Poker Face	Trey Nelson	76

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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