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