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+.
Filmography
all 133
Movies 87
TV Shows 46
self 33
Voice 6
Director 4
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Greedy People (2024)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
Flora and Son (2023)
Poker Face (2023)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Pinocchio (2022)
A Forest Haunt (2022)
Super Pumped (2022)
That's My Jam (2021)
Wolfboy and The Everything Factory (2021)
Mr. Corman (2021)
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Project Power (2020)
Dear Class of 2020 (2020)
Create Together (2020)
7500 (2019)
Knives Out (2019)
Sesame Street: 50th Anniversary Celebration! (2019)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Band Together with Logic (2019)
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis (2018)
Explained (2018)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Drop the Mic (2017)
Comrade Detective (2017)
Snowden (2016)
Straight Outta OZ (2016)
Film Hawk (2016)
The Night Before (2015)
The Walk (2015)
The Muppets (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
The Interview (2014)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Sleep Cycle (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2014)
One Song (2014)
Vinegar (2013)
Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013)
Don Jon (2013)
Lincoln: An American Journey (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
Ending the Knight (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Looper (2012)
The Mindy Project (2012)
The Blue Dildo (2012)
Premium Rush (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)
50/50 (2011)
Elektra Luxx (2011)
Inception: The Cobol Job (2010)
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious (2010)
Conan (2010)
Inception (2010)
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo (2010)
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny (2010)
Hesher (2010)
Uncertainty (2009)
Women in Trouble (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Sparks (2009)
Big Breaks (2008)
Killshot (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Stop-Loss (2008)
The Lookout (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Building Brick (2006)
Brick (2006)
Escargots (2006)
Havoc (2005)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Shadowboxer (2005)
Mysterious Skin (2005)
Numb3rs (2005)
Latter Days (2004)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Manic (2001)
Forever Lulu (2000)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
That '70s Show (1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Sweet Jane (1998)
The View (1997)
The Juror (1996)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
The Outer Limits (1995)
The Great Elephant Escape (1995)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
The Road Killers (1994)
Holy Matrimony (1994)
Partners (1993)
Gregory K (1993)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
Beethoven (1992)
The Powers That Be (1992)
Plymouth (1991)
Hi Honey - I'm Dead (1991)
Changes (1991)
Dark Shadows (1991)
Quantum Leap (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
China Beach (1988)
Stranger on My Land (1988)
L.A. Law (1986)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Family Ties (1982)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Killer Heat
White Night
Wingmen
The Nerdist
Sovereign
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1981-02-17 (43 years old)
Birth NameJoseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
Net Worth$35 Million
SpouseTasha McCauley
ChildrenJeremy Gordon-Levitt, Danny Gordon-Levitt
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsДжозеф Гордон-Левитт, 喬瑟夫·高登-李維, โจเซฟ กอร์ดอน-เลวิตต์, ジョゼフ・ゴードン=レヴィット, 조셉 고든 레빗, جوزيف غوردون-ليفيت, Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt, Joey Gordon-Levitt, Joe Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Leonard Levitt, Джозеф Ґордон-Левітт, 约瑟夫·高登-莱维特
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