Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Acting

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Known for

Acting

Born

1981-02-17

From

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as RegularJOE , Joseph Leonard 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, 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+.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Biography

Inception

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Dark Knight Rises

10 Things I Hate About You

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Knives Out

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

(500) Days of Summer

Looper

Treasure Planet

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Once Upon a Studio

Snowden

The Interview

Don Jon

Lincoln

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Pinocchio

A River Runs Through It

Project Power

The Walk

Greedy People

Mysterious Skin

Ending the Knight

Beethoven

Premium Rush

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

50/50

Angels in the Outfield

Havoc

Hesher

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Endgame

Brick

The Night Before

The Juror

Killshot

Stop-Loss

Sweet Jane

Manic

Weezer: Security Threat

Paradise Records

Flora and Son

The Brothers Bloom

Miracle at St. Anna

Killer Heat

Latter Days

Women in Trouble

The Lookout

Big Breaks

Plymouth

Holy Matrimony

The Road Killers

Picking Up the Pieces

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Band Together with Logic

Elektra Luxx

7500

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

Dear Class of 2020

Stranger on My Land

A Forest Haunt

Shadowboxer

Nobody Nothing Nowhere

Escargots

Wingmen

Uncertainty

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny

Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious

Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular

Straight Outta OZ

Forever Lulu

Hi Honey - I'm Dead

The Great Elephant Escape

Vinegar