Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Born: 1981-02-17 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Baseball Announcer (voice)
- Paradise Records
2024
- Greedy People as Terry
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Detective Bobby Abbott
- Killer Heat as Nick Bali
2023
- Poker Face as Trey Nelson
- Once Upon a Studio as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
- Flora and Son as Jeff
2022
- Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Hourly Dong (voice)
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Travis 'TK' Kalanick
- A Forest Haunt as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Mr. Corman as Josh Corman
- Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- That's My Jam as Self - Guest
- Wolfboy and the Everything Factory as Luxcraft (voice)
2020
- Project Power as Frank
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Richard Schultz
- Dear Class of 2020 as Self
- Create Together as Self - Host
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Knives Out as Detective Hardrock (voice)
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 7500 as Tobias Ellis
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self - Host
- Band Together with Logic as Self
2018
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis as Self - Host
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
2017
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Slowen Lo (voice)
- Drop the Mic as Self
- Comrade Detective as Iosif Baciu (voice)
2016
- Snowden as Edward Snowden
- Straight Outta OZ
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Night Before as Ethan
- The Muppets as Self
- The Walk as Philippe Petit
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- The Interview as Self (uncredited)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Johnny
- Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
- HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Self - Host
- Sleep Cycle ... (Director)
- One Song ... (Producer)
2013
- Don Jon as Jon Martello, Jr.
- Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular as Self
- Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- Vinegar as Vinny
2012
- Django Unchained ... (Thanks)
- The Dark Knight Rises as Blake
- The Mindy Project as Matt Sherman
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Lincoln as Robert Lincoln
- Premium Rush as Wilee
- Ending the Knight as Self
- Looper as Joe
- The Blue Dildo ... (Director)
2011
- Elektra Luxx as Bert Rodriguez
- 50/50 as Adam Lerner
2010
- Conan as Self
- Inception as Arthur
- Hesher as Hesher
- Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious as Self
- Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
- Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
2009
- (500) Days of Summer as Tom
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as The Doctor / Rex
- Uncertainty as Bobby
- Women in Trouble as Bert Rodriguez
- Sparks ... (Director)
2008
- Killshot as Richie Nix
- Miracle at St. Anna as Tim Boyle
- Big Breaks as Todd Sterling
- The Brothers Bloom as Bar Patron
- Stop-Loss as Tommy Burgess
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Lookout as Chris Pratt
2006
- Brick as Brendan
- Escargots
- Building Brick
2005
- Numb3rs as Scott Reynolds
- Havoc as Sam
- Made in Hollywood as Self
- Shadowboxer as Dr. Don
- Mysterious Skin as Neil McCormick
2004
- Latter Days as Elder Paul Ryder
2002
- Treasure Planet as Jim Hawkins (voice)
- Nudes in the News as Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
2001
- Manic as Lyle
2000
- Forever Lulu as Martin Ellsworth
- Click as Self
- Picking Up the Pieces as Flaco
1999
- 10 Things I Hate About You as Cameron James
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- That '70s Show as Buddy
- Sweet Jane as Tony
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Jimmy Howell
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Tommy Solomon
- The Juror as Oliver Laird
1995
- The Outer Limits as Zach Henniger
- The Great Elephant Escape as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
1994
- Angels in the Outfield as Roger
- The Road Killers as Rich
- Holy Matrimony as Zeke
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Zack Lawson
- Gregory K as Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- A River Runs Through It as Young Norman
- Beethoven as Student #1
- The Powers That Be as Pierce Van Horne
1991
- Changes as Matt Hallam
- Dark Shadows as David Collins / Daniel Collins
- Plymouth as Simon
- Hi Honey - I'm Dead as Josh Stadler
1989
- Quantum Leap as Kyle
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- China Beach
- Roseanne as George
- 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
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self