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Birthday: Feb 17, 1981
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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+.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Johnny 2014
Holy Matrimony Zeke 1994
Wingmen 1970
Nobody Nothing Nowhere 1970
10 Things I Hate About You Cameron James 1999
Mysterious Skin Neil McCormick 2005
Angels in the Outfield Roger 1994
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Jimmy Howell 1998
The Lookout Chris Pratt 2007
Women in Trouble Bert Rodriguez 2009
Stop-Loss Tommy Burgess 2008
Treasure Planet Jim Hawkins (voice) 2002
Miracle at St. Anna Tim Boyle 2008
Brick Brendan 2006
The Juror Oliver Laird 1996
Inception Arthur 2010
Shadowboxer Dr. Don 2005
50/50 Adam Lerner 2011
Uncertainty Bobby 2009
Havoc Sam 2005
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra The Doctor / Rex 2009
Manic Lyle 2001
Latter Days Elder Paul Ryder 2004
Hesher Hesher 2010
Killshot Richie Nix 2008
The Dark Knight Rises Blake 2012
Premium Rush Wilee 2012
(500) Days of Summer Tom 2009
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator 2010
Lincoln Robert Lincoln 2012
White Night James Jones 1970
Elektra Luxx Bert Rodriguez 2011
Looper Joe 2012
Killer Heat Nick Bali 2024
Plymouth Simon 1991
The Road Killers Rich 1994
Don Jon Jon Martello, Jr. 2013
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator 2010
Sweet Jane Tony 1998
Escargots 2006
Greedy People Terry 2024
Gregory K Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ 1993
A Forest Haunt Narrator (voice) 2022
Big Breaks Todd Sterling 2008
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular Self 2013
Once Upon a Studio Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage) 2023
Picking Up the Pieces Flaco 2000
The Walk Philippe Petit 2015
The Night Before Ethan 2015
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Detective Bobby Abbott 2024
A River Runs Through It Young Norman 1992
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious Self 2010
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis Self - Host 2018
Flora and Son Jeff 2023
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Hourly Dong (voice) 2022
Hi Honey - I'm Dead Josh Stadler 1991
Straight Outta OZ 2016
Snowden Edward Snowden 2016
The Great Elephant Escape Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham 1995
The Interview Joseph Gordon-Levitt (uncredited) 2014
Changes Matt Hallam 1991
Stranger on My Land Rounder 1988
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Slowen Lo (voice) 2017
The Brothers Bloom Bar Patron 2008
7500 Tobias Ellis 2019
Beethoven Student #1 1992
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Richard Schultz 2020
Band Together with Logic Self 2019
Project Power Frank 2020
Building Brick 2006
Forever Lulu Martin Ellsworth 2000
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration Self - Host 2019
Knives Out Detective Hardrock (voice) 2019
Ending the Knight Self 2012
Lincoln: An American Journey Self 2013
Dear Class of 2020 Self 2020
Vinegar Vinny 2013
Pinocchio Jiminy Cricket (voice) 2022
Pendulum Patrick 1970
Series Cast Year
That '70s Show Buddy 1998
Murder, She Wrote Boy #1 1984
Family Ties Dougie 1982
3rd Rock from the Sun Tommy Solomon 1996
L.A. Law Ricky Berg 1986
China Beach 1988
Roseanne George 1988
Quantum Leap Kyle 1989
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993
The Powers That Be Pierce Van Horne 1992
Mr. Corman Josh Corman 2021
A Little Late with Lilly Singh Self 2019
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Travis 'TK' Kalanick 2022
Dark Shadows Daniel Collins 1991
Dark Shadows David Collins / Daniel Collins 1991
The Outer Limits Zach Henniger 1995
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt Self - Host 2014
Wolfboy and The Everything Factory Luxcraft (voice) 2021
Numb3rs Scott Reynolds 2005
Explained Narrator (voice) 2018
The Muppets Self 2015
Comedy Bang! Bang! Self 2012
The Mindy Project Matt Sherman 2012
Lip Sync Battle 2015
That's My Jam Self - Guest 2021
The Outer Limits Teenage Boy 1995
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self / Presenter 1992
The View Self - Guest 1997
Made in Hollywood Self 2005
Star Wars: Visions Self 2021
Comrade Detective Iosif Baciu (voice) 2017
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Drop the Mic Self 2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls Self 2014
Teen Choice Awards Self - Nominee 1999
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Self 2018
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Amend: The Fight for America Self 2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Poker Face Trey Nelson 2023
Create Together Self - Host 2020
Nudes in the News Tommy Solomon (archive footage) 2002
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Hot Ones Self 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Conan Self 2010
Click Self 2000
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
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