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+.
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All Credits (134)
White Night
as James Jones
Pendulum
as Patrick
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Baseball Announcer (voice)
Paradise Records
as The Negotiator
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
Killer Heat
as Nick Bali
Greedy People
as Terry
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Detective Bobby Abbott
Once Upon a Studio
as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
Flora and Son
as Jeff
Poker Face
as Trey Nelson
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Hourly Dong (voice)
Pinocchio
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
A Forest Haunt
as Narrator (voice)
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
as Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
as Travis 'TK' Kalanick
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
Last Meals
as Self
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
as Luxcraft (voice)
Mr. Corman
as Josh Corman
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Richard Schultz
Project Power
as Frank
Dear Class of 2020
as Self
Create Together
as Self - Host
7500
as Tobias Ellis
Knives Out
as Detective Hardrock (voice)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self - Host
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Band Together with Logic
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
as Self - Host
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Slowen Lo (voice)
Drop the Mic
as Self
Comrade Detective
as Iosif Baciu (voice)
Snowden
as Edward Snowden
Straight Outta OZ
as Unknown
The Night Before
as Ethan
The Walk
as Philippe Petit
The Muppets
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
as Self
The Interview
as Self (uncredited)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
as Unknown
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Johnny
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Self - Host
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Self
Vinegar
as Vinny (voice)
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
as Self
Don Jon
as Jon Martello, Jr.
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
Ending the Knight
as Self
Lincoln
as Robert Lincoln
Looper
as Joe
The Mindy Project
as Matt Sherman
Premium Rush
as Wilee
The Dark Knight Rises
as Blake
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
50/50
as Adam Lerner
Elektra Luxx
as Bert Rodriguez
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
as Self
Conan
as Self - Guest
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Hesher
as Hesher
Uncertainty
as Bobby
Women in Trouble
as Bert Rodriguez
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as The Doctor / Rex
(500) Days of Summer
as Tom
The Brothers Bloom
as Bar Patron
Killshot
as Richie Nix
Miracle at St. Anna
as Tim Boyle
Stop-Loss
as Tommy Burgess
The Lookout
as Chris Pratt
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Brick
as Brendan Frye
Escargots
as Unknown
Havoc
as Sam
Made in Hollywood
as Self
Shadowboxer
as Dr. Don
Mysterious Skin
as Neil McCormick
Numb3rs
as Scott Reynolds
Latter Days
as Elder Paul Ryder
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Treasure Planet
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
Manic
as Lyle
Forever Lulu
as Martin Ellsworth
Picking Up the Pieces
as Flaco
Click
as Self
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
10 Things I Hate About You
as Cameron James
That '70s Show
as Buddy
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
as Jimmy
Sweet Jane
as Tony
The View
as Self - Guest
The Juror
as Oliver
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Tommy Solomon
The Outer Limits
as Zach Henniger
The Outer Limits
as Teenage Boy
The Great Elephant Escape
as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
Angels in the Outfield
as Roger
The Road Killers
as Rich
Holy Matrimony
as Zeke
Gregory K
as Gregory Kingsley
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Zack Lawson
A River Runs Through It
as Young Norman
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
Beethoven
as Student #1
The Powers That Be
as Pierce Van Horne
Plymouth
as Simon
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
as Josh Stadler
Changes
as Matt Hallam
Dark Shadows
as Daniel Collins
Dark Shadows
as David Collins / Daniel Collins
Dark Shadows
as David Collins
Quantum Leap
as Kyle
Roseanne
as George
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
China Beach
as Unknown
Stranger on My Land
as Rounder
L.A. Law
as Ricky Berg
Murder, She Wrote
as Boy #1
Family Ties
as Dougie
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
as Self