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+.
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Primarily2025 Untitled AI Thriller Director, Story, Screenplay
2025 Wingmen Director, Story, Producer
2025 Paradise Records
2025 Pendulum as Patrick
2025 White Night as James Jones
2025 Nobody Nothing Nowhere Producer
2025 Sovereign Executive Producer
2024 Killer Heat as Nick Bali
2024 Greedy People as Terry
2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Detective Bobby Abbott
2023 Once Upon a Studio as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage)
2023 Flora and Son as Jeff
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Hourly Dong (voice)
2022 Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
2022 A Forest Haunt as Narrator (voice) Executive Producer
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Richard Schultz
2020 Project Power as Frank
2020 Dear Class of 2020 as Self
2019 7500 as Tobias Ellis
2019 Knives Out as Detective Hardrock (voice)
2019 Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self - Host
2019 Band Together with Logic as Self Director, Executive Producer
2018 Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis as Self - Host
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Slowen Lo (voice)
2016 Snowden as Edward Snowden
2016 Straight Outta OZ
2015 The Night Before as Ethan
2015 The Walk as Philippe Petit
2014 The Interview as Joseph Gordon-Levitt (uncredited)
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Johnny
2014 Sleep Cycle Director
2014 One Song Producer
2013 Vinegar as Vinny
2013 Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular as Self
2013 Don Jon as Jon Martello, Jr. Director, Writer
2013 Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
2012 Django Unchained Thanks
2012 Ending the Knight as Self
2012 Lincoln as Robert Lincoln
2012 Looper as Joe Executive Producer
2012 The Blue Dildo Director, Writer
2012 Premium Rush as Wilee
2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Blake
2011 50/50 as Adam Lerner
2011 Elektra Luxx as Bert Rodriguez
2010 Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious as Self
2010 Inception as Arthur
2010 Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator Director
2010 Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator Director
2010 Hesher as Hesher
2009 Uncertainty as Bobby
2009 Women in Trouble as Bert Rodriguez
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as The Doctor / Rex
2009 (500) Days of Summer as Tom
2009 Sparks Director
2008 Big Breaks as Todd Sterling
2008 Killshot as Richie Nix
2008 Miracle at St. Anna as Tim Boyle
2008 The Brothers Bloom as Bar Patron
2008 Stop-Loss as Tommy Burgess
2007 The Lookout as Chris Pratt
2006 Building Brick
2006 Escargots Director
2006 Brick as Brendan
2005 Havoc as Sam
2005 Shadowboxer as Dr. Don
2005 Mysterious Skin as Neil McCormick
2004 Latter Days as Elder Paul Ryder
2002 Treasure Planet as Jim Hawkins (voice)
2001 Manic as Lyle
2000 Forever Lulu as Martin Ellsworth
2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Flaco
1999 10 Things I Hate About You as Cameron James
1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Jimmy Howell
1998 Sweet Jane as Tony
1996 The Juror as Oliver Laird
1995 The Great Elephant Escape as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
1994 Angels in the Outfield as Roger
1994 The Road Killers as Rich
1994 Holy Matrimony as Zeke
1993 Gregory K as Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ
1992 A River Runs Through It as Young Norman
1992 Beethoven as Student #1
1991 Plymouth as Simon
1991 Hi Honey - I'm Dead as Josh Stadler
1991 Changes as Matt Hallam
1988 Stranger on My Land as Rounder
7.71 Animation 4
7.16 History 4
6.89 Family 8
6.74 Adventure 9
6.64 Science Fiction 7
6.59 Western 2
6.48 Action 13
6.45 Mystery 5
6.33 Music 4
6.29 Drama 37
6.28 Crime 17
6.26 Comedy 28
6.23 Romance 12
6.17 Fantasy 7
6.13 War 2
6.04 Horror 1
5.98 Thriller 16
5.87 Documentary 6
5.57 TV Movie 5