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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+.

From Los Angeles, California, USA

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Knives Out 2019
Detective Hardrock (voice)
Looper 2012
Joe, Executive Producer
The Interview 2014
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (uncredited)
Don Jon 2013
Director, Writer, Jon Martello, Jr.
Snowden 2016
Edward Snowden
Treasure Planet 2002
Jim Hawkins (voice)
Lincoln 2012
Robert Lincoln

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2025 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

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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