Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1981-02-17 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- RegularJOE · Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
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, 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+.
Known For
TV Shows (52)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Boy #1
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Last Meals
2021
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Numb3rs
2005
as Scott Reynolds
That '70s Show
1998
as Buddy
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Click
2000
as Self
Quantum Leap
1989
as Kyle
L.A. Law
1986
as Ricky Berg
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Tommy Solomon
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Zack Lawson
The Mindy Project
2012
as Matt Sherman
Family Ties
1982
as Dougie
The Outer Limits
1995
as Zach Henniger / Teenage Boy
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self / Presenter
Poker Face
2023
as Trey Nelson
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
China Beach
1988
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
as Self
Mr. Corman
2021
as Josh Corman
Nudes in the News
2002
as Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
as Self - Host
The Muppets
2015
as Self
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022
as Travis 'TK' Kalanick
Dark Shadows
1991
as Daniel Collins / David Collins / Daniel Collins
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Roseanne
1988
as George
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
as Self
That's My Jam
2021
as Self - Guest
Create Together
2020
as Self - Host
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
2021
as Luxcraft (voice)
The Powers That Be
1992
as Pierce Van Horne
Comrade Detective
2017
as Iosif Baciu (voice)
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Seductive Poison
Movies (85)
Inception
2010
as Arthur
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Slowen Lo (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Blake
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Baseball Announcer (voice)
10 Things I Hate About You
1999
as Cameron James
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Hourly Dong (voice)
Knives Out
2019
as Detective Hardrock (voice)
Looper
2012
as Joe
Don Jon
2013
as Jon Martello, Jr.
The Interview
2014
as Self (uncredited)
(500) Days of Summer
2009
as Tom
Lincoln
2012
as Robert Lincoln
Treasure Planet
2002
as Jim Hawkins (voice)
Endgame
2018
as Guard
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
as Detective Bobby Abbott
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as The Doctor / Rex
Snowden
2016
as Edward Snowden
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Johnny
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
as Richard Schultz
Premium Rush
2012
as Wilee
The Walk
2015
as Philippe Petit
Project Power
2020
as Frank
Greedy People
2024
as Terry
Havoc
2005
as Sam
Pinocchio
2022
as Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Ending the Knight
2012
as Self
Mysterious Skin
2005
as Neil McCormick
Hesher
2010
as Hesher
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Young Norman
Beethoven
1992
as Student #1
50/50
2011
as Adam Lerner
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as Roger
Paradise Records
2025
as The Negotiator
Sweet Jane
1998
as Tony
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
as Jimmy
The Night Before
2015
as Ethan
Brick
2006
as Brendan Frye
Plymouth
1991
as Simon
Killshot
2008
as Richie Nix
Band Together with Logic
2019
as Self
Manic
2002
as Lyle
Big Breaks
2008
as Todd Sterling
Weezer: Security Threat
Stop-Loss
2008
as Tommy Burgess
Elektra Luxx
2011
as Bert Rodriguez
The Road Killers
1994
as Rich
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022
as Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Tim Boyle
Stranger on My Land
1988
as Rounder
The Juror
1996
as Oliver
Holy Matrimony
1994
as Zeke
Dear Class of 2020
2020
as Self
The Lookout
2007
as Chris Pratt
The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Bar Patron
Killer Heat
2024
as Nick Bali
7500
2019
as Tobias Ellis
Flora and Son
2023
as Jeff
Forever Lulu
2000
as Martin Ellsworth
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
as Flaco
Wingmen
Escargots
2006
Building Brick
2006
as Self
Shadowboxer
2005
as Dr. Don
Women in Trouble
2009
as Bert Rodriguez
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
2010
as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Latter Days
2004
as Elder Paul Ryder
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2014
A Forest Haunt
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Self - Host
Pendulum
2027
as Patrick
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
as Self
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
as Self
Straight Outta OZ
2016
The Great Elephant Escape
1995
as Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
Uncertainty
2009
as Bobby
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018
as Self - Host
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
1991
as Josh Stadler
Vinegar
2013
as Vinny (voice)
Gregory K
1993
as Gregory Kingsley
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
2010
as Self
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
2010
as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
White Night
as James Jones
Changes
1991
as Matt Hallam
About 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 Jewis… With 137 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has appeared in 85 films and 52 TV shows.
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