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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
10 FOLLOWERS • 78 CREDITS • FEB 17, 1981 • 43
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, 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+.
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Mindy Project
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Murder, She Wrote
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Teen Choice Awards
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Star Wars: Visions
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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Explained
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Lip Sync Battle
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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That '70s Show
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The Outer Limits
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Quantum Leap
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Roseanne
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L.A. Law
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
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China Beach
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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
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Family Ties
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That's My Jam
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls
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Once Upon a Studio
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The Interview
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Beethoven
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Amend: The Fight for America
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Knives Out
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Dark Shadows
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A River Runs Through It
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
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The Powers That Be
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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Havoc
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Angels in the Outfield
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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Lincoln
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Wolfboy and The Everything Factory
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3rd Rock from the Sun
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Stop-Loss
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Flora and Son
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
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Sesame Street | 50th Anniversary Celebration!
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Greedy People
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Poker Face
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10 Things I Hate About You
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Comrade Detective
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Inception
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Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
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Project Power
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
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Mysterious Skin
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7500
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Looper
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Snowden
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Treasure Planet
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(500) Days of Summer
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50/50
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Super Pumped
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Brick
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Don Jon
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Premium Rush
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The Night Before
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Mr. Corman
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Pinocchio
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The Walk
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Killer Heat
Production Credits
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