
Acting
Born February 17, 1981 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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+.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025

Paradise Records
2025

Killer Heat
2024

Greedy People
2024

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024

Once Upon a Studio
2023

Flora and Son
2023

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022

Pinocchio
2022

A Forest Haunt
2022

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022

The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020

Project Power
2020

Dear Class of 2020
2020

7500
2019

Knives Out
2019

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019

Band Together with Logic
2019

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017

Snowden
2016

Straight Outta OZ
2016

The Night Before
2015

The Walk
2015

The Interview
2014

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014

Vinegar
2013

Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013