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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Acting

February 17, 1981 (45 years old)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Male
111 Movies
65 TV Shows

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+.

Inception
Inception

Inception

2010 8.4

as Arthur

Age 29 (now 45)
(500) Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer

2009 7.3

as Tom

Age 28 (now 45)
Looper
Looper

Looper

2012 6.9

as Joe

Age 31 (now 45)
Treasure Planet
Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet

2002 7.6

as Jim Hawkins (voice)

Age 21 (now 45)
Snowden
Snowden

Snowden

2016 7.1

as Edward Snowden

Age 35 (now 45)
50/50
50/50

50/50

2011 7.2

as Adam Lerner

Age 30 (now 45)
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

2012 7.8

as Blake

Age 31 (now 45)
The Walk
The Walk

The Walk

2015 7.0

as Philippe Petit

Age 34 (now 45)
Don Jon
Don Jon

Don Jon

2013 6.0

as Jon Martello, Jr.

Age 32 (now 45)
10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You

1999 7.6

as Cameron James

Age 18 (now 45)
Mysterious Skin
Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin

2005 7.7

as Neil McCormick

Age 24 (now 45)
Premium Rush
Premium Rush

Premium Rush

2012 6.4

as Wilee

Age 31 (now 45)
Brick
Brick

Brick

2006 6.8

as Brendan Frye

Age 25 (now 45)
Pinocchio
Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2022 6.3

as Jiminy Cricket (voice)

Age 41 (now 45)
The Night Before
The Night Before

The Night Before

2015 6.1

as Ethan

Age 34 (now 45)
Project Power
Project Power

Project Power

2020 6.4

as Frank

Age 39 (now 45)