Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1981-02-17
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Joseph 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, 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+.
Also Known For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Aug 20, 2014
Holy Matrimony
Apr 08, 1994
Wingmen
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
10 Things I Hate About You
Mar 30, 1999
Mysterious Skin
Mar 30, 2005
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Aug 05, 1998
Angels in the Outfield
Jul 15, 1994
The Lookout
Mar 09, 2007
Women in Trouble
Nov 13, 2009
Stop-Loss
Mar 28, 2008
Treasure Planet
Nov 26, 2002
Miracle at St. Anna
Sep 15, 2008
Brick
Mar 31, 2006
The Juror
Feb 02, 1996
Inception
Jul 15, 2010
Shadowboxer
Sep 09, 2005
50/50
Sep 30, 2011
Uncertainty
Nov 15, 2009
Havoc
Oct 16, 2005
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Aug 03, 2009
Manic
Jan 27, 2001
Latter Days
Jan 30, 2004
Hesher
Jan 22, 2010
Killshot
Nov 13, 2008
The Dark Knight Rises
Jul 17, 2012
Premium Rush
Aug 24, 2012
(500) Days of Summer
Jul 17, 2009
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Mar 16, 2010
Lincoln
Nov 09, 2012
White Night
Elektra Luxx
Mar 11, 2011
Looper
Sep 26, 2012
Killer Heat
Sep 25, 2024
Plymouth
May 26, 1991
The Road Killers
May 07, 1994
Don Jon
Sep 12, 2013
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Jan 24, 2010
Sweet Jane
Feb 01, 1998
Escargots
Mar 31, 2006
Greedy People
Aug 23, 2024
Gregory K
Feb 08, 1993
A Forest Haunt
Apr 28, 2022
Big Breaks
Dec 31, 2008
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Nov 29, 2013
Once Upon a Studio
Sep 24, 2023
Picking Up the Pieces
May 26, 2000
The Walk
Sep 30, 2015
The Night Before
Nov 20, 2015
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Jun 20, 2024
A River Runs Through It
Oct 09, 1992
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Dec 07, 2010
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Jul 29, 2018
Flora and Son
Sep 21, 2023
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nov 23, 2022
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Apr 22, 1991
Straight Outta OZ
Jun 23, 2016
Snowden
Sep 15, 2016
The Great Elephant Escape
Mar 25, 1995
The Interview
Dec 25, 2014
Changes
Apr 01, 1991
Stranger on My Land
Jan 17, 1988
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dec 13, 2017
The Brothers Bloom
Sep 09, 2008
7500
Dec 26, 2019
Beethoven
Apr 03, 1992
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sep 25, 2020
Band Together with Logic
Mar 15, 2019
Project Power
Aug 14, 2020
Building Brick
Sep 21, 2006
Forever Lulu
Jul 07, 2000
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Nov 09, 2019
Knives Out
Nov 27, 2019
Ending the Knight
Dec 04, 2012
Lincoln: An American Journey
Jan 16, 2013
Dear Class of 2020
Jun 07, 2020
Vinegar
Dec 31, 2013
Pinocchio
Sep 07, 2022
Pendulum
Paradise Records
Jun 06, 2025
That '70s Show
Aug 23, 1998
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Family Ties
Sep 22, 1982
3rd Rock from the Sun
Jan 09, 1996
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
China Beach
Apr 26, 1988
Roseanne
Oct 18, 1988
Quantum Leap
Mar 26, 1989
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Jan 01, 1993
The Powers That Be
Mar 07, 1992
Mr. Corman
Aug 06, 2021
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Feb 27, 2022
Dark Shadows
Jan 13, 1991
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jan 18, 2014
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Sep 23, 2021
Numb3rs
Jan 23, 2005
Explained
May 23, 2018
The Muppets
Sep 22, 2015
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Jun 08, 2012
The Mindy Project
Sep 25, 2012
That's My Jam
Nov 29, 2021
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Jun 10, 1992
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Made in Hollywood
Sep 30, 2005
Comrade Detective
Aug 04, 2017
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Drop the Mic
Oct 24, 2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Jul 28, 2014
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Apr 29, 2018
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Amend: The Fight for America
Feb 17, 2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Poker Face
Jan 26, 2023
Create Together
May 18, 2020
Nudes in the News
Aug 01, 2002
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
Click
Apr 06, 2000
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
