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 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+.
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Movies (92)
Pendulum
2026 · Patrick
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Baseball Announcer (voice)
Paradise Records
2025 · The Negotiator
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · (archive footage)
El hombre celoso
2024 · Nick Bali
Sangre codiciosa
2024 · Terry
Un detective suelto en Hollywood: Axel F.
2024 · Detective Bobby Abbott
Había una vez un estudio
2023 · Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
Flora e hijo
2023 · Jeff
Glass Onion: Un misterio de Knives Out
2022 · Hourly Dong (voice)
Pinocho
2022 · Jiminy Cricket (voice)
A Forest Haunt
2022 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022 · Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
El juicio de los 7 de Chicago
2020 · Richard Schultz
Proyecto Power
2020 · Frank
Dear Class of 2020
2020 · Self
7500
2019 · Tobias Ellis
Entre Navajas y Secretos
2019 · Detective Hardrock (voice)
Sesame Street: 50 Aniversario ¡Celebremos!
2019 · Self - Host
Band Together with Logic
2019 · Self, Director, Executive Producer
Endgame
2018 · Guard
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018 · Self - Host
Star Wars: Los últimos Jedi
2017 · Slowen Lo (voice)
Snowden
2016 · Edward Snowden
Straight Outta OZ
2016
La noche anterior
2015 · Ethan
En La Cuerda Floja
2015 · Philippe Petit
Una loca entrevista
2014 · Self (uncredited)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2014
Sin City 2: Una Dama Fatal
2014 · Johnny
Sleep Cycle
2014 · Director
One Song
2014 · Producer
Vinegar
2013 · Vinny (voice)
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013 · Self
Don Jon
2013 · Jon Martello, Jr., Director, Writer
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013 · Self
Django sin Cadenas
2012 · Thanks
Ending the Knight
2012 · Self
Lincoln
2012 · Robert Lincoln
Looper: Asesinos del futuro
2012 · Joe, Executive Producer
The Blue Dildo
2012 · Director, Writer
La entrega inmediata
2012 · Wilee
Batman: El caballero de la noche asciende
2012 · Blake
50/50
2011 · Adam Lerner
Elektra Luxx
2011 · Bert Rodriguez
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
2010 · Self
Inception
2010 · Arthur
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
2010 · Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
2010 · Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director, Editor
Hesher
2010 · Hesher
Uncertainty
2009 · Bobby
Women in Trouble
2009 · Bert Rodriguez
G.I. Joe: El origen de Cobra
2009 · The Doctor / Rex
(500) días con ella
2009 · Tom
Los estafadores
2009 · Bar Patron
Sparks
2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
Big Breaks
2008 · Todd Sterling
Tiro mortal
2008 · Richie Nix
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Tim Boyle
Ausente
2008 · Tommy Burgess
The Lookout
2007 · Chris Pratt
Building Brick
2006 · Self
Brick
2006 · Brendan Frye
Escargots
2006 · Director
Perturbadas
2005 · Sam
Shadowboxer
2005 · Dr. Don
Piel misteriosa
2005 · Neil McCormick
Latter Days
2004 · Elder Paul Ryder
El planeta del tesoro
2002 · Jim Hawkins (voice)
Manic
2002 · Lyle
Forever Lulu
2000 · Martin Ellsworth
Picking Up the Pieces
2000 · Flaco
10 Things I Hate About You
1999 · Cameron James
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 · Jimmy
Unmasking the Horror
1998 · Self
Sweet Jane
1998 · Tony
The Juror
1996 · Oliver
The Great Elephant Escape
1995 · Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
Angels in the Outfield
1994 · Roger
The Road Killers
1994 · Rich
Holy Matrimony
1994 · Zeke
Gregory K
1993 · Gregory Kingsley
A River Runs Through It
1992 · Young Norman
Beethoven
1992 · Student #1
Plymouth
1991 · Simon
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
1991 · Josh Stadler
Changes
1991 · Matt Hallam
Stranger on My Land
1988 · Rounder
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
· Producer
White Night
· James Jones
Sovereign
· Executive Producer
2034
· Director, Screenplay, Producer
TV shows (55)
Poker Face
2023 · Trey Nelson
Super Pumped: La Batalla por Uber
2022 · Travis 'TK' Kalanick
That's My Jam
2021 · Self - Guest
Last Meals
2021 · Self
El niño lobo y la fábrica del todo
2021 · Luxcraft (voice), Executive Producer
Mr. Corman
2021 · Josh Corman, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Songs, Creator
Enmienda: La lucha por la igualdad en EE. UU.
2021 · Self
Create Together
2020 · Self - Host, Creator
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
En pocas palabras
2018 · Narrator (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Self
Drop the Mic
2017 · Self
Comrade Detective
2017 · Iosif Baciu (voice)
Los Muppets
2015 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014 · Self - Host, Self, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
The Mindy Project
2012 · Matt Sherman
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Self
Numb3rs
2005 · Scott Reynolds
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Nudes in the News
2002 · Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
Click
2000 · Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self
That '70s Show
1998 · Buddy
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Tommy Solomon
The Outer Limits
1995 · Zach Henniger, Teenage Boy
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · Zack Lawson
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self / Presenter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
The Powers That Be
1992 · Pierce Van Horne
Dark Shadows
1991 · David Collins / Daniel Collins, Daniel Collins, David Collins
Quantum Leap
1989 · Kyle
Roseanne
1988 · George
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
China Beach
1988
L.A. Law
1986 · Ricky Berg
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Boy #1
Family Ties
1982 · Dougie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Sesame Street
1969 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self
Seductive Poison