1981-02-17 ( 44 years old ) in 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+.
Movies
The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious
2025-02-12
Killer Heat
2024-09-25
Greedy People
2024-08-23
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024-06-20
Once Upon a Studio
2023-09-24
Flora and Son
2023-09-21
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022-11-23
Pinocchio
2022-09-07
A Forest Haunt
2022-04-28
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020-09-25
Project Power
2020-08-14
Dear Class of 2020
2020-06-07
7500
2019-12-26
Knives Out
2019-11-27
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019-11-09
Band Together with Logic
2019-03-15
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018-07-29
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017-12-13
Snowden
2016-09-15
Straight Outta OZ
2016-06-23
The Night Before
2015-11-20
The Walk
2015-09-30
The Interview
2014-12-25
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014-08-20
Vinegar
2013-12-31
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013-11-29
Don Jon
2013-09-12
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013-01-16
Ending the Knight
2012-12-04
Lincoln
2012-11-09
Looper
2012-09-26
Premium Rush
2012-08-24
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
50/50
2011-09-30
Elektra Luxx
2011-03-11
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
2010-12-07
Inception
2010-07-15
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
2010-01-24
Hesher
2010-01-22
Uncertainty
2009-11-15
Women in Trouble
2009-11-13
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009-08-03
(500) Days of Summer
2009-07-17
Big Breaks
2008-12-31
Killshot
2008-11-13
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
The Brothers Bloom
2008-09-09
Stop-Loss
2008-03-28
The Lookout
2007-03-09
Building Brick
2006-09-21
Brick
2006-03-31
Escargots
2006-03-31
Havoc
2005-10-16
Shadowboxer
2005-09-09
Mysterious Skin
2005-03-30
Latter Days
2004-01-30
Treasure Planet
2002-11-26
Manic
2001-01-27
Forever Lulu
2000-07-07
Picking Up the Pieces
2000-05-26
10 Things I Hate About You
1999-03-30
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998-08-05
Sweet Jane
1998-02-01
The Juror
1996-02-02
The Great Elephant Escape
1995-03-25
Angels in the Outfield
1994-07-15
The Road Killers
1994-05-07
Holy Matrimony
1994-04-08
Gregory K
1993-02-08
A River Runs Through It
1992-10-09
Beethoven
1992-04-03
Plymouth
1991-05-26
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
1991-04-22
Changes
1991-04-01
Stranger on My Land
1988-01-17
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