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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Acting
Known For

44 Years Old

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+.

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 17th February 1981

All Credits

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show Image
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
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Conan
Self
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Image
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
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The View
Self - Guest
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The Mindy Project
Matt Sherman
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
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Honest Trailers
John Blake (archive footage)
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That '70s Show
Buddy
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Zack Lawson
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
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Murder, She Wrote
Boy #1
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Poker Face
Trey Nelson
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Click
Self
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Numb3rs
Scott Reynolds
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Quantum Leap
Kyle
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Family Ties
Dougie
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
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Made in Hollywood
Self
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HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Self - Host
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Drop the Mic
Self
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3rd Rock from the Sun
Tommy Solomon
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Explained
Narrator (voice)
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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
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Hot Ones
Self
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
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Don Jon
Jon Martello, Jr.
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Inception
Arthur
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Last Meals
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L.A. Law
Ricky Berg
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Amend: The Fight for America
Self
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Mr. Corman
Josh Corman
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Dark Shadows
David Collins / Daniel Collins
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Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Luxcraft (voice)
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The Outer Limits
Teenage Boy
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The Outer Limits
Zach Henniger
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Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
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The Dark Knight Rises
Blake
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China Beach
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10 Things I Hate About You
Cameron James
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The Muppets
Self
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Knives Out
Detective Hardrock (voice)
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(500) Days of Summer
Tom
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Doctor / Rex
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Comrade Detective
Iosif Baciu (voice)
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Slowen Lo (voice)
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Roseanne
George
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Hourly Dong (voice)
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Treasure Planet
Jim Hawkins (voice)
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The Interview
Self (uncredited)
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Create Together
Self - Host
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Detective Bobby Abbott
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Johnny
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis 'TK' Kalanick
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Looper
Joe
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Mysterious Skin
Neil McCormick
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Nudes in the News
Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
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Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
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A River Runs Through It
Young Norman
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Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
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Beethoven
Student #1
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Project Power
Frank
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Snowden
Edward Snowden
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
Richard Schultz
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Havoc
Sam
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Greedy People
Terry
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jimmy Howell
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The Walk
Philippe Petit
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Once Upon a Studio
Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive footage)
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Killer Heat
Nick Bali
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50/50
Adam Lerner
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Premium Rush
Wilee
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That's My Jam
Self - Guest
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Flora and Son
Jeff
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Brick
Brendan
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The Powers That Be
Pierce Van Horne
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7500
Tobias Ellis
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The Night Before
Ethan
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Stop-Loss
Tommy Burgess
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Angels in the Outfield
Roger
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The Juror
Oliver Laird
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The Brothers Bloom
Bar Patron
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The Lookout
Chris Pratt
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Ending the Knight
Self
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Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self - Host
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Hesher
Hesher
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Killshot
Richie Nix
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Miracle at St. Anna
Tim Boyle
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Women in Trouble
Bert Rodriguez
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Latter Days
Elder Paul Ryder
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Manic
Lyle
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Holy Matrimony
Zeke
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Shadowboxer
Dr. Don
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Dear Class of 2020
Self
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Picking Up the Pieces
Flaco
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Stranger on My Land
Rounder
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Forever Lulu
Martin Ellsworth
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Elektra Luxx
Bert Rodriguez
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Paradise Records
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Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Self - Host
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Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Self
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Changes
Matt Hallam
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Uncertainty
Bobby
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The Road Killers
Rich
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Teen Choice Awards
Self - Nominee
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Straight Outta OZ
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Sweet Jane
Tony
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Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Josh Stadler
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Wingmen
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Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Self
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Band Together with Logic
Self
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The Great Elephant Escape
Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
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Pendulum
Patrick
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Gregory K
Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ
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Nobody Nothing Nowhere
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Building Brick
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A Forest Haunt
Narrator (voice)
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Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
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Plymouth
Simon
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Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
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Big Breaks
Todd Sterling
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Escargots
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White Night
James Jones
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Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
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Vinegar
Vinny