Acting
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+.
Filmography
Pendulum
Film · 2027
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Film · 2025
Paradise Records
Film · 2025
Killer Heat
Film · 2024
Greedy People
Film · 2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Film · 2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
Film · 2024
Once Upon a Studio
Film · 2023
Flora and Son
Film · 2023
Poker Face
Series · 2023
A Forest Haunt
Film · 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Film · 2022
Pinocchio
Film · 2022
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Film · 2022
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Series · 2022
Mr. Corman
Series · 2021
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Series · 2021
That's My Jam
Series · 2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Series · 2021
Last Meals
Series · 2021
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Film · 2020
Project Power
Film · 2020
Dear Class of 2020
Film · 2020
Create Together
Series · 2020
7500
Film · 2019
Band Together with Logic
Film · 2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2019
Knives Out
Film · 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Film · 2018
Endgame
Film · 2018
Explained
Series · 2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Series · 2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Film · 2017
Comrade Detective
Series · 2017
Drop the Mic
Series · 2017
Straight Outta OZ
Film · 2016
Snowden
Film · 2016
The Walk
Film · 2015
The Night Before
Film · 2015
The Muppets
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Film · 2014
The Interview
Film · 2014
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Film · 2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Don Jon
Film · 2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Film · 2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
Film · 2013
Vinegar
Film · 2013
The Dark Knight Rises
Film · 2012
Premium Rush
Film · 2012
Lincoln
Film · 2012
Looper
Film · 2012
Ending the Knight
Film · 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Series · 2012
The Mindy Project
Series · 2012
50/50
Film · 2011
Elektra Luxx
Film · 2011
Inception
Film · 2010
Hesher
Film · 2010
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Film · 2010
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Film · 2010
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Women in Trouble
Film · 2009
Uncertainty
Film · 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Film · 2009
(500) Days of Summer
Film · 2009
The Brothers Bloom
Film · 2009
Stop-Loss
Film · 2008
Miracle at St. Anna
Film · 2008
Killshot
Film · 2008
Big Breaks
Film · 2008
The Lookout
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Brick
Film · 2006
Escargots
Film · 2006
Building Brick
Film · 2006
Mysterious Skin
Film · 2005
Shadowboxer
Film · 2005
Havoc
Film · 2005
Numb3rs
Series · 2005
Made in Hollywood
Series · 2005
Latter Days
Film · 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Treasure Planet
Film · 2002
Manic
Film · 2002
Nudes in the News
Series · 2002
Picking Up the Pieces
Film · 2000
Forever Lulu
Film · 2000
Click
Series · 2000
10 Things I Hate About You
Film · 1999
Teen Choice Awards
Series · 1999
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Film · 1998
Sweet Jane
Film · 1998
Unmasking the Horror
Film · 1998
That '70s Show
Series · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
The Juror
Film · 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Series · 1996
The Great Elephant Escape
Film · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
Holy Matrimony
Film · 1994
Angels in the Outfield
Film · 1994
The Road Killers
Film · 1994
Gregory K
Film · 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Series · 1993
A River Runs Through It
Film · 1992
Beethoven
Film · 1992
The Powers That Be
Series · 1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Plymouth
Film · 1991
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Film · 1991
Changes
Film · 1991
Dark Shadows
Series · 1991
Dark Shadows
Series · 1991
Dark Shadows
Series · 1991
Quantum Leap
Series · 1989
Stranger on My Land
Film · 1988
China Beach
Series · 1988
Roseanne
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Family Ties
Series · 1982
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Film
White Night
Film
Weezer: Security Threat
Film
Seductive Poison
Series