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

• 2027Pendulum — Patrick
• 2025Paradise Records — The Negotiator
• 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Baseball Announcer (voice)
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• 2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Detective Bobby Abbott
• 2024Greedy People — Terry
• 2024Killer Heat — Nick Bali
• 2023Flora and Son — Jeff
• 2023Once Upon a Studio — Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
• Poker Face — Trey Nelson
• 2022A Forest Haunt — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Hourly Dong (voice)
• 2022Pinocchio — Jiminy Cricket (voice)
• 2022Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Travis 'TK' Kalanick
• Mr. Corman — Josh Corman, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Songs, Creator
• Wolfboy and the Everything Factory — Luxcraft (voice), Executive Producer
• Create Together — Self - Host, Creator
• 2020Project Power — Frank
• 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7 — Richard Schultz
• 20197500 — Tobias Ellis
• 2019Band Together with Logic — Self, Executive Producer, Director
• 2019Knives Out — Detective Hardrock (voice)
• 2018Endgame — Guard
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• Comrade Detective — Iosif Baciu (voice)
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Slowen Lo (voice)
• 2016Snowden — Edward Snowden
• 2016Straight Outta OZ
• 2015The Night Before — Ethan
• 2015The Walk — Philippe Petit
• HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
• 2014One Song — Producer
• 2014Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
• 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For — Johnny
• 2014Sleep Cycle — Director
• 2013Don Jon — Jon Martello, Jr., Director, Writer
• 2013Vinegar — Vinny (voice)
• 2012Django Unchained — Thanks
• 2012Lincoln — Robert Lincoln
• 2012Looper — Joe, Executive Producer
• 2012Premium Rush — Wilee
• 2012The Blue Dildo — Director, Writer
• 2012The Dark Knight Rises — Blake
• The Mindy Project — Matt Sherman
• 201150/50 — Adam Lerner
• 2011Elektra Luxx — Bert Rodriguez
• 2010Hesher — Hesher
• 2010Inception — Arthur
• 2010Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny — Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director, Editor
• 2010Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo — Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator, Director
• 2009(500) Days of Summer — Tom
• 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — The Doctor / Rex
• 2009Sparks — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2009Uncertainty — Bobby
• 2009Women in Trouble — Bert Rodriguez
• 2008Big Breaks — Todd Sterling
• 2008Killshot — Richie Nix
• 2008Miracle at St. Anna — Tim Boyle
• 2008Stop-Loss — Tommy Burgess
• 2008The Brothers Bloom — Bar Patron
• 2007The Lookout — Chris Pratt
• 2006Brick — Brendan Frye
• 2006Escargots — Director
• 2005Havoc — Sam
• 2005Mysterious Skin — Neil McCormick
• Numb3rs — Scott Reynolds
• 2005Shadowboxer — Dr. Don
• 2004Latter Days — Elder Paul Ryder
• 2002Manic — Lyle
• Nudes in the News — Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
• 2002Treasure Planet — Jim Hawkins (voice)
• 2000Forever Lulu — Martin Ellsworth
• 2000Picking Up the Pieces — Flaco
• 199910 Things I Hate About You — Cameron James
• 1998Halloween H20: 20 Years Later — Jimmy
• 1998Sweet Jane — Tony
• That '70s Show — Buddy
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Tommy Solomon
• 1996The Juror — Oliver
• 1995The Great Elephant Escape — Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
• The Outer Limits — Zach Henniger, Teenage Boy
• 1994Angels in the Outfield — Roger
• 1994Holy Matrimony — Zeke
• 1994The Road Killers — Rich
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Zack Lawson
• 1993Gregory K — Gregory Kingsley
• 1992A River Runs Through It — Young Norman
• 1992Beethoven — Student #1
• The Powers That Be — Pierce Van Horne
• 1991Changes — Matt Hallam
• Dark Shadows — Daniel Collins, David Collins / Daniel Collins
• 1991Hi Honey - I'm Dead — Josh Stadler
• 1991Plymouth — Simon
• Quantum Leap — Kyle
• China Beach
• Roseanne — George
• 1988Stranger on My Land — Rounder
• L.A. Law — Ricky Berg
• Murder, She Wrote — Boy #1
• Family Ties — Dougie
• 2034 — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Nobody Nothing Nowhere — Producer
• Seductive Poison
• Sovereign — Executive Producer
• Weezer: Security Threat
• White Night — James Jones

Appearances as themselves (38)

• Amend: The Fight for America — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• 2020Dear Class of 2020 — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• 2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self - Host
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis — Self - Host
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• The Muppets — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls — Self
• 2014The Interview — Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular — Self
• 2013Lincoln: An American Journey — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• 2012Ending the Knight — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• 2010Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Building Brick — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Click — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self