Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Boy #1
1984
Film
Inception
Arthur
2010
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Quantum Leap
Kyle
1989
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Series
Numb3rs
Scott Reynolds
2005
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
That '70s Show
Buddy
1998
Film
The Dark Knight Rises
Blake
2012
Series
L.A. Law
Ricky Berg
1986
Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Zack Lawson
1993
Series
Last Meals
Self
2021
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Family Ties
Dougie
1982
Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
Tommy Solomon
1996
Series
The Mindy Project
Matt Sherman
2012
Film
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Slowen Lo (voice)
2017
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Poker Face
Trey Nelson
2023
Film
Knives Out
Detective Hardrock (voice)
2019
Film
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Baseball Announcer (voice)
2025
Series
The Outer Limits
Zach Henniger
1995
Series
The Outer Limits
Teenage Boy
1995
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Film
Treasure Planet
Jim Hawkins (voice)
2002
Series
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Film
10 Things I Hate About You
Cameron James
1999
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Series
Click
Self
2000
Film
(500) Days of Summer
Tom
2009
Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Hourly Dong (voice)
2022
Series
China Beach
1988
Film
Looper
Joe
2012
Film
The Interview
Self (uncredited)
2014
Series
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
Series
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2014
Series
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Film
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Johnny
2014
Film
Once Upon a Studio
Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
2023
Film
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Doctor / Rex
2009
Series
The Muppets
Self
2015
Film
Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
2012
Film
Don Jon
Jon Martello, Jr.
2013
Series
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis 'TK' Kalanick
2022
Series
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Luxcraft (voice)
2021
Film
The Walk
Philippe Petit
2015
Film
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
2022
Series
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
Film
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Detective Bobby Abbott
2024
Series
Mr. Corman
Josh Corman
2021
Film
Mysterious Skin
Neil McCormick
2005
Film
Killer Heat
Nick Bali
2024
Film
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jimmy
1998
Series
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Film
Premium Rush
Wilee
2012
Film
A River Runs Through It
Young Norman
1992
Film
Beethoven
Student #1
1992
Film
Greedy People
Terry
2024
Film
Snowden
Edward Snowden
2016
Film
Project Power
Frank
2020
Series
Dark Shadows
Daniel Collins
1991
Series
Dark Shadows
David Collins / Daniel Collins
1991
Series
Dark Shadows
David Collins
1991
Film
50/50
Adam Lerner
2011
Series
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
2021
Nudes in the News
Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
2002
Series
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
2021
Film
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Richard Schultz
2020
Film
Flora and Son
Jeff
2023
Film
Havoc
Sam
2005
Series
Roseanne
George
1988
Series
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Self - Host
2014
Series
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Self
2014
Film
Angels in the Outfield
Roger
1994
Film
The Night Before
Ethan
2015
Film
Hesher
Hesher
2010
Film
The Lookout
Chris Pratt
2007
Film
Stop-Loss
Tommy Burgess
2008
Series
The Powers That Be
Pierce Van Horne
1992
Film
Brick
Brendan Frye
2006
Film
Killshot
Richie Nix
2008
Series
Comrade Detective
Iosif Baciu (voice)
2017
Film
The Brothers Bloom
Bar Patron
2008
Film
The Juror
Oliver
1996
Film
Forever Lulu
Martin Ellsworth
2000
Film
Latter Days
Elder Paul Ryder
2004
Film
Holy Matrimony
Zeke
1994
Film
Manic
Lyle
2002
Film
Ending the Knight
Self
2012
Film
Miracle at St. Anna
Tim Boyle
2008
Film
7500
Tobias Ellis
2019
Film
Paradise Records
The Negotiator
2025
Film
Elektra Luxx
Bert Rodriguez
2011
Film
Shadowboxer
Dr. Don
2005
Film
Women in Trouble
Bert Rodriguez
2009
Film
Sweet Jane
Tony
1998
Film
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Self - Host
2018
Film
Picking Up the Pieces
Flaco
2000
Film
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self - Host
2019
Film
Dear Class of 2020
Self
2020
Weezer: Security Threat
Film
Plymouth
Simon
1991
Big Breaks
Todd Sterling
2008
Film
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Self
2010
Film
The Road Killers
Rich
1994
Film
Changes
Matt Hallam
1991
Endgame
Guard
2018
Wingmen
Film
Uncertainty
Bobby
2009
Film
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2014
Film
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
2022
Film
Straight Outta OZ
2016
Seductive Poison
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Film
Band Together with Logic
Self
2019
Film
Vinegar
Vinny (voice)
2013
Series
Create Together
Self - Host
2020
Film
Pendulum
Patrick
2027
Film
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Self
2013
Film
Gregory K
Gregory Kingsley
1993
Film
Escargots
2006
Film
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
2013
Film
Stranger on My Land
Rounder
1988
Film
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Josh Stadler
1991
Film
White Night
James Jones
Film
A Forest Haunt
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
The Great Elephant Escape
Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
1995
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Film
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
2010
Building Brick
Self
2006
Film
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
2010