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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt 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+.
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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt 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+.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Simpsons
The Outer Limits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Mindy Project
Murder, She Wrote
Teen Choice Awards
Honest Trailers
Star Wars: Visions
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Explained
Lip Sync Battle
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Poker Face
That '70s Show
Quantum Leap
Roseanne
L.A. Law
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
China Beach
The Muppets
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Family Ties
That's My Jam
Amend: The Fight for America
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Once Upon a Studio
The Interview
Beethoven
Knives Out
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A River Runs Through It
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
The Powers That Be
Dark Shadows
Havoc
Angels in the Outfield
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Lincoln
The Dark Knight Rises
The Trial of the Chicago 7
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
3rd Rock from the Sun
Stop-Loss
Flora and Son
10 Things I Hate About You
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Comrade Detective
Inception
Greedy People
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Project Power
The Night Before
Don Jon
50/50
Brick
7500
(500) Days of Summer
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Premium Rush
Killer Heat
Mysterious Skin
Snowden
The Walk
Pinocchio
Mr. Corman
Looper
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Treasure Planet
Production Credits
Django Unchained
Don Jon
Killer Heat
Looper
Mr. Corman
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
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