
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Fødselsdag: 1981-02-17
Fødested: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biografi: 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+.

A River Runs Through It, 1992
Drama

Beethoven, 1992
Komedie

Angels in the Outfield, 1994
Komedie
Fantasy

The Juror, 1996
Thriller
Detektiv
Drama

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, 1998
Gys
Thriller

10 Things I Hate About You, 1999
Komedie
Romantik
Drama

Treasure Planet, 2002
Eventyr
Animation
Fantasy
Sci-Fi

Latter Days, 2004
Drama
Komedie
Romantik

Mysterious Skin, 2005
Drama

Havoc, 2005
Detektiv
Drama

Brick, 2006
Drama
Mysterium

The Lookout, 2007
Detektiv
Drama
Thriller

Miracle at St. Anna, 2008
Drama
Krig

The Brothers Bloom, 2008
Eventyr
Komedie
Drama
Romantik

Killshot, 2008
Detektiv
Drama
Thriller

Stop-Loss, 2008
Drama
Krig

(500) Days of Summer, 2009
Komedie
Drama
Romantik

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009
Eventyr
Action
Thriller
Sci-Fi

Inception, 2010
Action
Sci-Fi
Eventyr

Hesher, 2010
Drama

Inception: The Cobol Job, 2010
Animation
Action
Thriller
Sci-Fi

50/50, 2011
Komedie
Drama

The Dark Knight Rises, 2012
Action
Detektiv
Drama
Thriller

Looper, 2012
Action
Thriller
Sci-Fi

Premium Rush, 2012
Detektiv
Action
Thriller

Lincoln, 2012
Historisk
Drama

Don Jon, 2013
Romantik
Komedie
Drama

The Interview, 2014
Action
Komedie

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, 2014
Detektiv
Action
Thriller

The Night Before, 2015
Komedie
Eventyr
Fantasy

The Walk, 2015
Historisk
Drama
Eventyr

Snowden, 2016
Drama
Historisk
Detektiv
Thriller

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017
Eventyr
Action
Sci-Fi

Knives Out, 2019
Komedie
Detektiv
Mysterium

7500, 2019
Drama
Thriller
Action

Project Power, 2020
Action
Detektiv
Sci-Fi

The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020
Drama
Historisk

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, 2022
Komedie
Detektiv
Mysterium

Pinocchio, 2022
Fantasy
Eventyr

Once Upon a Studio, 2023
Animation
Fantasy
Komedie