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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor whose career as both a child and adult has included television series and theatrical films. He is known for his roles in the 2009 indie (500) Days of Summer and Christopher Nolan's sci-fi Inception. The former earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Beginning in commercials as a young child he made his film debut in 1992's Beethoven. Gordon-Levitt subsequently co-starred in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) as the young Tommy Solomon. After a hiatus during which he attended Columbia University, Gordon-Levitt left television for film acting, appearing in various independent films, beginning with the 2001 film Manic, followed by the acclaimed roles in 2004's Mysterious Skin and 2005's Brick. He runs an online collaborative production company titled HitRECord.
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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor whose career as both a child and adult has included television series and theatrical films. He is known for his roles in the 2009 indie (500) Days of Summer and Christopher Nolan's sci-fi Inception. The former earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Beginning in commercials as a young child he made his film debut in 1992's Beethoven. Gordon-Levitt subsequently co-starred in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001) as the young Tommy Solomon. After a hiatus during which he attended Columbia University, Gordon-Levitt left television for film acting, appearing in various independent films, beginning with the 2001 film Manic, followed by the acclaimed roles in 2004's Mysterious Skin and 2005's Brick. He runs an online collaborative production company titled HitRECord.
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7500 (2019)
As: Tobia Ellis
A pilot's aircraft is hi-jacked by terrorists.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Patrick Vollrath
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Aylin Tezel | Aurélie Thépaut | Max Schimmelpfennig | Denis Schmidt
Band Together With Logic (2019)
As: Himself
In this YouTube Originals special, Logic invites the world to collaborate with him on an original song, and opens up his creative process like never before. After Logic lays down some rough ideas and releases them on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's online collaborative platform, HITRECORD, the song takes on a life of its own: Thousands of people from around the world build on what Logic started, ...
Runtime: 49 min.
Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Sam Wasserman
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Logic
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
As: Slowen Lo (voice)
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Runtime: 152 min.
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Stars: Mark Hamill | Carrie Fisher | Adam Driver | John Boyega | Daisy Ridley
Snowden (2016)
As: Edward Snowden
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leo | Tom Wilkinson | Zachary Quinto | Shailene Woodley
The Night Before (2015)
As: Ethan Miller
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Anthony Mackie | Lizzy Caplan | Seth Rogen | Jillian Bell
The Walk (2015)
As: Philippe Petit
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Ben Schwartz | Ben Kingsley | James Badge Dale | Charlotte Le Bon
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
As: Himself (archive footage)
550 Artists were interviewed over the last ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question... Lennon or McCartney.
Runtime: 34 min.
Directed by: Matt Schichter
Stars: Aasif Mandvi | Adam Levine | Adam Lambert | James Valentine | James Valentine
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
As: Johnny
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Frank Miller | Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Jessica Alba | Mickey Rourke | Rosario Dawson | Josh Brolin
Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013)
As: Himself
Thanksgiving special starring Lady Gaga performing songs from Artpop and Muppet sketches.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Gregg Gelfand
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Kristen Bell | Elton John | RuPaul | Lady Gaga
Don Jon (2013)
As: Jon Martello, Jr.
A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Julianne Moore | Glenne Headly | Tony Danza | Scarlett Johansson
Lincoln (2012)
As: Robert Lincoln
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Sally Field | David Strathairn | James Spader | Daniel Day-Lewis
Looper (2012)
As: Joe
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Paul Dano | Bruce Willis | Emily Blunt | Noah Segan
Premium Rush (2012)
As: Wilee
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: David Koepp
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Michael Shannon | Jamie Chung | Dania Ramirez | Wolé Parks
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
As: John Blake
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city ...
Runtime: 164 min.
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Tom Hardy | Michael Caine | Christian Bale | Gary Oldman | Anne Hathaway
50/50 (2011)
As: Adam Lerner
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Anna Kendrick | Bryce Dallas Howard | Anjelica Huston | Seth Rogen
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious (2010)
Can the dream world be a fully functional parallel reality? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and leading scientists take you to the cutting edge of dream research in this documentary produced for Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Runtime: 44 min.
Directed by: Roko Belic
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Inception (2010)
As: Arthur
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Runtime: 148 min.
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Ellen Page | Tom Hardy | Ken Watanabe
Hesher (2010)
As: Hesher
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Spencer Susser
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Natalie Portman | Rainn Wilson | Frank Collison | Audrey Wasilewski
Elektra Luxx (2010)
As: Bert Rodriguez
A favor for a woman from her past throws the life of a pregnant, retired porn star into chaos.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Timothy Olyphant | Carla Gugino | Emmanuelle Chriqui | Adrianne Palicki
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny (2010)
As: Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Morgan M. Morgensen nervously survives his first date with the love of his life, Destiny.
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Lexy Hulme | Lawrie Brewster
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo (2010)
As: Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
As Morgan and Destiny visit the Zeppelin Zoo for their eleventeenth date, they run into Lionel, Destiny's former boyfriend and a charming ladies' man. When Destiny's pet goes missing, Morgan and Lionel go head-to-head in search of the Destiny's pet and her affection.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Channing Tatum | Lexy Hulme | Lawrie Brewster
Uncertainty (2009)
As: Bobby
Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are a young New York couple at a crossroads whose lives are about to take very different directions. A seemingly ordinary July 4th is cleaved in two by the flip of a coin. One path leads them to gentle discoveries about family, loss and ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Scott McGehee | David Siegel
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Lynn Collins | Assumpta Serna | Nelson Landrieu | Manoel Felciano
Women in Trouble (2009)
As: Bert Rodriguez
A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Sebastián Gutiérrez
Stars: Marley Shelton | Carla Gugino | Adrianne Palicki | Connie Britton | Garcelle Beauvais
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
As: The Doctor / Rex
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Marlon Wayans | Dennis Quaid | Channing Tatum | Sienna Miller
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
As: Tom Hansen
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Marc Webb
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Geoffrey Arend | Zooey Deschanel | Chloë Grace Moretz | Matthew Gray Gubler
Big Breaks (2008)
As: Todd Sterling
Penny and Sam work for a notoriously mean spirited, selfish, and somewhat abusive big fish Hollywood producer, MJ Siegel. They run a day's worth of outrageous and demoralizing errands for her, and end up turning on one another when Penny's movie idea is stolen, pitched, and sold to MJ by Sam as her own idea. - Written by David Krumholtz
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: David Krumholtz
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Jane Lynch | Elizabeth Banks | Amanda Young | Vanessa Britting
Killshot (2008)
As: Richie Nix
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Mickey Rourke | Rosario Dawson | Thomas Jane | Diane Lane
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
As: Tim Boyle
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Runtime: 160 min.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Stars: John Turturro | Michael Ealy | Laz Alonso | Derek Luke | Valentina Cervi
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
As: Bar Patron
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Stars: Rinko Kikuchi | Adrien Brody | Mark Ruffalo | Rachel Weisz | Robbie Coltrane
Stop-Loss (2008)
As: Tommy Burgess
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Ryan Phillippe | Josef Sommer | Abbie Cornish | Channing Tatum
The Lookout (2007)
As: Chris Pratt
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Scott Frank
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Matthew Goode | Jeff Daniels | Isla Fisher | Carla Gugino
Shadowboxer (2006)
As: Dr. Don
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Helen Mirren | Stephen Dorff | Vanessa Ferlito | Cuba Gooding Jr.
Havoc (2005)
As: Sam
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Barbara Kopple
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Michael Biehn | Anne Hathaway | Bijou Phillips | Shiri Appleby
Brick (2005)
As: Brendan
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Lukas Haas | Matt O'Leary | Noah Fleiss | Nora Zehetner
Mysterious Skin (2004)
As: Neil
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Gregg Araki
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | David Lee Smith | Brady Corbet | Michelle Trachtenberg | Mary Lynn Rajskub
Latter Days (2003)
As: Elder Paul Ryder
Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. Christian is a shallow WeHo waiter/party boy who only looks forward to bedding a new guy every night.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: C. Jay Cox
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Jacqueline Bisset | Wes Ramsey | Steve Sandvoss | Rebekah Johnson
Treasure Planet (2002)
As: Jim Hawkins (voice)
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent on mutiny!
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Ron Clements | John Musker
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Emma Thompson | David Hyde Pierce | Michael Wincott | Brian Murray
Manic (2001)
As: Lyle
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a variety of illnesses.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jordan Melamed
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Don Cheadle | Elden Henson | Cody Lightning | Sara Rivas
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
As: Flaco
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Aráu
Stars: Brian Brophy | Woody Allen | Maria Grazia Cucinotta | Sharon Stone | Alfonso Aráu
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
As: Cameron James
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, are eager, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick, a new kid in town just bitter enough for Kat.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Gil Junger
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Heath Ledger | David Krumholtz | Julia Stiles | Larisa Oleynik
Halloween: H20 (1998)
As: Jimmy Howell
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Steve Miner
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Michelle Williams | Adam Arkin | Jamie Lee Curtis | Josh Hartnett
Sweet Jane (1998)
As: Tony
Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two form a bond.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Joe Gayton
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Kimberly Scott | Samantha Mathis | Derek Webster | Barbara Pilavin
The Juror (1996)
As: Oliver Laird
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Anne Heche | James Gandolfini | Demi Moore | Alec Baldwin
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
As: Roger Bomman
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: William Dear
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Brenda Fricker | Danny Glover | Christopher Lloyd | Tony Danza
The Road Killers (1994)
As: Rich
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Stars: Josh Brolin | Christopher Lambert | David Arquette | Craig Sheffer | Michelle Forbes
Holy Matrimony (1994)
As: Zeke
A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Patricia Arquette | Tate Donovan | John Schuck
Gregory K (1993)
As: Gregory Kingsley / Shawn Russ
TV movie based on the the story of the kid who divorced his parents. Gregory has lived a rough life. His father abuses him and his two brothers. The boys are placed with the mother. Gregory is placed in a boys ranch after his mother can't take care of him and his two brothers. While at the ranch a lawyer visiting the facility meets him. He and his wife decide to adopt him and make him a part of the family. ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Linda Otto
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Robert Joy | Kathleen York | Kristin Griffith | Bill Smitrovich
Partners (1993)
A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
Runtime: 36 min.
Directed by: Peter Weller
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Graham Beckel | Seymour Cassel | Ed Begley Jr.
A River Runs Through It (1992)
As: Young Norman
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920's.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Robert Redford
Stars: Brad Pitt | Tom Skerritt | Edie McClurg | Craig Sheffer | Brenda Blethyn
Beethoven (1992)
As: Student #1
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Brian Levant
Stars: Nicholle Tom | Bonnie Hunt | Dean Jones | Charles Grodin | David Duchovny
Plymouth (1991)
As: Simon
The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining base on the Moon as their new place to live and work. Their first big test comes in the form of a wave of radiation from a massive solar flare.
Runtime: 100 min.
Stars: Richard Hamilton | Jerry Hardin | Cindy Pickett | Perrey Reeves | Matt Brown
Changes (1991)
As: Matt Hallam
Melanie is a top TV news reporter, living in New York with her twin teenage daughters. Peter is a handsome and divorced heart surgeon working at an L.A. hospital with three children of his own. A chance meeting leads to instant romance and eventual marriage, bringing about drastic changes in their lives...not all of them good.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Michael Nouri | Cheryl Ladd | Chris Gartin | Randee Heller | Cynthia Bain