Cast & creator
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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+.
Also known as: RegularJOE , Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
108
film credits
67
television credits
142
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (175)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Outer Limits
Zach Henniger
1995The Outer Limits
Teenage Boy
1995
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Murder, She Wrote
Boy #1
1984
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Numb3rs
Scott Reynolds
2005
Quantum Leap
Kyle
1989
L.A. Law
Ricky Berg
1986
That '70s Show
Buddy
1998
Hot Ones
Self
2015
3rd Rock from the Sun
Tommy Solomon
1996
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Zack Lawson
1993
The Mindy Project
Matt Sherman
2012
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Family Ties
Dougie
1982
Inception
Arthur
2010
Last Meals
Self
2021
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Dark Knight Rises
Blake
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Django Unchained
Thanks
2012
Click
Self
2000
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Slowen Lo (voice)
2017
Knives Out
Detective Hardrock (voice)
2019
Poker Face
Trey Nelson
2023
China Beach
1988
Treasure Planet
Jim Hawkins (voice)
2002
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Baseball Announcer (voice)
2025
10 Things I Hate About You
Cameron James
1999
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Hourly Dong (voice)
2022
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
(500) Days of Summer
Tom
2009
The Interview
Self (uncredited)
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2014
The Muppets
Self
2015
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis 'TK' Kalanick
2022Nudes in the News
Tommy Solomon (archive footage)
2002
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Johnny
2014
Mr. Corman
Josh Corman
2021Mr. Corman
Executive Producer
2021Mr. Corman
Writer
2021Mr. Corman
Director
2021Mr. Corman
Songs
2021Mr. Corman
Creator
2021
Looper
Joe
2012Looper
Executive Producer
2012
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jimmy
1998
Killer Heat
Nick Bali
2024
The Walk
Philippe Petit
2015
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Doctor / Rex
2009
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Luxcraft (voice)
2021Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
Executive Producer
2021
Once Upon a Studio
Jim Hawkins (voice) (archive sound)
2023
A River Runs Through It
Young Norman
1992
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
2021
Dark Shadows
Daniel Collins
1991Dark Shadows
David Collins / Daniel Collins
1991Dark Shadows
David Collins
1991
Roseanne
George
1988
Don Jon
Jon Martello, Jr.
2013Don Jon
Director
2013Don Jon
Writer
2013
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
2021
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Detective Bobby Abbott
2024
Premium Rush
Wilee
2012
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Project Power
Frank
2020
Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
2022
The Powers That Be
Pierce Van Horne
1992
Greedy People
Terry
2024
Flora and Son
Jeff
2023
Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
2012
Mysterious Skin
Neil McCormick
2005
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Self - Host
2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Self
2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Executive Producer
2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director
2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Creator
2014
Snowden
Edward Snowden
2016
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Richard Schultz
2020
The Night Before
Ethan
2015
50/50
Adam Lerner
2011
Comrade Detective
Iosif Baciu (voice)
2017
The Juror
Oliver
1996
Beethoven
Student #1
1992
Havoc
Sam
2005
Hesher
Hesher
2010
Angels in the Outfield
Roger
1994
The Brothers Bloom
Bar Patron
2009
The Lookout
Chris Pratt
2007
Brick
Brendan Frye
2006
Stop-Loss
Tommy Burgess
2008
7500
Tobias Ellis
2019
Killshot
Richie Nix
2008
Miracle at St. Anna
Tim Boyle
2008
Latter Days
Elder Paul Ryder
2004
Holy Matrimony
Zeke
1994
Women in Trouble
Bert Rodriguez
2009
Manic
Lyle
2002
The Road Killers
Rich
1994
Elektra Luxx
Bert Rodriguez
2011
Create Together
Self - Host
2020Create Together
Creator
2020
Ending the Knight
Self
2012
Picking Up the Pieces
Flaco
2000
Paradise Records
The Negotiator
2025
Forever Lulu
Martin Ellsworth
2000Endgame
Guard
2018
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self - Host
2019
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis 'Tk' Kalanick
2022
Sweet Jane
Tony
1998
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
2024
Plymouth
Simon
1991Sovereign
Executive Producer
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Self - Host
2018
Shadowboxer
Dr. Don
2005
Dear Class of 2020
Self
2020Big Breaks
Todd Sterling
2008Weezer: Security Threat
2034
Director
2034
Screenplay
2034
Producer
Pendulum
Patrick
2027
Hi Honey - I'm Dead
Josh Stadler
1991
Sleep Cycle
Director
2014
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2014
The Great Elephant Escape
Matthew „Matt“ Cunningham
1995
Escargots
2006Escargots
Director
2006
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
2013
Uncertainty
Bobby
2009
Stranger on My Land
Rounder
1988
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Self
2013Seductive Poison
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Self
2010
Band Together with Logic
Self
2019Band Together with Logic
Executive Producer
2019Band Together with Logic
Director
2019
Changes
Matt Hallam
1991
Straight Outta OZ
2016
Gregory K
Gregory Kingsley
1993
Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
2010Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
Director
2010One Song
Producer
2014Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Producer
A Forest Haunt
Narrator (voice)
2022A Forest Haunt
Executive Producer
2022
The Blue Dildo
Director
2012The Blue Dildo
Writer
2012
Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
2010Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Director
2010Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny
Editor
2010
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Sparks
Director
2009Sparks
Writer
2009Sparks
Producer
2009
Vinegar
Vinny (voice)
2013
White Night
James Jones
Building Brick
Self
2006