Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Back when he was in "3rd Rock from the Sun" and '10 Things I Hate About You,' Joseph Gordon-Levitt yearned to test his dramatic chops with a Sundance film. When the opportunity came in the form of 2001's 'Manic' with Zooey Deschanel and Don Cheadle, the young star embraced the challenge. Although the early digital film didn't get much attention at the Sundance Film Festival (unlike his 2023 festival favorite, John Carney's 'Flora and Son'), Lyle in 'Manic' is the role that forever changed Gordon-Levitt's life.
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Why Nobody Thought Joseph Gordon-Levitt Could Be in Sundance Movies
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur known for films such as 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Looper, and Snowden. He recently co-starred in the #1 Netflix hit, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and as the infamous founder of Uber in Showtime's Super-Pumped. He wrote and directed the prescient Sundance favorite, Don Jon about online pornography addiction, and followed with the Apple TV+ series, Mr. Corman. Gordon-Levitt has always been passionate about the intersection of media and technology, co-founding the two-time Emmy-winning online community for creative collaboration, hitRECord. He recently penned a Washington Post OpEd entitled 'If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you', and spoke at Taiwan's Plurality Summit in support of its luminary Minister of Digital Affairs, Audrey Tang.
BornFebruary 17, 1981
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
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  • Arthur
  • 2010
Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt in Looper (2012)
7.4
Movie
  • Joe
  • 2012
Julianne Moore, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (2013)
6.5
Movie
  • Jon
  • 2013
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in 50/50 (2011)
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  • Adam
  • 2011
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    The whole concept of celebrity pisses me off. While I'm not acelebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us.Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
  • Trademarks
      Dimples and youthful, boyish looks
  • Nicknames
    • Joe
    • Joey
    • JGL
    • Regular Joe

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