Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an American actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur who has received various accolades throughout his career.
As a child, Gordon-Levitt appeared in the films ''
A River Runs Through It'' (1992) and ''
Angels in the Outfield'' (1994), which earned him a
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...
and a
Saturn Award
The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films bel ...
nomination respectively, and in the television series ''
3rd Rock from the Sun
''3rd Rock from the Sun'' is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, the ...
'' (1996–2001), for which he received three nominations at the
Screen Actors Guild Awards.
After a short break, he decided to return to acting with more challenging roles like the coming-to-age drama ''
Mysterious Skin'' (2004),
for which he obtained a
Gotham Award
The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of '' Salmagundi'', published on ...
nomination for
Breakthrough Actor. In 2009, he starred in the romantic comedy ''
(500) Days of Summer
''500 Days of Summer'' (stylized as ''(500) Days of Summer'') is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars ...
'', a performance that earned him nominations for the
and the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
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. Two years later, he was nominated for a second
Golden Globe Award for the black comedy ''
50/50''. 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. 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
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
2000s 2001
* ''Gosford Park''
** '' Ocean's Eleven''
** '' The Roy ...
and the
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Gordon-Levitt is the founder of the online media platform
HitRecord,
whose projects such as ''
HitRecord on TV
''HitRecord on TV'' is a 2014 American television variety series created by Joseph Gordon-Levitt with executive producers Jared Geller, Brian Graden, and Belisa Balaban. The series premiered on 18 January 2014 on Pivot in the United States. The ...
'' (2014–15) and ''Create Together'' (2020) won him two
Primetime Emmy Awards
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in the category of
Outstanding Interactive Program. He received a
Tony Award nomination for
Best Special Theatrical Event for producing the
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
show ''
Slava's Snowshow'' (2008).
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
* {{IMDb name, 0330687, name=Joseph Gordon-Levitt, section=awards
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph