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 and a Saturn Award nomination respectively, and in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun (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 nomination for Breakthrough Actor. In 2009, he starred in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer, a performance that earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. 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 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 (2014–15) and Create Together (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Interactive Program. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event for producing the Broadway show Slava's Snowshow (2008).
Awards and nominations
+Awards and nominations received by Joseph Gordon-Levitt Award Year Work Category Result Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2013 Don Jon Most Promising Filmmaker Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2013 Looper Best Actor in an Action Movie Lincoln Best Acting Ensemble (shared with the cast) 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards 2020 Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration Outstanding Host for a Daytime Program Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2009 Best Actor Golden Globe Awards 2010 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 2012 Gotham Awards 2005 Mysterious Skin Breakthrough Actor Hollywood Film Awards 2011 Breakthrough Actor Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2023 Flora and Son Best On-Screen Performance of a Song (shared with Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan, and Jack Reynor) Independent Spirit Awards 2010 Best Male Lead 2014 Don Jon Best First Screenplay Jupiter Awards 2014 Best International Actor MTV Movie & TV Awards 2011 Inception Biggest Badass Star Best Fight Best Kiss (shared with Elliot Page) 2012 Best Male Performance 2014 Don Jon Best Kiss (shared with Scarlett Johansson) People's Choice Awards 2010 Favorite Breakout Movie Actor 2011 Inception Favorite On-Screen Team (shared with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, and Dileep Rao) 2013 Favorite Movie Actor Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 HitRecord on TV Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Social TV Experience 2017 HITRECORD x ACLU: Are You There Democracy? It's Me, the Internet Outstanding Original Interactive Program 2020 Create Together Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media 2021 Create Together with Joseph Gordon-Levitt Outstanding Interactive Program San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Ensemble (shared with the cast) Satellite Awards 2017 Snowden Best Actor – Motion Picture 2021 Best Cast – Motion Picture (shared with the cast) Saturn Awards 1995 Angels in the Outfield Best Performance by a Younger Actor 2013 Looper Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Scream Awards 2010 Inception Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the cast) 1998 1999 2013 Lincoln Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with the cast) 2021 Seattle International Film Festival Awards 2005 Mysterious Skin Best Actor St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Inception Special Merit Teen Choice Awards 2010 Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Choice Movie: Villain 2013 Choice Movie: Scene Stealer Tony Awards 2009 Slava's Snowshow Best Special Theatrical Event (shared with the producers) Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Inception Best Ensemble (shared with the cast) Young Artist Awards 1993 Quantum Leap Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series Best Young Actor in a New Television Series Best Actor Under 10 in a Motion Picture 1997 Best Performance in a TV Comedy – Supporting Young Actor
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