“Why not make a mission out of it?”
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a 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) w…
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Born 17 February 1981 · Q177311
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Then, as we got older, we became more like peers. Confidants.
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2026· 5 entries
“and there were downsides that came to pass. If I’d wanted to, I could have made a standard romantic comedy that made more money. But why should I?”
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“Then, as we got older, we became more like peers. Confidants.”
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“I was lucky to have made money when I was young, so I didn’t have to take jobs that everyone said I should take.”
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Reported net worth: $35M.
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “An old Polaroid photograph shows a young Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles and Larissa Oleynik of the 1999 film "10 Things I Hate About You."” Mostly True.
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Portrayed Detective Bobby Abbott in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
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2022· 1 entry
Starred as Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, in Showtime's anthology series Super Pumped, based on the bestselling book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
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2021· 3 entries
The Guardian: Mr Corman review – Joseph Gordon-Levitt tackles millennial malaise
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The Guardian: Mr Corman: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s indie comedy funny? It’s complicated …
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Wrote, directed, and starred in a comedy-drama series Mr
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2020· 4 entries
Gordon-Levitt released Hong Kong Never Sleeps, a collaborative short film paying homage to Hong Kong created on hitRECord, on his Facebook page
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The Guardian: Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 'Playing a cop means something different now'
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“live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio. In 2022, he starred as Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, in Showtime”
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Had a supporting role in the legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7
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2019· 2 entries
And voice by actors he recruited in October 2020
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Gordon-Levitt starred in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath, which had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on August 9, 2019
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2017· 2 entries
Spoke at the Effective Altruism Global conference in San Francisco
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Gordon-Levitt had a voice cameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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2016· 1 entry
And also starred Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, and Nicolas Cage
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2015· 1 entry
Gordon-Levitt starred as Philippe Petit in the biographical drama The Walk, directed by Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis
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2013· 3 entries
Wrote and directed Don Jon, a comedy-drama film that was released to positive reviews and earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay
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Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed, and starred in his screenwriting and directorial debut, Don Jon
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“I always intended this to be a movie for a mass popular audience. Everyone told me it was a long shot ... I couldn”
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2011· 1 entry
Gordon-Levitt began filming Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, in which he played John Blake, a police officer who emerges as a key ally of Batman
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2010· 4 entries
Daniel was found dead in Hollywood, California, at the age of 36
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Directed another short film, Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo
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Replaced James Franco and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception, which received favorable reviews
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After a period of stagnation in his acting career
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2001· 1 entry
Gordon-Levitt made his debut on the New York stage to excellent reviews in the off-Broadway premiere of Austin Pendleton's Uncle Bob at the SoHo Playhouse
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1998· 1 entry
As Buddy, a gay teenager who assumes his friend (main character Eric Forman) is gay, as well, in the episode "Eric's Buddy"
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1996· 1 entry
Got the role of Tommy Solomon on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
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1994· 1 entry
Starred in the Disney film Angels in the Outfield as an orphan who sees angels
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1992· 1 entry
Portrayed Gregory Kingsley in the made-for-TV film Switching Parents, based on Kingsley's real-life case of "divorcing" his parents
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1991· 1 entry
Played both David Collins and Daniel Collins in the Dark Shadows television series and appeared in the film A River Runs Through It
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1981· 2 entries
Born 1981-02-17.
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In Los Angeles, California, and was raised in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood
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1970· 1 entry
For the Peace and Freedom Party and finished last with 2
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