Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the 2004 film Mysterious Skin

Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, and since graduating to adult roles in 2001 has strongly concentrated on independent films. // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... Mysterious Skin is California filmmaker Gregg Arakis eighth film. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An independent film (or indie film) is a film initially produced without financing or distribution from a major movie studio. ...

Biography

Personal life

Gordon-Levitt was born in Los Angeles, California to Dennis Levitt and Jane Gordon; he is of Jewish heritage.^[1][2] For two years, he attended Columbia University, later dropping out to concentrate on acting. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... American Jews, also commonly Jewish Americans, are Americans who maintain an active connection to the Jewish community in the United States or abroad, either through an active practice of Judaism, or through cultural and historical affiliation, or both. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Career

Gordon-Levitt began his acting career at the age of six, appearing in several late 1980s made-for-television films and two episodes of the series Family Ties. After having a lead role on a prime time soap opera, the short-lived 1991 remake of Dark Shadows, he made his feature-film debut with a background role in 1992's Beethoven and later that same year he played a young version of Craig Sheffer's character in A River Runs Through It. In 1994, he played a Hutterite boy in the comedy, Holy Matrimony, and appeared in the lead role of the successful Disney film, Angels in the Outfield. In 1996, he began playing Tommy Solomon on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, a role for which he may still be best known. During the late 1990s, he also appeared in several films, including The Juror (1996), as Demi Moore's character's son, the horror film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, as a pre-credit victim, and the Shakespeare-based teen comedy 10 Things I Hate about You, in which he played a leading role. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... Family Ties was an American television sitcom which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Dark Shadows was a gothic television soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. ... Beethoven (1992) is a movie about a St. ... Craig Sheffer (born April 23, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor. ... Movie poster A River Runs Through It is a semi-autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean (1902-1990). ... Hutterite women at work Hutterites are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 Disney film starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... 3rd Rock from the Sun was an American television sitcom that ran from 1996 until 2001. ... The Juror is a 1996 film starring Demi Moore as Annie Laird, a single mother, picked for jury duty on one of the biggest Mafia trials. ... Demi Moore Demetria Gene Guynes (born November 11, 1962), better known as Demi Moore, is an American actress. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 10 Things I Hate about You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, and directed by Gil Junger. ...

After 3rd Rock from the Sun ended its run in 2001, Gordon-Levitt appeared in what has been described by critics as a series "of acclaimed and underseen indies",^[3] including 2001's drama Manic, which was set in a mental institution, 2005's Mysterious Skin, in which he played a prostitute, and 2005's Brick, a modern-day film noir set at a high school (San Clemente High School), in which he plays the lead role of Brendan Frye, a teen who becomes involved in an underground drug ring while investigating a murder. Brick received generally positive reviews,^[4] with one critic commenting that Gordon-Levitt plays the character "beautifully", "true to film’s style", "unfeeling but not disenchanted" and "sexy in the most ambiguous way",^[5] and another describing the performance as "astounding".^[6] He has also done the voice of the main character Jim Hawkins in the Disney animated feature, Treasure Planet. He was also a Guest Star early on in Season 1 of That 70's Show, in the episode "Eric's Buddy," playing a homosexual school mate of Eric's, who end up becoming lab partners before Eric knows the secret his friend 'Buddy' is hiding. A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Mysterious Skin is California filmmaker Gregg Arakis eighth film. ... CD with soundtrack. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Treasure Planet is the 42nd film in the Disney animated feature canon. ...

Gordon-Levitt's upcoming roles include Killshot, playing an assassin opposite Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke, The Lookout, playing a mentally handicapped janitor involved in a bank heist, and Shadowboxer. Is currently dating actress Sara Roemer The Grudge 2. Premise “Killshot, the 1989 novel by author Elmore Leonard, tells the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau while on the lam from a pair of hitman. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Diane Lane Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Mickey Rourke (b. ... The Lookout is a 2006 crime film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, and Matthew Goode and directed by Scott Frank. ... Shadowboxer is a violent 2006 thriller that stars Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding, Jr. ...

Selected filmography

// Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... The Lookout is a 2006 crime film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, and Matthew Goode and directed by Scott Frank. ... Premise “Killshot, the 1989 novel by author Elmore Leonard, tells the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau while on the lam from a pair of hitman. ... Shadowboxer is a violent 2006 thriller that stars Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding, Jr. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... CD with soundtrack. ... // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... Mysterious Skin is California filmmaker Gregg Arakis eighth film. ... // February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Latter Days dvd cover. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Treasure Planet is the 42nd film in the Disney animated feature canon. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... 10 Things I Hate about You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, and directed by Gil Junger. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1998. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... The Juror is a 1996 film starring Demi Moore as Annie Laird, a single mother, picked for jury duty on one of the biggest Mafia trials. ... // November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy). ... Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 Disney film starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... A River Runs Through It is a 1992 film directed by Robert Redford, based on a novella of the same name written by Norman MacLean. ... Beethoven (1992) is a movie about a St. ...

References

Footnotes

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Web sites

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the Internet Movie Database
• Hitrecord.org Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Official Website
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt at TV.com
• josephgordon-levitt.net Joseph Gordon-Levitt fan site