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46-566: Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt ( / ˈ l ɛ v ɪ t / ; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He has received various accolades , including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – 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) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in
92-508: 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 ,
138-441: A mental institution , Mysterious Skin (2004) in which he played a gay prostitute and child sexual abuse victim, and Brick (2005), a modern-day film noir set at a high school . In Brick he had the lead role of Brendan Frye, a teen who becomes involved in an underground drug ring while investigating a murder. Brick received positive reviews, with The Minnesota Daily ' s critic commenting that Gordon-Levitt played
184-594: A "modified" closed primary system in which political parties can determine whether or not to allow voters who are not affiliated with any party , or No Party Preference, are allowed to participate in the party's primary. Since the 2004 primaries , PFP has never allowed "independent" voters to vote in their party's primaries. PFP is a socialist party "committed to feminism, [...] democracy, ecology, and racial equality", PFP strongly supports environmentalism, aboriginal rights, LGBT rights , abortion rights , public healthcare, public education, and subsidized housing. After
230-456: A French speaker. He also dated actress Julia Stiles and the two lived in John Jay Hall . He said that moving to New York City from his hometown forced him to grow as a person. He dropped out in 2004 to concentrate on acting again. Gordon-Levitt has said that he made a conscious decision to "be in good movies" after returning to acting. His films include 2001's drama Manic which was set in
276-776: A blast of pure romantic oxygen" and credited both lead actors for playing "it for real, with a grasp of subtlety and feeling that goes beyond the call of breezy duty". He was subsequently nominated for a Golden Globe Award . He later played villain Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra . On November 21, 2009, he hosted Saturday Night Live . In 2010, he replaced James Franco and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan 's science fiction thriller Inception , which received favorable reviews. In 2011, Gordon-Levitt began filming Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight Rises in which he played John Blake ,
322-460: A character's inner life". His 2008 and 2009 films include Stop-Loss , directed by Kimberly Peirce and revolving around American soldiers returning from the Iraq War , and Killshot in which he played a hoodlum partnered with a hired killer played by Mickey Rourke . Gordon-Levitt played a lead role opposite to friend Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer , a well-received 2009 release about
368-595: A comedy drama series Mr. Corman on Apple TV+ . Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born on February 17, 1981, in Los Angeles, California , and was raised in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. He has stated that he is of "100% Ashkenazi Jewish " descent, from a family that is "not strictly religious". His parents were among the founders of the Progressive Jewish Alliance . Gordon-Levitt's father, Dennis Levitt,
414-565: 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
460-637: A contested election. Convention votes: Johnson is Citizen's Party In 2016, both PFP's California state chair and Green candidate Jill Stein requested that the California Secretary of State allow Stein to be placed on the PFP party ballot, but this was rejected. Instead, PFP nominated Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Gloria La Riva . In 2012, Rocky Anderson won a plurality of delegates in PFP's non-binding preference primary, after failing to win enough votes to place his Justice Party on
506-664: A gay teenager who assumes his friend (main character Eric Forman) is gay as well, in the episode " Eric's Buddy ". Gordon-Levitt had a supporting role in 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later , the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You , a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew , and voiced Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet (2002), a Disney adaptation of the novel Treasure Island . In 2000, he began attending Columbia University . He studied history, literature, and French poetry. He became an avid Francophile and
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#1733084997664552-473: A janitor involved in a bank heist . In reviewing the film, The Philadelphia Inquirer described Gordon-Levitt as a "surprisingly formidable, and formidably surprising, leading man", while New York magazine stated that he is a "major tabula rasa actor ... a minimalist", and his character is effective because he "doesn't seize the space ... by what he takes away from the character". The San Francisco Chronicle specified that he "embodies, more than performs,
598-501: A new character, Johnny, in the sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), described by the filmmakers as "a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game". In October 2013, it was reported that he was one of the frontrunners to play Scott Lang / Ant-Man II for Marvel Studios ' superhero film Ant-Man which eventually went to Paul Rudd . In 2015, Gordon-Levitt starred as Philippe Petit in
644-515: A non-binding "preference primary" for President. The PFP presidential candidate is ultimately selected by the PFP State Convention, at which only State Executive Committee (SEC) members can vote. The SEC is directly elected through write-ins in the California primary system every two years. The SEC had about 130 members in 2024 and 90 in 2008. Since January 2001, California has had
690-484: A period of stagnation in his acting career. "I wanted to be creative, and no one was letting me [so I said] OK, I have to figure out something to do on my own." The company has $ 6.4 million in venture capital. On 6 November 2020, Gordon-Levitt released Hong Kong Never Sleeps , a collaborative short film paying homage to Hong Kong created on hitRECord, on his Facebook page. It features photos and videos he collected from Hong Kongers since August 2020, which some themed around
736-626: A photographer and fire spinner who died in 2010 at the age of 36. Gordon-Levitt attended Van Nuys High School and graduated in 1999. Gordon-Levitt joined a musical theater group at the age of four and played the Scarecrow in a production of The Wizard of Oz . Subsequently, he was approached by an agent and began appearing on television and in commercials for Sunny Jim peanut butter, Cocoa Puffs , Pop-Tarts , and Kinney Shoes . At age six he starred in several made-for-television films. In 1991, he played both David Collins and Daniel Collins in
782-484: A police officer who emerges as a key ally of Batman. In Premium Rush , he played the starring role of a fixie-riding , brash bicycle messenger ; he portrayed the younger version of Bruce Willis ' character, in a shared role for the time-travel thriller Looper ; and the supporting role of Robert Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg 's biopic Lincoln . All three films were released in 2012. Gordon-Levitt played
828-700: A voice cameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi . In 2019, Gordon-Levitt starred in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath , which had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on August 9, 2019. It was released on June 19, 2020, by Amazon Studios . That same year, Gordon-Levitt had a voice cameo in Knives Out . Gordon-Levitt starred in Project Power , directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost , opposite Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback ; it
874-971: Is a socialist political party in the United States which operates mostly in California . It was formed in 1966 from anti– Vietnam War and pro–civil rights movements. PFP operates both as an organization unto itself and an umbrella organization in which socialist organizations compete to win PFP's ballot access . Notable past and present members include Bob Avakian , Emmy Lou Packard , Byron Randall , and (briefly) Murray Rothbard . In January 2000, PFP had 75,277 registered voters. In February 2005, PFP had 67,238 registered voters. In January 2010, PFP had 55,036 registered voters. In January 2016, PFP had 75,579 registered voters. In February 2019, PFP had 76,784 registered voters. In February 2021, PFP had 105,535 registered voters. In January 2024, PFP had 133,914 registered voters. Like many minor parties, PFP holds
920-466: Is an online collaborative media platform founded and owned by Gordon-Levitt. The company uses a variety of media to produce such projects as short films , books , and DVDs . HitRecord has produced such films as Don Jon and the short films Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny and its sequel Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo . Gordon-Levitt created the platform in 2010 after
966-603: 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). Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Repression and persecution Anti-war and civil rights movements Contemporary The Peace and Freedom Party ( PFP )
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#17330849976641012-621: The Dark Shadows television series and appeared in the film A River Runs Through It . In the same year, he made an appearance as a boy who witnesses a murder in an episode of Quantum Leap . During 1992–93, he played in The Powers That Be , a sitcom starring John Forsythe , as a clever young boy named Pierce Van Horne. Also in 1992, he portrayed Gregory Kingsley in the made-for-TV film Switching Parents , based on Kingsley's real life case of "divorcing" his parents. In 1994, he starred in
1058-746: The 1967 Century City anti-Vietnam War march on June 23, 1967, anti-war and civil rights supporters began collecting petitions for the Peace and Freedom Party. PFP's founders opposed the Democratic Party's support for the war in Vietnam and saw the Democrats as failing to effectively support the civil rights movement. On January 2, 1968, PFP organizers submitted 105,100 signatures to receive party status in California. PFP has had ballot access in California since 1968, except between 1998 and 2002. In 2003, PFP became
1104-650: The Hong Kong protests starting in 2019 , and voice by actors he recruited in October 2020. On October 4, 2010, Gordon-Levitt's older brother, Daniel Gordon-Levitt, was found dead in Hollywood, California , at the age of 36. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Daniel's cause of death was " ketamine intoxication, with the injury occurring by intake of overdose". Joseph Gordon-Levitt has publicly disputed
1150-765: The Robert Zemeckis -directed film The Walk (2015) and whistleblower Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film Snowden (2016). In 2020, he had a supporting role in the legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 . In 2013, he 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 . He previously directed and edited two short films, both of which were released in 2010: Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny and Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo . In 2021, he wrote, directed and starred in
1196-662: The South by Southwest festival in Austin . He was one of the many producers of the Broadway show Slava's Snowshow . In 2013, Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed, and starred in his screenwriting and directorial debut, Don Jon . The film also stars Scarlett Johansson , Julianne Moore , and Tony Danza and it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. Following the premiere,
1242-547: The effective altruism movement. In 2017, he spoke at the Effective Altruism Global conference in San Francisco. List of awards and nominations received by Joseph Gordon-Levitt 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
1288-606: The Disney film Angels in the Outfield as an orphan who sees angels. In 1996, he got the role of Tommy Solomon on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun . The series ran for six seasons. The San Francisco Chronicle noted that Gordon-Levitt was a "Jewish kid playing an extraterrestrial pretending to be a Jewish kid". During the 1990s, he was frequently featured in teenage magazines. He also made an appearance on That '70s Show in 1998 as Buddy,
1334-483: 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
1380-453: The PP's candidates. After the PP dissolved in 1977, PFP continued in California. In the 2006 California elections , two statewide Peace and Freedom Party candidates received more than the required vote, thus ensuring the party's ballot status for another four years ( Elizabeth Cervantes Barron received 212,383 votes, 2.5% of the total, for Controller; and Tom Condit received 187,618 votes, 2.2% of
1426-633: The Sun (1996–2001). He had a supporting role in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and voiced Jim Hawkins in the Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002) before taking a break from acting to study at Columbia University ; however, he dropped out in 2004 to resume his acting career. Since returning to acting, Gordon-Levitt has starred in Manic (2001), Mysterious Skin (2004), Brick (2005), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Looper (2012), and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in
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1472-484: The ballot. However, Anderson failed to win representatives on the PFP's Central Committee, and withdrew 1 week before the convention. Instead, PFP backed Party for Socialism and Liberation 's preferred candidate Roseanne Barr . In 2008, PFP endorsed Independent Ralph Nader in his presidential campaign . Nader obtained enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Iowa and Utah as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate. This
1518-490: The bestselling book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac. Gordon-Levitt's first film as director, the 24-minute-long Sparks was an adaptation of a short story by Elmore Leonard starring Carla Gugino and Eric Stoltz . Sparks was selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to be shown as part of a new program for short films. In 2010, he directed another short film, Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo . It premiered at two houses during
1564-536: The biographical drama The Walk , directed by Academy Award -winning director Robert Zemeckis . Gordon-Levitt then played National Security Agency surveillance leaker Edward Snowden in Snowden , directed by Oliver Stone . The film was released in North America on September 16, 2016, and also starred Shailene Woodley , Melissa Leo , Zachary Quinto , Tom Wilkinson , and Nicolas Cage . In 2017, Gordon-Levitt had
1610-510: The category of Outstanding Interactive Program . Born in Los Angeles to a Jewish family, Gordon-Levitt began his acting career as a child, appearing in the films A River Runs Through It (1992), Holy Matrimony (1994), and Angels in the Outfield (1994), which earned him a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award nomination. He played the role of Tommy Solomon in the TV series 3rd Rock from
1656-593: The character "beautifully", saying the performance was "true to (the) film's style", "unfeeling but not disenchanted", and "sexy in the most ambiguous way". Another review describes the performance as "astounding". In 2001 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. Gordon-Levitt starred opposite George Morfogen in
1702-454: The claim that his brother's death was caused by a drug overdose. In October 2013, Gordon-Levitt identified himself as a feminist , giving credit to his mother: "My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She was active in the movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The Hollywood movie industry has come a long way since its past. It certainly has a bad history of sexism, but it ain't all the way yet." In December 2014, Gordon-Levitt married Tasha McCauley,
1748-416: The deconstruction of a relationship. His performance, described as "the real key" to what makes the film work, credits him with using "his usual spell in subtle gradations". Variety ' s Todd McCarthy praised his performance, saying he "expressively alternates between enthusiasm and forlorn disappointment in the manner Jack Lemmon could". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said the film "hits you like
1794-485: The film was acquired by Relativity Media and Gordon-Levitt stated: "I always intended this to be a movie for a mass popular audience. Everyone told me it was a long shot ... I couldn't possibly be more grateful." In September 2019, it was announced Gordon-Levitt would write, direct, star, and executive produce Mr. Corman , a comedy-drama series produced by A24 for Apple TV+ . HitRecord (pronounced / ˈ h ɪ t r ɪ ˈ k ɔːr d / ; often stylized as hitREC●rd)
1840-503: The first party in the history of California to regain its ballot status. In 1968, PFP suffered a minor split: Dick Gregory and others split to create the Freedom and Peace Party (FPP), for which Gregory ran in the 1968 United States presidential election . The FPP collapsed after the 1968 election. In 1971, progressives nationwide organized the People's Party . In 1972 and 1976, PFP endorsed
1886-547: The founder and CEO of technology company Fellow Robots. Their first child, a son, was born in August 2015. Their second son was born in June 2017. Their third child, a daughter, was born in 2022. He and McCauley do not want to reveal any details of their children to the media, including their first names. He lives with his family in Pasadena, California . Gordon-Levitt has expressed support for
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1932-546: The gritty two character play. The production was directed by Courtney Moorehead and produced by Steven Sendor. He starred opposite Steve Sandvoss as a young judgmental missionary in Latter Days (2003), a film that centers on a sexually repressed Mormon missionary (Sandvoss) who falls for his gay neighbor. He also had roles in Havoc and Shadowboxer . His next role was in 2007's The Lookout in which he played Chris Pratt,
1978-506: The total, for Insurance Commissioner). California's 2018 gubernatorial primary had statewide office candidates registered in the party. In the race for Insurance Commissioner , Peace and Freedom candidate Nathalie Hrizi received 316,149 votes, 5.0% of the total. The PFP has fielded over 200 electoral candidates in the United States for local , state , and federal offices. PFP candidates usually run as official PFP candidates on their own ballot line . No PFP candidate has yet won
2024-590: Was once the news director for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM . His mother, Jane Gordon, ran for the United States Congress in California during the 1970s for the Peace and Freedom Party ; she met Dennis Levitt while she was working as the program guide editor for KPFK-FM. Gordon-Levitt's maternal grandfather, Michael Gordon (1909–1993), was a Hollywood film director. Gordon-Levitt had an older brother, Dan,
2070-544: Was released on August 14, 2020, by Netflix . He next played lawyer Richard Schultz in the drama film The Trial of the Chicago 7 . The film was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin , and released September 25, 2020. In March 2021, it was announced that Gordon-Levitt would voice Jiminy Cricket in Robert Zemeckis ' live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio . In 2022, he starred as Travis Kalanick , former CEO of Uber , in Showtime's anthology series Super Pumped , based on
2116-476: Was the first expansion of the party beyond California since the 1970s. However, PFP did not obtain enough votes to guarantee ballot access in Iowa or Utah in subsequent elections. In 2000, PFP did not qualify for the ballot in California. In 1988, three factions within PFP — the Internationalist Workers Party , New Alliance Party , and Socialist Party USA plus Communist Party USA — sought
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