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My Take
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the rare former child actor whose adult career reads like a series of deliberate, intelligent choices rather than survival. He gravitates toward puzzle-box cinema, Inception and Looper being the obvious examples, yet what interests me more is his instinct for collaboration: building an open platform where strangers make art together says a lot about how he understands creativity as a shared act, not a personal brand. He could have chased conventional leading-man stardom and mostly declined. I value that restraint. Watching him, I always sense a maker first and a movie star second, which is exactly the order I prefer.
Overview
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョセフ・ゴードン＝レヴィット
- Reading
- じょせふ・ごーどん＝れゔぃっと
- Born
- February 17, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film producer / screenwriter / character actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Van Nuys High School
- University
- Columbia University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Treasure Planet | — | |
| Notable work | Inception | — | |
| Notable work | Looper | — | |
| Notable work | The Walk | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.