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2 | ->''"Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process."'' |
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4 | Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt[[note]]sometimes abbreviated to JGL; he also prefers to be called Joe[[/note]] (born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. |
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6 | Gordon-Levitt started his acting career in commercials as a child, getting his big break starring in the 1994 Disney remake of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' before starring in the show ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. He then grew recognition for starring in a string of indie films, receiving acclaim from critics for his performances in such movies as ''Film/MysteriousSkin'' and ''{{Film/Brick}}''. |
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8 | After such movies brought him to the attention of major Hollywood producers, he began to work his way into big-budget productions, with prominent supporting roles in ''{{Film/Inception}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' and leading roles in ''[[Film/FiftyFifty2011 50/50]]'' and ''{{Film/Looper}}''. The increased public interest in him following these movies made him one of the biggest stars of the early-to-mid-[=2010s=]. He reduced his output in the latter half of the decade to focus on raising his young family, but came back to the limelight in 2020 with ''Film/ProjectPower'', which was the top-streamed movie on Creator/{{Netflix}} during its first weekend. |
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10 | He also runs a website called [[http://hitRECord.org/ hitRECord.org]], where collaborators from around the world work on various projects. Once a month, Joe will select one "record" to publish and split the money between all the contributors. You can find his Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://hitrecordjoe.tumblr.com/ here]]. |
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12 | !!Filmography: |
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14 | * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1990) as Boy No. 1 |
15 | * ''Series/QuantumLeap'' (1991) as Kyle |
16 | * ''Film/{{Beethoven}}'' (1992) as Student No. 1 |
17 | * ''Film/ARiverRunsThroughIt'' (1992) Norman (as a child) |
18 | * ''Series/ThePowersThatBe1992'' (1992-1993) as Pierce Van Horne |
19 | * ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (1993-1995) as George |
20 | * ''Film/HolyMatrimony'' (1994) as Zeke |
21 | * ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' (1994) as Roger Bomman |
22 | * ''Film/TheJuror'' (1996) as Oliver Laird |
23 | * ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' as Tommy Solomon (1996–2001) |
24 | * ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' (1999) as Cameron James |
25 | * ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' as Zach Henniger in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S6E18SomethingAboutHarry Something About Harry]]" (2000) |
26 | * ''Film/{{Manic}}'' (2001) as Lyle Jensen |
27 | * ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' (2002) as Jim Hawkins |
28 | * ''Film/LatterDays'' (2003) as Elder Paul Ryder |
29 | * ''Film/MysteriousSkin'' (2004) as Neil [=Mc=]Cormick |
30 | * ''Film/{{Brick}}'' (2005) as Brendan Frye |
31 | * ''Series/Numb3rs'' (2005) as Scott Reynolds |
32 | * ''Film/TheLookout'' (2007) as Chris Pratt[[labelnote:*]]Not [[Creator/ChrisPratt that one]][[/labelnote]] |
33 | * ''Film/StopLoss'' (2008) as Private Tommy Burgess |
34 | * ''Film/{{Killshot}}'' (2008) as Richie Nix |
35 | * ''Film/{{Uncertainty}}'' (2009) as Bobby |
36 | * ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' (2009) as Tom Hansen |
37 | * ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' (2009) — [[TheEvilGenius The Doctor]] |
38 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (2009, 2011) Host |
39 | * ''Film/{{Inception}}'' (2010) — Arthur |
40 | * ''Film/{{Hesher}}'' (2010) - Hesher |
41 | * ''[[Film/FiftyFifty2011 50/50]]'' (2011) - Adam Lerner |
42 | * ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (2012) - Officer/Detective John Blake |
43 | * ''Film/PremiumRush'' (2012) - Wilee |
44 | * ''Film/{{Looper}}'' (2012) - Younger Joe |
45 | * ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' (2012)- Robert Todd Lincoln |
46 | * ''Film/DonJon'' (2013) - Jon Martello; also writer and director |
47 | * ''Anime/TheWindRises'' (2013) - voice of Jiro Horikoshi in English |
48 | * ''[[Comicbook/SinCity Sin City: A Dame To Kill For]]'' (2014) - Johnny |
49 | * ''Film/TheInterview'' (2014) as Himself |
50 | * ''Series/TheMindyProject'' (2015) as Matt Sherman |
51 | * ''Film/TheWalk'' (2015) - Philippe Petit |
52 | * ''Film/{{Snowden}}'' (2016) - Edward Snowden |
53 | * ''Series/ComradeDetective''(2017) as Iosif Baciu (English dub) |
54 | * ''Film/KnivesOut'' (2019)- as Det. Hardrock (voice cameo) |
55 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) - Himself |
56 | * ''Film/ProjectPower'' (2020) - as Officer Frank Shaver |
57 | * ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'' (2020) - Federal Prosecutor Richard Schultz |
58 | * ''Anime/StarWarsVisions - Tatooine Rhapsody'' - Jay |
59 | * ''WesternAnimation/WolfboyAndTheEverythingFactory'' (2021-present) - Professor Luxcraft (voice) |
60 | * ''Series/SuperPumped - The Battle For Uber'' (2022) - Travis Kalanick |
61 | * ''[[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney Pinocchio]]'' (2022) - Jiminy Cricket (voice) |
62 | * ''Film/GlassOnion'' (2022) - Hourly Dong (voice cameo) |
63 | * ''Series/PokerFace'' (2023) - Trey Nelson |
64 | * Untitled ''Series/FraggleRock'' movie ([[DevelopmentHell eventually]]) |
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67 | !!Tropes associated with JGL: |
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69 | * AbilityOverAppearance: He doesn't look at all like Creator/BruceWillis, whom he plays the younger version of in ''{{Film/Looper}}''. But he nails Bruce's mannerisms and makes it 100% believable that they could be the same person. Some facial prosthetics helped too. |
70 | * ActingInTheDark: In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' he didn't know [[spoiler: John Blake's real name was Robin]], as that was dubbed in post production specifically to keep it a secret. |
71 | * ActorAllusion: |
72 | ** Jeff Daniels has played his mentor in ''The Lookout'' and ''{{Film/Looper}}''. |
73 | ** He played a Tommy in ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' and ''Film/StopLoss'', and a Tom in ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer''. |
74 | * AntiquatedLinguistics: The entire narration of ''Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny''. |
75 | ** PurpleProse: In the same work, he narrates the waiter is a food penguin and lemons are sour yellows, for example. |
76 | ** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness |
77 | * CareerResurrection: He took a hiatus from acting to distance himself from being a TeenIdol, and acted in mostly below-the-radar films. When ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' proved to be a hit, he was catapulted back to the mainstream - leading to stuff like ''{{Film/Inception}}'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', ''{{Film/Looper}}'' etc. |
78 | * TheCastShowOff: In ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' Cameron learns French in order to tutor Bianca. Joe is fluent in French. |
79 | ** On one of his ''SNL'' hosting gigs, he performed "Make 'Em Laugh" from ''Film/SinginInTheRain'', complete with jumping off the wall, ''twice''. |
80 | * CelebrityResemblance: Disturbingly, [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Robin and the Joker]] really [[https://external-preview.redd.it/DC7U-OrbvpCWiRngTYa-8xrLUnHIJSTTQCCxHUco-cg.jpg?auto=webp&s=ad410ab83b1ba15774bd04a270a5519d4e93797e look like each other]]. |
81 | * CreatorBacklash: Hated his status as a teen heartthrob, leading to him taking a hiatus from acting. |
82 | * TheDanza: He plays Joe in ''Looper''. |
83 | * DirectedByCastMember: He wrote, directed and co-starred in ''Don Jon''. |
84 | * DyeingForYourArt: Shaved his head on screen for a scene in ''Film/FiftyFifty2011''. |
85 | * EnforcedMethodActing: In order to convincingly play a brain damaged man in ''The Lookout'' he deprived himself of sleep and worked out before shooting - so he would look disoriented. |
86 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Has this status among his legions of gay male fans; he is notoriously coy about his sexuality, feeling it would be "tacky" to give credence to gay rumors. |
87 | * {{Fanservice}}: His ''Film/MagicMike'' parody during his second gig hosting ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
88 | * FormerChildStar: {{Averted|Trope}}. He's more famous now than he was as a child actor. |
89 | ** Remember him as the lead in ''Angels in the Outfield''. |
90 | ** And he was also in ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. |
91 | ** And before that, he was also in two episodes of ''Series/FamilyTies''. |
92 | * IronyAsSheIsCast: As noted above, he's fluent in French. In ''{{Film/Looper}}'' his character is trying to learn French and is terrible at it. |
93 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Can you believe he's actually in his early forties when he appears to look like someone at least ten or so years younger?! |
94 | * PlayingAgainstType: In the late 2000s he took many roles in order to disassociate himself from his TeenIdol image. |
95 | ** ''{{Film/Brick}}'' as an antisocial loner in a FilmNoir style story. |
96 | ** ''Film/StopLoss'' as a troubled alcoholic soldier. |
97 | ** ''The Lookout'' as a brain-damaged athlete who turns to crime. |
98 | * PrettyBoy: Has built his entire career on this trope, much to his dismay (see CreatorBacklash above). |
99 | * ProductionPosse: He, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Marion Cotillard all worked with Christopher Nolan on ''{{Film/Inception}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. He also shows up in many of Creator/RianJohnson's films, including ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''{{Film/Looper}}'', ''[[Film/TheLastJedi The Last Jedi]]'', and ''[[Film/KnivesOut Knives Out]]''. |
100 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: He dislocated a shoulder during ''Film/StopLoss'' and filming had to be stopped for two weeks as a result. |
101 | * ThoseTwoActors: With Lukas Haas in ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''The Lookout'' and ''{{Film/Lincoln}}''. |
102 | * ThrowItIn: The headshaving scene in ''Film/FiftyFifty2011'' was largely improvised between him and Seth Rogen. |
103 | * WagTheDirector: The studio wanted to film a kiss scene in ''Film/FiftyFifty2011'' between Adam and Katherine. Joe and Anna Kendrick refused to film it, and their relationship is a MaybeEverAfter in the finished film. |
104 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: Notable in that it got him cast in ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
105 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
106 | ** He was approached for the roles of [[Comicbook/StarLord Peter Quill]] and [[Comicbook/AntMan Scott Lang]] in ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' and ''Film/AntMan1'' respectively before Creator/ChrisPratt and Creator/PaulRudd were cast. |
107 | ** He had been tapped to direct and star in a movie based on Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'', but backed out, citing Main/CreativeDifferences. |
108 | ** He was one of the many actors cast in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' before pulling out. |
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