Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a famous American actor. Started acting at a young age. By the way, few artists who first appeared on screens in childhood managed to achieve popularity in adulthood. Our hero is one of these actors. Everything is going well for him not only in his creative career, but also in his personal life, which many fans cannot like.
Popular Joseph Gordon-Levitt became after the release of such films as "500 Days of Summer" and "The Passion of Don Juan." However, there are other equally successful projects in his filmography.
short biography
A creative atmosphere always reigned in the family of the future actor. His father Dennis Levitt worked on radio as a journalist, and his mother Jane Gordon worked as an editor. Joseph's grandfather was a filmmaker. Therefore, the guy from childhood knew that in the future a creative career awaits him. Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born (this is what his full name sounds like) in February 1981. He became the second child in the family. The first son died in 2010 for unknown reasons.
He began to take the first steps in his career as an actor when he was 4 years old. He became interested in acting, began to actively develop his talent. Parents, seeing their son's craving for cinema, decided to send him to a theater group. Within a few months, young Joseph began to appear regularly on stage. During the next performance, agents noticed him and offered him a contract.
First roles
He made his television debut when he was 7 years old. Joseph was invited to star in the movie "Not One Step Back", where Tommy Lee Jones became a partner on the set. Then there was work in multi-part projects. Among them should be highlighted the television show "Dark Shadows" and the film "Murder, She Wrote." The young actor also appeared in the family movie "Beethoven". True, he got only a small role.
In 1995, Joseph starred in the sitcom The Third Planet from the Sun. In the states, this multi-part project has become quite successful. But its Russian copy, which is known as "Humanoids in the Queen", failed miserably.
Career growth
In the creative career of a novice actor, everything went well. His filmography was regularly updated with new titles. He has starred in such films as "The Jury" and "10 Reasons for My Hate." At the time of the release of the last project, Joseph was not even 18 years old. But he managed to become a rather popular actor.
In parallel with his work on the set, Joseph studied at Columbia University, where he often starred in independent film projects. After receiving his education, he was almost immediately invited to successful films. The actor's popularity increased markedly after the release of the film "500 Days of Summer". Joseph himself is negative about his role in this tape. He did not like the main character, whom our hero described as a spineless and driven man. However, critics and audiences were enthusiastic about the performance of Joseph and his partner on the set Zooey Deschanel.
Then there were roles that cannot be called romantic. Joseph has appeared in the films Inception and The Cobra Toss. The talented guy liked the image of an action hero. Therefore, he, without much hesitation, agrees to the role of Robin in the movie “The Dark Knight. Revival of a Legend”.
The movie "Time Loop", in which Bruce Willis accompanied Joseph, was met ambiguously. Joseph had to put in a lot of effort to match his character and set partner.
A new stage in the biography
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not only an actor. He also managed to prove himself in the field of directing. He started his career with short films. Then he shot the comedy film The Passion of Don Juan, in which he played the main roles with Scarlett Johansson. The script was also written by Joseph.
The famous guy continues to work actively, both as an actor and as a director. Among his most recent works is the film Snowden, directed by Oliver Stone. He entrusted the leading role to Joseph.
Success in personal life
How does an actor live when you don't have to constantly work on the set? Journalists attribute many novels with actresses to the talented guy. However, most of the relationship was invented by them. For example, the connection with co-star Julia Styles.
Joseph refused to comment on the relationship with both Devon Aoki and Lexi Hulm. And Deschanel called his connection with Zooey friendly. There is no question of any romance. However, the journalists did not calm down. After the release of the film The Passion of Don Juan, they came up with an affair with Scarlett Johansson. However, the actors declined to comment on these rumors. And after a while Scarlett married, but not to Joseph.
But the relationship with Tasha McCauley is officially confirmed. The girl has nothing to do with cinema. She works for a robotics manufacturing organization. Joseph and Tasha met in 2013. And in 2014, the girl became the wife of a popular actor. A few months later, a momentous event took place in Joseph's life. His son was born. In 2017, Tasha gave birth to her second boy.
Conclusion
Not so long ago, the film project "Comrade Detective" was released. Channing Tatum starred in front of the audience. Joseph appeared as a minor character. There are plans to shoot in the movie "7500", which will focus on the plane hijacked by terrorists. In this tape, Joseph is to get the lead role.
