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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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 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 the Sun (1996–2001) for which he received three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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, but 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), The Lookout (2007), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Inception (2010), Hesher (2010), Premium Rush (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Looper (2012), and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk (2015) and whistleblower Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film Snowden (2016). 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. In 2013, he wrote and directed Don Jon, a comedy-drama film that was released to critical acclaim, earning 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 a comedy drama series Mr. Corman on Apple TV+.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Elias Slater Freeman
for Elias Slater Freeman in The Boondocks (2005 - 2018) AU
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In the deceptively tranquil suburb of Woodcrest, nestled amongst manicured lawns and cookie-cutter houses, a storm is brewing. Robert 'Granddad' Freeman, a curmudgeonly veteran with a penchant for the old ways, envisioned a serene retirement after relocating his grandsons from the gritty South Side of Chicago. He dreamt of golf courses and Bingo nights, far removed from the chaos of urban life. However, his carefully laid plans are immediately derailed by his grandsons: Huey, a precocious and socially conscious 10-year-old revolutionary armed with a sharp intellect, and Riley, an 8-year-old embodiment of modern rap culture, whose misguided hero worship of gangsta life keeps him perpetually on the brink of trouble. Adding another layer to this unconventional family dynamic is Elias Slater, Granddad's adopted 16-year-old son, a cynical and quick-witted teenager navigating the complexities of adolescence while constantly trying to mediate his younger brothers' antics. While Huey and Riley wage war on each other and the unsuspecting residents of Woodcrest, their antics are often met with Granddad's own brand of eccentric discipline, resulting in a household perpetually teetering on the edge of hilarious anarchy. Even with Elias playing older brother and mediator, these boys continue to get into trouble with the locals.
