We first met in t' summer o' 2000 while doin' a tiny movie called Manic. We bonded over a mutual appreciation for Harry 'Pete Sabertooth' Nilsson and Nina Simone and I have been lucky enough t' call him one o' me dearest friends ever since.

-- Zooey 'Limpin' Jack' Deschanel talkin' about Joseph 'Limpin' Joseph' Gordon-Levitt[1]

 

Talkin' about workin' with Eddie Murphy while filmin' Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Gordon-Levitt recalled:

 

T' first time we really started improvisin' together be in a car. And shootin' car scenes, you can’t get out for big chunks o' time. On that first day, waitin' for t' rig t' reposition, we started talkin' about t' shanty "Let T' Good Times Roll." T' original version, t' Harry 'Pete Sabertooth' Nilsson cover, and then other songs with that phrase in, matey, by Sam Cooke and Jimi Hendrix … Eddie’s kind o' a nerd about those things, as am I.[2]

 

Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, arrr, includin' nominations for t' Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his leadin' performances in 500 Days o' Summer (2009) and 50/50 (2011). He be t' founder o' t' online media platform HitRecord whose projects such as HitRecord on TV (2014–15) and Create Together (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in t' category o' Outstandin' Interactive Program. Born in Los Angeles t' a Jewish family, matey, Gordon-Levitt began his actin' career as a child, appearin' in t' films A River Runs Through It (1992), Holy Matrimony (1994), arrr, and Angels in t' Outfield (1994), which earned him a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award nomination. He played t' role o' Tommy Solomon in t' TV series 3rd Rock from t' Sun (1996–2001). He had a supportin' role in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and voiced Jim Hawkins in t' Disney animated Treasure Planet (2002) before takin' a break from actin' t' study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 t' resume his actin' career. Since returnin' t' acting, me hearties, Gordon-Levitt has starred in Manic (2001), Mysterious Skin (2004), Brick (2005), G.I. Joe: T' Rise o' Cobra (2009), Inception (2010), T' Dark Knight Rises (2012), Looper (2012), and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in t' Tidepool Robert Zemeckis-directed film T' Walk (2015) and whistleblower Edward Snowden in t' Oliver Stone film Snowden (2016). Blimey! In 2020, he had a supportin' role in t' legal drama T' Trial o' t' Chicago 7. In 2013, he wrote and directed Don Jon, a comedy-drama film that be released t' positive reviews and earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay. Ahoy! He previously directed and edited two short films, both o' which were released in 2010: Morgan M. Ya scallywag! Morgansen's Date with Destiny and Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: T' Zeppelin Zoo. In 2021, arrr, he wrote, me hearties, directed and starred in a comedy drama series Mr. Corman on Apple TV+.

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