Name: Joseph Gordon Levitt
Age: 30
Character: Adam in 50/50
Film: Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humour in unlikely places.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis.
50/50 draws its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer and reminds us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: The actor has no previous Golden Globe wins
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: But he has one nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for his role in (500) Days of Summer.
Award/Nominations for role: He picked up a Breakthrough Actor award from the Hollywood Film Festival.
Critics: “Seth Rogen might be there to puts bums on seats, but it's Joseph Gordon-Levitt who will keep you watching.” - Birmingham Post
“Still, it's Gordon-Levitt's choices that continue to impress. Sure, he owned one of the most jaw-dropping sequences in last summer's blockbuster Inception. But the actor remains drawn to profoundly human-scale hurts and quiet triumphs.” - Denver Post
“A] beautifully played, precisely observed and surprisingly thoughtful buddy movie, which is based on a true story.” - Radio Times
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FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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