Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Age: 28
Character: Tom Hanson in 500 Days of Summer
Film: When Tom (Gordon-Levitt) a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after being dumped by girlfriend Summer (Deschanel), he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” trying to understand what went wrong.
With mates Paul (Matthew Gray Guble) and McKenzie (Geoffrey Arend) on side to offer friendly advice and pick up the pieces, Tom’s fragile emotional state is further damaged when Summer twists the knife again with a shock revelation!
Traumatised, Tom goes into meltdown and ceases to care about anything other than Summer in an attempt to win her back.
Immersing himself in a period of introspective self-examination, his reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life, but has he truly emerged a changed man?
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Gordon-Levitt has no Golden Globe wins.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: This is also his first nomination.
Award/Nominations for role: For his performance he has been nominated for Best Actor at the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards. He was also nominated for Favourite breakout Movie Actor at the People’s Choice Awards.
He has also been nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, broadcast Film critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association and the Satellite Awards.
Critics: “A modern romance for grown-ups... a sweet-natured, funny, deeply-romantic tale that brims with energy and is blessed with top-notch performances.” - Sunday Mirror
“Rethinking rom-com conventions, 500 Days of Summer is an immensely pleasurable love story about two young people with a deep connection but an uncertain future.” - Screen international
“ Unabashedly indie heartstring-yanker 500 Days of Summer- while mercifully rejecting the rom-com template - is less than the sum of its well-played parts.” - Sky Movies
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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