# Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Co-founder, Creators Coalition on AI. TIME100 AI 2026, Shapers. The actor is now the UN's first Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance, a role created in March 2026. ([un.org](https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-appoints-joseph-gordon-levitt-as-global-advocate))

- Born: 1981-02-17, Los Angeles, California, U.S. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt))
- Education: attended, no degree, Columbia University, 2004 ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt))
- Career: Creators Coalition on AI (Co-founder, 2025 to now); HitRecord (Co-founder) ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/joseph-gordon-levitt/), [creatorscoalitionai.com](https://www.creatorscoalitionai.com/))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/joseph-gordon-levitt/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/joseph-gordon-levitt

- Joined a musical theater group at four, playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, then did ads for Cocoa Puffs and Pop-Tarts. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt))
- Paused acting to study at Columbia University, then dropped out in 2004 to go back to acting. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt))
- His collaborative media platform HitRecord won him two Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Interactive Program. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt))
- Named the UN's first Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance in March 2026. ([un.org](https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-appoints-joseph-gordon-levitt-as-global-advocate))
- Co-founded the Creators Coalition on AI with Daniel Kwan and others; signatories include Cate Blanchett and Margot Robbie. ([time.com](https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/joseph-gordon-levitt/))
- Is now filming a Netflix thriller about AI, bringing his acting and his AI advocacy onto the same subject. ([journal.hitrecord.org](https://journal.hitrecord.org/p/the-first-day-of-filming-our-ai-thriller))