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ADULT BEST FRIENDS Trailer (2025) Zachary Quino, Katie Corwin, Delaney Buffett, Mason Gooding
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Zachary Quinto's upcoming film Adult Best Friends promises to blend humor with themes of growing up and moving on.
The film, from Delaney Buffett and Katie Corwin, features quick-wit dialogues and delicious self-deprecating humor.
With a talented cast including Casey Wilson and Benjamin Norris, this buddy comedy at Tribeca Festival is one to watch out for.
Fans of the comedy genre are in a treat this year as there are a number of good features coming out of the on-going Tribeca Film Festival. A first look of Zachary Quinto’s upcoming film Adult Best Friends has been released and it’s hilarious. The film hails from filmmaking team Delaney Buffett and Katie Corwin, who wore multiple caps in this production. Along with starring in the comedy, Buffet directed the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Corwin, who also stars as her codependent friend.

The film follows Katie (Corwin) who just got engaged, but she’s too worried about what her best friend Delaney (Buffett) will think. While Delaney is driftless and unambitious, her opinion means a lot to Katie, who in an effort to reconnect and break the news gently to her friend plans a girl’s trip setting the stage for a hilarious buddy comedy.

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The new clip sees Katie having dinner with John and some friends, who are discussing Delaney, till the conversation takes an amusing turn when Quinto, who plays Katie's brother, starts by trying to give Katie advice and ends up exposing his own issues with his father. Overall, the clip gives us a taste of quick-wit dialogues, empathy, and delicious self-deprecating humor. Fans of the genre will have a brilliant time as the film seamlessly blends humor with themes of growing up and moving on.

Speaking of the feature Visit President Ryan Kampe shared his excitement about “bringing their funny and extremely relevant stories to New York and industry audiences.” Adding “Tribeca remains a vital festival to premiere fresh and innovative American cinema. We are approaching nearly 20 years of work with the festival.” With a hilarious plot and buddy comedy elements, the feature will be one to watch out for.

Along with Quinto, Buffet, and Corwin, the movie’s cast includes talents like Casey Wilson, Benjamin Norris, and Mason Gooding as John. Further rounding off the cast are Heather Mazur as Daria, Cazzie David as Roxy, Alexander Hodge as Theo, Carmen Christopher as Phil along with Keeley Karsten, Owen Thiele, Miki Ishikawa, Holly Bonney, and many more. Buffet also produced the feature with Marie Nikolova. While executive producers include Quinto, Corwin, Evan Arnold, and Adam McCurdy with Jimmy Seargeant, Miles Doleac, and Tyler John Young serving as co-producers.

Currently, no release date has been announced for Adult Best Friends. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and check out the new sneak peek above.
Adult Best Friends is fun and funny, with moments of sentimental comedy that tug at the heart.
The film has great onscreen chemistry between the main characters Delaney and Katie.
The middle section of the film is overstuffed with unnecessary characters and subplots, detracting from the core relationship.
There have been a slew of films tackling best friendship as a core relationship in one’s life, and how a big change can test its strength. Babes did this exceptionally well, mixing genuine comedy with a heartfelt storyline. Adult Best Friends lives in that same category, following Katie (Katie Corwin, who co-wrote the script) and best friend Delaney (Delaney Buffett, who co-wrote and directed the film) as they navigate Katie’s engagement to John (the Scream franchise’s Mason Gooding) and what that means for their friendship moving forward.

Adult Best Friends
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June 8, 2024
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90 Minutes
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Adult Best Friends certainly has its heart in the right place and it can even be quite funny and lovely as it navigates the characters’ friendship and its evolution, but it’s also overstuffed with unnecessary characters and subplots that don’t add anything to the core relationship beyond distracting it from being deeper. The ending makes up for a lackluster middle, which drags on as Kate and Delaney meet a group of guys in the midst of their friend’s bachelor party.

Adult Best Friends Finds Its Strength In The Cast’s Chemistry
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Buffett and Corwin are excellent together, there’s no doubt about that. Their ability to play off each other brings us into their world, and the level of depth their friendship has is something relatable. Adult Best Friends ponders what happens to a friendship when one of their upcoming nuptials threatens to derail it. It’s a question that other movies and a plethora of essays have pondered, especially as we try to move away from the expectation that one’s spouse should fulfill the other’s every need.

I could empathize with both characters, and their chemistry is so believable that you’ll want to root for them to stay in each other’s lives.

As I watched Delaney and Katie interact, it wasn’t hard to buy their friendship; they’re very different people, with different interests who go about life in their own way, but that doesn’t prevent them from remaining close. Adult Best Friends highlights these differences, with the message being that relationships do change, but it doesn’t mean they have to end; Katie and Delaney’s friendship grows out of their central conflict, and the film highlights both their feelings about the direction their friendship is going and the fear that can bubble to the surface over such a big announcement.

Corwin and Buffett bring a lot to the table. Corwin is charming and has great reactions, sometimes even second-hand embarrassment and awkwardness, while Buffett has the I-hate-everyone-but-not-really attitude going on that makes Delaney simultaneously frustrating and lovable. I could empathize with both characters, and their chemistry is so believable that you’ll want to root for them to stay in each other’s lives.

Adult Best Friends Is Fun & Funny
Even though a lengthy middle section nearly derails the initial buildup
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The first third of the film is very funny. There are plenty of humorous moments, from Delaney’s constantly annoyed roommate (Cazzie David) to Katie’s brother (Zachary Quinto) and his love of dishing out second-hand therapy advice. Adult Best Friends’ ending is also a mixture of sentimental comedy that touches the heart while chuckling at some of the ridiculousness. The story gets its point across without getting stale or

For some reason, the film takes a bit of a detour from focusing on Katie and Delaney’s friendship in the middle. It’s jarring and goes on for far too long. It doesn’t particularly serve the narrative directly, and that wouldn’t be much of an issue if there had at least been some movement on Katie and Delaney’s friendship. What we get is a tightly wound Airbnb-esque host, and a group of guys whose situation is perhaps meant to mirror the main characters’, but winds up falling flat.

It’s not that some of these scenes aren’t fun, but the schtick stretches out longer than necessary. By the time it ends and Katie and Delaney’s conflict has reached its breaking point, I wondered why the group was included so much to begin with. Adult Best Friends is only 82 minutes long, too short a time to be taken over by a subplot that quickly loses steam. It also takes away from Katie and Delaney’s friendship, and it’s not like their conversations with the other characters do much in the way of developing them individually, either.

What we get is a tightly wound Airbnb-esque host, and a group of guys whose situation is perhaps meant to mirror the main characters’, but winds up falling flat.

Aside from that frustrating detour, Adult Best Friends has its moments. Buffett and Corwin tie up the story nicely, with a satisfying conclusion that showcases the strength of the characters’ bond and the importance of welcoming such a change when it’s done together. The film’s ending has hints of Bridesmaids in it, though it certainly stands on its own. Adult Best Friends’ merits outweigh its weaknesses, and it makes me interested to see what Buffett and Corwin might come up with next.

Adult Best Friends premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
Adult Best Friends (2024) is a heartfelt and humorous dramedy directed by Delaney Buffett. The film centers around two lifelong best friends, Katie (played by Katie Corwin) and Delaney (played by Delaney Buffett), whose relationship faces a significant challenge when Katie’s boyfriend, John (Mason Gooding), proposes to her. To gently break the news to Delaney, who is notoriously averse to change, Katie plans a girls' trip. However, things quickly spiral out of control as they navigate unexpected situations, including a peeping tom Airbnb host and a wild bachelor party.

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Katie and Delaney, inseparable since childhood, find their paths diverging in their 30s. While Katie is happily committed and living with her boyfriend, Delaney is still single and living with a roommate. Despite the differences in their lives, their friendship is still a top priority. They've always been the most important person in each other's lives.

That is, until Katie's boyfriend proposes.To soften the blow, Katie plans a nostalgic trip to their childhood beach town, intending to share the news in a familiar setting. But the journey takes unexpected turns, courtesy of a bizarre rental homeowner, a chance encounter with a former classmate, a bachelor party, and a few potential love interests.

Caught in a whirlwind of emotions, Katie hesitates and withholds the news from Delaney, putting their lifelong friendship in peril.Funny, fresh, and full of heart, ADULT BEST FRIENDS is the first feature from filmmaking Delaney Buffett (director/co-writer/star) and Katie Corwin (co-writer/star). The pair drew upon their own decades-long friendship and brought together a close-knit crew and cast, that includes Zachary Quinto, Cazzie David, Mason Gooding, Casey Wilson, Owen Thiele, and Benjamin Norris, to capture the joy of growing up with a best friend - and the angst of potentially moving beyond them.
Visit Films has taken world sales rights on Tribeca competition titles Adult Best Friends and Rent Free.

Adult Best Friends is the first feature from the filmmaking team of Delaney Buffett (director/co-writer/star) and Katie Corwin (co-writer/star). The film follows a woman (Corwin) as she takes her codependent best friend on a weekend trip to break the news that she’s getting married. Starring are Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, American Horror Story), Mason Gooding (Booksmart, Scream), and Cazzie David (The Umbrella Academy, I Love You Forever). Quinto co-executive produced the project with Marie Nikolova through his Before the Door Pictures banner.

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An instantly identifiable duo stands at the center of Adult Best Friends, Delaney Buffett’s endearing feature debut premiering at Tribeca. Delaney (Buffett) and Katie (Katie Corwin) are the kind of pals whose relationship spans decades and whose co-dependence runs deep. They met in seventh grade while taking refuge in the bathroom during a party. Old photographs, home videos and screen recordings of FaceTime calls neatly summarize their friendship, proving they have been inseparable ever since.

In the present day, Delaney and Katie are still close but there are faint cracks. The pair have grown into different kinds of people. Katie abides by the pragmatic outline of conventional adulthood. She lives with her boyfriend (Mason Gooding) and prefers an early-morning ceramic class over a late-night bender. Delaney approaches life with more candor, rejecting protocol for intuition. She shares an apartment with a spiky friend (Cazzie David) and gags at the idea of anything longer than a one-night stand. Her mercurial moods and chaotic days makes Hannah Horvath’s life seem stable. Like Pamela Adlon’s Babes, Adult Best Friends is about the strangeness of getting older — the tensions, banality and bizarreness inherent in changing friendships. With her co-writer (and real-life best friend) Corwin, Buffett tackles a familiar genre via a charming but sparsely plotted seaside adventure.

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Adult Best Friends
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A breezy take on a universal experience.
Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (U.S. Narrative Competition)
Cast: Katie Corwin, Delaney Buffett, Zachary Quinto, Cazzie David, Mason Gooding, Casey Wilson
Director: Delaney Buffett
Screenwriters: Katie Corwin, Delaney Buffett
1 hour 30 minutes
Adult Best Friends breezes through a single weekend, when Katie plans a surprise beach vacation for Delaney. The plan is to delicately break the news of her engagement to her friend, who struggles with change and rarely takes dramatic news well. From conversations Katie has with her fiancé John (Gooding) and older brother Henry (Zachary Quinto), we learn that the survival of this friendship depends on a dynamic in which Katie capitulates to Delaney’s needs and desires. It’s an unfair arrangement for both women, who, it seems, haven’t been honest with themselves or each other for years. On the drive to the beach — where exactly Adult Best Friends takes place is not totally clear — a palpable nervousness hangs in the air.

Buffett’s film coasts on the genuine chemistry between the two leads. As real-world friends, Buffett and Corwin, like Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau in Babes, have the history and appropriate comedic chops to make us buy the relationship between their characters. Although written with a light touch, the warmth between Delaney and Katie doesn’t feel manufactured. That authenticity imbues the arguments and emotional climax of the film with real stakes.

Much of the action in Adult Best Friends takes place in a beach town, which represents a liminal space between the past and the future. Katie tries to remap the realities of adulthood onto their experience of this coastal locale. She opts for a private rental instead of their usual frat-brother-approved hotel (aptly named Pelican Palace) and plans activities that don’t include keg stands. Delaney, on the other hand, clings to the past and protests Katie’s attempts to mute their weekend. She’s on a hunt for parties and to linger at bars until they close.

With these warring desires, it’s unsurprising that the magical getaway is doomed from the start. When Katie and Delaney get to their rental, they discover an overbearing host (Cory Walls) whose rules include no parties, no alcohol and no noise. They end up spending most of their weekend in the company of a bachelor party, a lively crew that includes a mellow groom (Connor Hines), his future brother-in-law (Benjamin Norris), an odd tech mogul (Michael Rowland) and their thrill-seeking BFF (Carmen Christopher). Katie and Delaney also run into an obnoxious college friend (Miki Ishikawa) and her pretentious husband (Alexander Hodge). These encounters remind the duo of their calcifying differences, and force them to consider if those differences can be overcome.

Adult Best Friends tackles Katie and Delaney’s growing pains with a lot of laughs. Similar to Taylor Garron’s As of Yet (2021), Adult Best Friends is a showcase for the comedic gifts of Buffett’s cast. Scenes of Delaney half-heartedly participating in Zoom meetings with her team (Casey Wilson, Owen Thiele) highlight the ridiculousness of contemporary work culture while Katie’s dinner with Henry and his wife (Heather Mazur) humorously cuts at over-reliance on therapy speak. Even when the plot sprawls, shifting from a study of rootbound friendships to a broader conversation about living life on your own terms, the sharp writing sustains our focus as we root for Katie and Delaney’s own version of happily ever after.

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Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (U.S. Narrative Competition)
Production company: Before The Door Pictures
Cast: Katie Corwin, Delaney Buffett, Zachary Quinto, Cazzie David, Mason Gooding, Casey Wilson, Owen Thiele, Benjamin Norris, Alexander Hodge, Carmen Christopher, Miki Ishikawa, Heather Mazur, Michael Rowland, Connor Hines, Cory Walls, Jolie Handler, Keeley Karsten, Holly Bonney, Hannah Campbell
Director: Delaney Buffett
Screenwriters: Katie Corwin, Delaney Buffett
Producers: Marie Nikolova, Delaney Buffett
Executive producers: Zachary Quinto, Evan Arnold, Katie Corwin, Adam McCurdy
Cinematographer: Jessica Pantoja
Production designer: Mackenzie McMahon
Costume designer: Faithima Wright
Editor: Ian Holden
Composer: Alexandra Kalinowski
Sales: Visit Films
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Zachary Quinto

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Born Zachary John Quinto
June 2, 1977 (age 47)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupations
Actorproducer
Years active 2000–present
Relatives Peter J. McArdle (great-grandfather)
Joseph A. McArdle (grandfather)
Zachary John Quinto (/ˈkwɪntoʊ/; born June 2, 1977[1]) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Sylar, the primary antagonist from the science fiction drama series Heroes (2006–2010); Spock in the film Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016); Charlie Manx in the AMC series NOS4A2, and Dr. Oliver Thredson in American Horror Story: Asylum, for which he received a nomination for an Emmy Award. He stars in and produces Brilliant Minds, a medical drama on NBC. His other starring film roles include Margin Call (2011), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Snowden (2016), and Hotel Artemis (2018). He also appeared in smaller roles on television series, such as So Notorious, The Slap, and 24, and on stage in Angels in America, The Glass Menagerie, and Smokefall.

Early life and education
Zachary John Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Margaret "Margo" (née McArdle), who worked at an investment firm and later at a magistrate's office, and Joseph John "Joe" Quinto, a barber.[2][3] He was raised in the suburb of Green Tree, Pennsylvania, and attended Saints Simon and Jude Catholic School (closed 2010). His father died of cancer when Quinto was seven years old, and Quinto and his brother, Joe, were subsequently raised by their mother.[4] Quinto's maternal great-grandfather was the labor activist and Republican Pittsburgh City Councilman Peter J. McArdle, whom Pittsburgh's P.J. McArdle Roadway is named after.[5] His maternal grandfather was Joseph A. McArdle, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[6]

Quinto was raised Catholic.[7] His father was of Italian descent, while his mother was of Irish ancestry.[8][9] Quinto graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1995, where he participated in its musicals and won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Supporting Actor, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999.[10][11]

Career
Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series The Others, and appeared as a guest star on shows including CSI, Touched by an Angel, Charmed, Six Feet Under, Lizzie McGuire, and L.A. Dragnet. In 2003, during the theatrical run of Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Kristina Lloyd[12] at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles playing the role of Clov,[13] he landed a recurring role as computer expert Adam Kaufman on the Fox series 24; Quinto appeared in 23 episodes of the third season.

Quinto at the premiere party of Heroes' third season in 2008
In 2006, Quinto played the role of Sasan, the haughty, bisexual Iranian-American best friend of Tori Spelling on her VH1 series So NoTORIous. Later that year, he joined the cast of Heroes as Gabriel Gray, better known as the serial killer Sylar.[14] He worked on the series until its cancellation in 2010 after four seasons.

His casting as a young Spock in the J. J. Abrams–directed reboot of the Star Trek film franchise was officially announced at the 2007 Comic-Con.[15][16] Speaking alongside Leonard Nimoy at a press conference to promote the first new Star Trek film, Quinto revealed that Nimoy had been given casting approval over who would play the role of the young Spock. "For me Leonard's involvement was only liberating, frankly,"[17] says Quinto. "I knew that he had approval over the actor that would play young Spock, so when I got the role I knew from the beginning it was with his blessing."

In a September 2008 interview, Abrams said of Quinto's performance as Spock: "Zachary brought a gravity and an incredible sense of humor, which is a wonderful combination because Spock's character is deceivingly complicated. The revelation for me watching the movie, when I finally got to watch the whole thing after working on sequences, was that he is extraordinary. He was doing things I didn't even realize while we were shooting – these amazing things to track his story."[18] Quinto also made references to Star Trek's historical record for diversity and inclusiveness in its casting and storylines.

After Star Trek, he appeared in the comedy short Boutonniere (2009). It "...was a movie written and directed by my former landlady and friend, [actress Coley Sohn]. She called up and said, 'Would you do me a favor and be in my short film?'"[19]

Karl Urban, Quinto, J. J. Abrams, and Chris Pine at the Star Trek Into Darkness Australian movie premiere in Sydney, April 2013
In 2008, Quinto joined with Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson to form Before the Door Pictures.[20] The company produced projects in film, television, new media, and published two graphic novels in a deal with comic book publisher Archaia Entertainment: they published a graphic novel called Mr. Murder is Dead, created by writer Victor Quinaz, closely followed by LUCID: A Matthew Dee Adventure written by writer/actor Michael McMillian.[21]

Quinto also starred in several comedy shorts. He played a strangely lovable kidnapper in "Hostage: A Love Story", written by the comedy duo HoltandSteele, for Before the Door Pictures and Funny or Die. He also played a prospective dog adopter (based on Quinto's own experience) in "Dog Eat Dog", written and directed by Sian Heder, and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2012.

Quinto has also kept up his theatre experience, which includes roles in a variety of productions, including classics such as Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Los Angeles Odyssey Theatres in 2003,[22] Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival and Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow at the Old Globe Theatre.[23] From October 2010 to February 2011, Quinto played the lead role of Louis Ironson in an Off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America at the Signature Theatre, New York City.[24][25] For this role, Quinto received the Theatre World Award.[26]

Quinto at a Midtown Comics signing in 2011
In 2013, Quinto played the role of Tom Wingfield in the American Repertory Theatre's production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.[27] He was also in the Broadway reprisal of the production, in 2014.[28] In February 2016, Zachary appeared in the New York premiere of MCC Theater's Smokefall.[29]

In 2010, Quinto's company Before the Door Pictures produced Margin Call, an independent film about the financial crisis of 2007–08. Quinto played the role of Peter Sullivan in the film, in a cast that included Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley and Demi Moore. Margin Call premiered in January 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival.[30] Margin Call received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, by J. C. Chandor. Quinto was an executive producer for Chandor's next film All Is Lost (2013) with Robert Redford as the sole actor.

In October 2011, Quinto began a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story as Chad, former owner of the house. Quinto returned for the second season in one of the lead roles, as Dr. Oliver Thredson.[31] In 2014, Quinto and his Before the Door partners produced a Chris Moore project, The Chair, a documentary series on Starz that shows the process of two directors bringing their first feature to the screen. In 2015, Quinto was a guest on the acclaimed TV series Girls and Hannibal.

Movie-wise, Quinto reprised his role of Spock in Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 and in Star Trek Beyond, released in 2016. In addition, he played John Smith in Hitman: Agent 47 in 2015. At the other end of the spectrum from the action-oriented Agent 47, Quinto appeared opposite James Franco in the drama I Am Michael (2015), a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he portrayed journalist Glenn Greenwald in the Edward Snowden biopic Snowden,[32] narrated, as space scientist Pascal Lee, in the documentary film Passage to Mars,[33] and appeared as himself in the documentary film For the Love of Spock.[34] In 2018, he starred in the Broadway play The Boys in the Band.[35]

In 2016, science fiction author John Scalzi released a novella, The Dispatcher, created specifically for Audible; Quinto narrated the story, as well as the second book in the series, Murder by Other Means.[36][37] He also starred with Michelle Buteau in the Audible scripted podcast, Sorry Charlie Miller.[38]

In 2022, Quinto made his debut on the West End stage in London as Gore Vidal in James Graham's new play Best of Enemies. The play revolves around the adversarial televised debates between the gay, liberal writer Vidal and the conservative polemicist William F. Buckley Jr. (played by British actor David Harewood) during the 1968 US Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The production, directed by Jeremy Herrin first at the Old Vic then at the Noël Coward Theatre, was a commercial and critical hit.[39][40]

Quinto has modeled for magazines including GQ and August.[41][42]

Personal life
Quinto publicly came out as gay in October 2011.[43] He explained that, after the suicide of bisexual teenager Jamey Rodemeyer, he felt that "living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality."[44] Prior to his coming out, Quinto had long been an active supporter of gay rights and organizations, including The Trevor Project.[45] In 2009, he appeared in the one-night production Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, a benefit stage reading in response to the passing of Proposition 8,[46] as well as in the play The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, about the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard.[47] In 2010, Quinto contributed a video to the It Gets Better Project, an Internet-based campaign that aims to prevent suicide among LGBTQAI+ youth.[44] In 2012, Quinto campaigned on behalf of Barack Obama, including appearing in the video Obama Pride: LGBT Americans For Obama.[48]

From 2010 to 2013, Quinto was in a relationship with actor Jonathan Groff.[49][50] Quinto began dating model and musician Miles McMillan in the summer of 2013.[51] In early 2015, the couple moved into a NoHo, Manhattan apartment they purchased together.[52][53] In November 2015, Vogue magazine called them "a power couple whose domain extends across the film, fashion, and art scene."[54] The two ended their relationship in early 2019.[55]

In 2017, Quinto criticized the timing of actor Kevin Spacey's decision to come out as part of his response to allegations of sexual advances towards then-14-year-old actor Anthony Rapp.[56] He called the manner of Spacey's announcement "deeply sad and troubling," feeling he had not stood up "as a point of pride—in the light of all his many awards and accomplishments—thus inspiring tens of thousands of struggling LGBTQ kids around the world", but instead as "a calculated manipulation to deflect attention from the very serious accusation that he attempted to molest one".[57]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Star Trek Spock
2011 Margin Call Peter Sullivan Also producer
Girl Walks into a Bar Nicolas "Nick"
What's Your Number? Rick
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Spock
2014 We'll Never Have Paris Jameson
2015 I Am Michael Bennett
Hitman: Agent 47 John Smith
2016 Tallulah Andreas
Star Trek Beyond Spock
Snowden Glenn Greenwald
Passage to Mars Pascal Lee Voice
2017 Aardvark Josh Norman Also producer
Who We Are Now Peter
2018 Hotel Artemis Crosby
2019 High Flying Bird David Starr
2020 Superman: Man of Tomorrow Lex Luthor Voice
The Boys in the Band Harold
2021 The Shuroo Process N/A Executive producer
2023 Down Low Gary [58][59]
He Went That Way Jim [60][61]
2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One Lex Luthor Voice[62]
Adult Best Friends TBA [63]
Distant L.E.O.N.A.R.D. Voice
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Others Tony Episode: "Unnamed"
2001 Touched by an Angel Mike Episode: "When Sunny Gets Blue"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mitchell Sullivan Episode: "Anatomy of a Lye"
Off Centre Smudge Episode: "Diddler on the Roof"
Lizzie McGuire Director Episode: "Party Over Here"
Haunted Paul Kingsley Episode: "Grievous Angels"
The Agency Jay Lambert Episode: "Air Lex"
2003 Six Feet Under Hip Student Episode: "The Eye Inside"
Charmed Warlock Episode: "Cat House"
Miracles Messenger Episode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge"
2003–2004 24 Adam Kaufman 23 episodes
2004 Dragnet Howard Simms Episode: "Frame of Mind"
Hawaii Loomis Episode: "No Man Is an Island"
Joan of Arcadia Pretentious Filmmaker God Episode: "P.O.V."
2005 Blind Justice Scott Collins Episode: "In Your Face"
2006 Crossing Jordan Leo Fulton Jr. Episode: "Code of Ethics"
Twins Jason Episode: "When I Move, You Move"
So Notorious Sasan 10 episodes
2006–2010 Heroes Sylar 60 episodes
2008 Robot Chicken Archimedes Q. Porter / Sylar (voice) Episode: "Bionic Cow"
2011 American Horror Story: Murder House Chad Warwick 4 episodes
2012–2013 American Horror Story: Asylum Oliver Thredson 12 episodes
2014 The Chair[64] Himself 10 episodes
2015 The Slap Harry Apostolou 7 episodes
Girls Ace 2 episodes
Hannibal Neal Frank 2 episodes
2016 Lip Sync Battle Himself Episode: "Zoe Saldana vs. Zachary Quinto"
2018 In Search of... Himself 10 episodes
2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Eli Rubin 2 episodes
NOVA Narrator 5 Episodes
2019–2020 NOS4A2 Charlie Manx 20 episodes
2019–2021 Big Mouth Aiden (voice) 11 episodes
2020 Little America Teacher Episode: "The Silence"
2021 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Himself Episode: "In the Hot Seat: Amanda Peet, Zachary Quinto & Karamo Brown"
Inside Job Doctor SkullFinger (voice) Episode: "Ghost Protocol"
2021–present Invincible Robot / Rudolph "Rudy" Connors (voice) 11 episodes
2022 Who Do You Think You Are? Himself Episode: "Zachary Quinto"
American Horror Story: NYC Sam Jones 7 episodes
2022–2023 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins (voice) 5 episodes
2023 American Horror Story: Delicate Himself Episode: "Rockabye"; uncredited
2024 Brilliant Minds Oliver Wolf Main role, also producer
2025 The Artist TBA Upcoming series
Stage
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Angels in America Louis Ironson Signature Theatre Company
Off-Broadway
2013 The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield American Repertory Theater
Boston, MA
Booth Theatre
Broadway
2016 Smokefall Footnote / Fetus Two / Samuel MCC Theater
2018 The Boys in The Band Harold Booth Theatre
Broadway[65]
2022 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Geffen Playhouse
Los Angeles, CA
2022 Best of Enemies Gore Vidal Noël Coward Theatre
West End
2024 Cult of Love Mark Dahl Hayes Theatre
Broadway
Video games
Year Title Voice role
2000 Code Blue Monty Rodriguez
2006 24: The Game Adam Kaufman
2010 Star Trek Online Khitomer Emergency Medical Hologram
2013 Star Trek Spock
Awards and nominations
Year Award Work Result
2007 TV Land Award for Future Classic Award Heroes Won
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain Nominated
2008 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain Nominated
2009 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain Nominated
Teen Choice Award for Best Rumble (shared with Chris Pine) Star Trek Nominated
Critics' Choice Award for Best Cast Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble Nominated
2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Movie Actor Nominated
SFX Award for Best Actor Heroes, Star Trek Won
2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Angels in America Nominated
Theatre World Award Won
Tina Award for Best Actor (Play) Won
Tina Award for Best Ensemble (Play) Won
Tina Award for Best Stage Duo (shared with Christian Borle) Won
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance Margin Call Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting Nominated
2012 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated
AACTA International Award for Best Film (as producer) Nominated
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (as producer) Won
Robert Altman Award Won
Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television American Horror Story Nominated
2013 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries American Horror Story: Asylum Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
PAAFTJ Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie —
PAAFTJ Television Award for Best Cast in a Miniseries or TV Movie —
People's Choice Award Favorite Movie Duo (shared with Chris Pine) Star Trek Into Darkness Nominated
Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble The Glass Menagerie Won
2014 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Leading Actor in a Play Nominated
BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play Nominated
2017 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film Star Trek Beyond Nominated
See also
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NYC Pride March
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Gordon-Levitt in 2019
Born Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
February 17, 1981 (age 43)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education Columbia University
Occupations
Actorfilm director
Years active 1988–present
Spouse Tasha McCauley ​(m. 2014)​
Children 3
Relatives Michael Gordon (grandfather)
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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (/ˈlɛvɪt/; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. 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). 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; however, he dropped out in 2004 to resume his acting career.[1]

Since returning to acting, Gordon-Levitt has starred in Manic (2001), Mysterious Skin (2004), Brick (2005), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Inception (2010), 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 had a supporting role in the legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.

In 2013, he wrote and directed Don Jon, a comedy-drama film that was released to positive reviews[2] and earned 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+.

Early life
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born on February 17, 1981, in Los Angeles, California,[3] and was raised in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood.[4] He has stated that he is of "100% Ashkenazi Jewish" descent,[5] from a family that is "not strictly religious".[6] His parents were among the founders of the Progressive Jewish Alliance.[7] Gordon-Levitt's father, Dennis Levitt, was once the news director for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM.[8][9] His mother, Jane Gordon, ran for the United States Congress in California during the 1970s for the Peace and Freedom Party; she met Dennis Levitt while she was working as the program guide editor for KPFK-FM.[8] Gordon-Levitt's maternal grandfather, Michael Gordon (1909–1993), was a Hollywood film director.[8] Gordon-Levitt had an older brother, Dan,[10][11] a photographer and fire spinner who died in 2010 at the age of 36.[12] Gordon-Levitt attended Van Nuys High School and graduated in 1999.[13]

Career
Early acting work

Gordon-Levitt at a promotional event for 500 Days of Summer in 2009
Gordon-Levitt joined a musical theater group at the age of four and played the Scarecrow in a production of The Wizard of Oz. Subsequently, he was approached by an agent and began appearing on television and in commercials for Sunny Jim peanut butter, Cocoa Puffs, Pop-Tarts, and Kinney Shoes.[8]

At age six he starred in several made-for-television films. In 1991, he played both David Collins and Daniel Collins in the Dark Shadows television series and appeared in the film A River Runs Through It.[14] In the same year, he made an appearance as a boy who witnesses a murder in an episode of Quantum Leap. During 1992–93, he played in The Powers That Be, a sitcom starring John Forsythe, as a clever young boy named Pierce Van Horne. Also in 1992, he portrayed Gregory Kingsley in the made-for-TV film Switching Parents, based on Kingsley's real life case of "divorcing" his parents. In 1994, he starred in the Disney film Angels in the Outfield as an orphan who sees angels. In 1996, he got the role of Tommy Solomon on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. The series ran for six seasons. The San Francisco Chronicle noted that Gordon-Levitt was a "Jewish kid playing an extraterrestrial pretending to be a Jewish kid".[15] During the 1990s, he was frequently featured in teenage magazines. He also made an appearance on That '70s Show in 1998 as Buddy, a gay teenager who assumes his friend (main character Eric Forman) is gay as well, in the episode "Eric's Buddy".[16]

Gordon-Levitt had a supporting role in 1998's Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and voiced Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet (2002), a Disney adaptation of the novel Treasure Island.[17] In 2000, he began attending Columbia University.[8] He studied history, literature, and French poetry.[8] He became an avid Francophile and a French speaker.[8] He also dated actress Julia Stiles and the two lived in John Jay Hall.[18] He said that moving to New York City from his hometown forced him to grow as a person.[15] He dropped out in 2004 to concentrate on acting again.[8]

Later acting work
Gordon-Levitt has said that he made a conscious decision to "be in good movies" after returning to acting.[19] His films include 2001's drama Manic which was set in a mental institution, Mysterious Skin (2004) in which he played a gay prostitute and child sexual abuse victim, and Brick (2005), a modern-day film noir set at a high school. In Brick he had the lead role of Brendan Frye, a teen who becomes involved in an underground drug ring while investigating a murder. Brick received positive reviews, with The Minnesota Daily's critic commenting that Gordon-Levitt played the character "beautifully", saying the performance was "true to (the) film's style", "unfeeling but not disenchanted", and "sexy in the most ambiguous way".[19][20] Another review describes the performance as "astounding".[21] In 2001 Gordon-Levitt made his debut on the New York stage to excellent reviews in the Off-Broadway premiere of Austin Pendleton's "Uncle Bob" at The SoHo Playhouse. Gordon-Levitt starred opposite George Morfogen in the gritty two character play. The production was directed by Courtney Moorehead and produced by Steven Sendor.[22]

He starred opposite Steve Sandvoss as a young judgmental missionary in Latter Days (2003), a film that centers on a sexually repressed Mormon missionary (Sandvoss) who falls for his gay neighbor. He also had roles in Havoc and Shadowboxer.[23]

Gordon-Levitt at WonderCon 2012
His next role was in 2007's The Lookout in which he played Chris Pratt, a janitor involved in a bank heist. In reviewing the film, The Philadelphia Inquirer described Gordon-Levitt as a "surprisingly formidable, and formidably surprising, leading man",[24] while New York magazine stated that he is a "major tabula rasa actor ... a minimalist", and his character is effective because he "doesn't seize the space ... by what he takes away from the character".[25] The San Francisco Chronicle specified that he "embodies, more than performs, a character's inner life".[15] His 2008 and 2009 films include Stop-Loss, directed by Kimberly Peirce and revolving around American soldiers returning from the Iraq War, and Killshot in which he played a hoodlum partnered with a hired killer played by Mickey Rourke.[19]

Gordon-Levitt played a lead role opposite to friend Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer, a well-received 2009 release about the deconstruction of a relationship.[23] His performance, described as "the real key" to what makes the film work, credits him with using "his usual spell in subtle gradations".[26] Variety's Todd McCarthy praised his performance, saying he "expressively alternates between enthusiasm and forlorn disappointment in the manner Jack Lemmon could".[27] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said the film "hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen" and credited both lead actors for playing "it for real, with a grasp of subtlety and feeling that goes beyond the call of breezy duty".[28] He was subsequently nominated for a Golden Globe Award.[29]

He later played villain Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.[30] On November 21, 2009, he hosted Saturday Night Live.[31] In 2010, he replaced James Franco[32] and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception, which received favorable reviews.[23]

In 2011, Gordon-Levitt began filming Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises in which he played John Blake, a police officer who emerges as a key ally of Batman.[33] In Premium Rush, he played the starring role of a fixie-riding, brash bicycle messenger; he portrayed the younger version of Bruce Willis' character, in a shared role for the time-travel thriller Looper;[34] and the supporting role of Robert Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's biopic Lincoln. All three films were released in 2012.[35]

Gordon-Levitt played a new character, Johnny, in the sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), described by the filmmakers as "a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game".[36] In October 2013, it was reported that he was one of the frontrunners to play Scott Lang / Ant-Man II for Marvel Studios' superhero film Ant-Man which eventually went to Paul Rudd.[37]

Gordon-Levitt in 2013
In 2015, Gordon-Levitt starred as Philippe Petit in the biographical drama The Walk, directed by Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis. Gordon-Levitt then played National Security Agency surveillance leaker Edward Snowden in Snowden, directed by Oliver Stone.[38] The film was released in North America on September 16, 2016, and also starred Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, and Nicolas Cage.[citation needed]

In 2017, Gordon-Levitt had a voice cameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[39] In 2019, Gordon-Levitt starred in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath, which had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on August 9, 2019.[40] It was released on June 19, 2020, by Amazon Studios.[41] That same year, Gordon-Levitt had a voice cameo in Knives Out.[42]

Gordon-Levitt starred in Project Power, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, opposite Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback; it was released on August 14, 2020, by Netflix.[43][44] He next played lawyer Richard Schultz in the drama film The Trial of the Chicago 7. The film was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, and released September 25, 2020.[45][46] In March 2021, it was announced that Gordon-Levitt would voice Jiminy Cricket in Robert Zemeckis' live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio.[47] In 2022, he starred as Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, in Showtime's anthology series Super Pumped,[48] based on the bestselling book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac.[49]

Directing and producing
Gordon-Levitt's first film as director, the 24-minute-long Sparks was an adaptation of a short story by Elmore Leonard starring Carla Gugino and Eric Stoltz. Sparks was selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to be shown as part of a new program for short films.[50] In 2010, he directed another short film, Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo.[51] It premiered at two houses during the South by Southwest festival in Austin.[51]

He was one of the many producers of the Broadway show Slava's Snowshow.[52]

In 2013, Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed, and starred in his screenwriting and directorial debut, Don Jon. The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Tony Danza and it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. Following the premiere, the film was acquired by Relativity Media and Gordon-Levitt stated: "I always intended this to be a movie for a mass popular audience. Everyone told me it was a long shot ... I couldn't possibly be more grateful."[53]

In September 2019, it was announced Gordon-Levitt would write, direct, star, and executive produce Mr. Corman, a comedy-drama series produced by A24 for Apple TV+.[54]

HitRecord
Main article: HitRecord
HitRecord (pronounced /ˈhɪt rɪˈkɔːrd/; often stylized as hitREC●rd) is an online collaborative media platform founded and owned by Gordon-Levitt. The company uses a variety of media to produce such projects as short films, books, and DVDs.[55] HitRecord has produced such films as Don Jon and the short films Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny and its sequel Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo.

Gordon-Levitt created the platform in 2010 after a period of stagnation in his acting career. "I wanted to be creative, and no one was letting me [so I said] OK, I have to figure out something to do on my own." The company has $6.4 million in venture capital.[56]

On 6 November 2020, Gordon-Levitt released Hong Kong Never Sleeps, a collaborative short film paying homage to Hong Kong created on hitRECord, on his Facebook page. It features photos and videos he collected from Hong Kongers since August 2020, which some themed around the Hong Kong protests starting in 2019, and voice by actors he recruited in October 2020.[57][58]

Personal life
On October 4, 2010, Gordon-Levitt's older brother, Daniel Gordon-Levitt, was found dead in Hollywood, California,[59] at the age of 36.[60] According to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Daniel's cause of death was "ketamine intoxication, with the injury occurring by intake of overdose".[61][62] Joseph Gordon-Levitt has publicly disputed the claim that his brother's death was caused by a drug overdose.[63][62]

In October 2013, Gordon-Levitt identified himself as a feminist, giving credit to his mother: "My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She was active in the movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The Hollywood movie industry has come a long way since its past. It certainly has a bad history of sexism, but it ain't all the way yet."[64]

In December 2014, Gordon-Levitt married Tasha McCauley, the founder and CEO of technology company Fellow Robots.[65][66] Their first child, a son, was born in August 2015.[67] Their second son was born in June 2017.[68] Their third child, a daughter, was born in 2022.[69] He and McCauley do not want to reveal any details of their children to the media, including their first names.[67][68] He lives with his family in Pasadena, California.[70]

Gordon-Levitt has expressed support for the effective altruism movement.[71] In 2017, he spoke at the Effective Altruism Global conference in San Francisco.[72]

Filmography
Film
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† Denotes works that have not yet been released
List of film appearances, with year released and role shown