Jared Leto filmography

Jared Leto filmography

Jared Leto is an American entertainer with an extensive career in film, music, and television. He made his debut with minor roles in the television shows Camp Wilder (1992) and Almost Home (1993). He achieved recognition in 1994 for his role as Jordan Catalano in the teen drama television series My So-Called Life.[1] The show was praised for its portrayal of adolescence and gained a cult following, despite being canceled after only one season.[2] The same year, he made his television film debut starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in Cool and the Crazy. Leto’s first film role was in the 1995 drama How to Make an American Quilt. He later co-starred with Christina Ricci in The Last of the High Kings (1996) and received a supporting role in Switchback (1997). In 1997, Leto starred in the biopic Prefontaine in which he played the role of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine. His portrayal received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role.[3][4] The following year, Leto starred together with Alicia Witt in the horror Urban Legend. He then acted alongside Sean Penn and Adrien Brody in the war film The Thin Red Line (1998). After supporting roles in Black and White and Girl, Interrupted, Leto portrayed Angel Face in Fight Club (1999), which has since become a cult film.[5]

In 2000, Leto played Paul Allen in the psychological thriller American Psycho. The same year, he starred as heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren Aronofsky. His acting in the addiction drama received praise from film critics.[6] During this period Leto focused increasingly on his band Thirty Seconds to Mars, returning to acting in 2002 in the David Fincher-directed thriller Panic Room, which was well-received both critically and commercially.[7][8] Following the lead role in the independent film Highway (2002), he co-starred with Colin Farrell in the historical drama Alexander (2004) as Hephaestion. Leto then starred together with Nicolas Cage in the political crime thriller Lord of War (2005) and acted alongside Salma Hayek in the crime drama Lonely Hearts (2006) as Raymond Fernandez. He also began to direct music videos for Thirty Seconds to Mars, with the first being “The Kill” (2006). The following year, he portrayed Mark David Chapman in the biopic Chapter 27. Despite divided critical opinion on the film as a whole, Leto’s performance was widely praised.[9]

In 2009, he starred in the science fiction drama Mr. Nobody directed by Jaco Van Dormael. Critics praised the film’s artistry and Leto’s acting.[10][11] He later directed the music videos for “Kings and Queens” (2009) and “Hurricane” (2010), which were both nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction.[12][13] The latter garnered controversy upon release and was initially censored due to its elements of violence.[14] In 2012, Leto made his directorial debut with the documentary film Artifact. After a six-year hiatus, he returned to film acting in the 2013 drama Dallas Buyers Club starring together with Matthew McConaughey, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and a variety of film critics’ circle awards.[15] Leto then premiered the web series Into the Wild (2014) and the documentary film A Day in the Life of America (2019). He also played the Joker in the superhero film Suicide Squad (2016), which was unfavorably reviewed by critics, though Leto’s performance was better received.[16]

In 2021, he played suspected serial killer Albert Sparma in John Lee Hancock’s film The Little Things, which earned Leto nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award—both for Best Supporting Actor. The same year, Leto portrays fashion designer and business magnate Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s biographical crime drama film House of Gucci, which earned Leto nomination for a Satellite Award and Critics’ Choice Movie Award—both for Best Supporting Actor.[17][18] He played the Marvel Comics character Morbius the Living Vampire in the live-action film Morbius released in 2022, part of the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.[19]

Film[edit]

	Indicates a film that has not yet been released
	Indicates a documentary

Title	Year	Credited as	Role	Notes	Refs.
Actor	Director	Producer
How to Make an American Quilt	1995	Yes	Beck	[20]
The Last of the High Kings	1996	Yes	Frankie Griffin	[21]
Prefontaine	1997	Yes	Steve Prefontaine	[22]
Switchback	1997	Yes	Lane Dixon	[23]
Basil	1998	Yes	Basil	[24]
Urban Legend	1998	Yes	Paul Gardener	[25]
The Thin Red Line	1998	Yes	2nd Lt. William Whyte	[26]
Black and White	1999	Yes	Casey	[27]
Fight Club	1999	Yes	Angel Face	[28]
Girl, Interrupted	1999	Yes	Tobias Jacobs	[29]
American Psycho	2000	Yes	Paul Allen	[30]
Requiem for a Dream	2000	Yes	Harry Goldfarb	[31]
Sunset Strip	2000	Yes	Glen Walker	[32]
Sol Goode	2001	Yes	Co-producer	Rock Star Wannabe	Uncredited cameo	[33]
Highway	2002	Yes	Jack Hayes	[34]
Panic Room	2002	Yes	Junior	[35]
Phone Booth	2002	Yes	Bobby	Deleted scene	[36]
Alexander	2004	Yes	Hephaestion	[37]
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow	2005	Yes	Himself	[38]
Lord of War	2005	Yes	Vitaly Orlov	[39]
Lonely Hearts	2006	Yes	Raymond Fernandez	[40]
Chapter 27	2007	Yes	Executive	Mark David Chapman	[41]
Mr. Nobody	2009	Yes	Nemo Nobody	[42]
TT3D: Closer to the Edge	2011	Yes	Narrator	Voice	[43]
Artifact	2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself	[44]
Dallas Buyers Club	2013	Yes	Rayon	[45]
Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer	2015	Yes	Himself	[46]
Holy Hell	2016	Executive	—	[47]
Suicide Squad	2016	Yes	The Joker	[48]
2036: Nexus Dawn	2017	Yes	Niander Wallace	Short film	[49]
Blade Runner 2049	2017	Yes	[50]
The Outsider	2018	Yes	Executive	Nick Lowell	[51]
A Day in the Life of America	2019	Yes	Yes	—	[52]
The Little Things	2021	Yes	Albert Sparma	[53]
Zack Snyder’s Justice League	2021	Yes	The Joker	[54]
House of Gucci	2021	Yes	Paolo Gucci	[55]
Morbius	2022	Yes	Michael Morbius	[56]
Haunted Mansion	2023	Yes	Hatbox Ghost	Voice; post-production	[57]

Television[edit]

Music video[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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35. ^ Todd, McCarthy (March 18, 2002). “Review: ‘Panic Room’”. Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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External links[edit]

• Jared Leto at IMDb