A Best Actor Golden Globe nominee played in a 1999 film that was a modernization of what late-16th century William Shakespeare comedy?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt ( ; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and entrepreneur. As a child, he appeared in the films "A River Runs Through It", "Angels in the Outfield" and "10 Things I Hate About You", and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series "3rd Rock from the Sun". He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in "(500) Days of Summer", "Inception", "Hesher", "50/50", "Premium Rush", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Brick", "Looper", "The Lookout", "Manic", "Lincoln", "Mysterious Skin" and "". He starred as Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film "The Walk" (2015), and as Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film "Snowden" (2016). For his leading performances in "(500) Days of Summer" and "50/50", he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.