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.
Wild Wild West Wild Wild West is a 1999 American steampunk western action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. It was written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock (whose previous collaborations include the "Short Circuit" and "Tremors" franchises), along with Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. A big-screen adaptation of the 1960s TV series "The Wild Wild West", it stars Will Smith, Kevin Kline (who appears in dual roles as one of the two protagonists Artemus Gordon and as President Ulysses S. Grant), Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek.