Jared Leto filmography

Jared Leto filmography
Filmography
Feature films 27
Television series 7
Director credits 11
Producer credits 4

American entertainer Jared Leto has starred in both blockbuster films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses. He started his career 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 strong 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 got 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 playing supporting roles in Black and White and Girl, Interrupted, Leto portrayed Angel Face in Fight Club (1999), which polarized critics.[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 won praise and raves 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. Critical response praised the film's artistry and Leto's acting.[10][11] In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the documentary film Artifact. After a five-year hiatus, Leto returned to film acting in the critically praised 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.[12] Leto premiered the documentary series Into the Wild in 2014. In December of that year, Warner Bros. confirmed that Leto would play the role of the Joker in the upcoming supervillain film Suicide Squad (2016).[13]

Films

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of acting performances in film
Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
How to Make an American Quilt 1995 Beck [14]
The Last of the High Kings 1996 Frankie Griffin [14]
Prefontaine 1997 Steve Prefontaine [15]
Switchback 1997 Lane Dixon [14]
Basil 1998 Basil [14]
Urban Legend 1998 Paul Gardener [16]
The Thin Red Line 1998 2nd Lt. William Whyte [14]
Black and White 1999 Casey [17]
Fight Club 1999 Angel Face [18]
Girl, Interrupted 1999 Tobias "Toby" Jacobs [19]
American Psycho 2000 Paul Allen [20]
Requiem for a Dream 2000 Harry Goldfarb [21]
Sunset Strip 2000 Glen Walker [22]
Sol Goode 2001 Sage Uncredited cameo [23]
Highway 2002 Jack Hayes [24]
Panic Room 2002 Junior [25]
Phone Booth 2003 Bobby Uncredited cameo [26]
Alexander 2004 Hephaestion [27]
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow 2005 Himself Film documentary [28]
Lord of War 2005 Vitaly Orlov [29]
Lonely Hearts 2006 Raymond Fernandez [30]
Chapter 27 2007 Mark David Chapman [31]
Mr. Nobody 2009 Nemo Nobody [32]
TT3D: Closer to the Edge 2011 Narrator (voice) Film documentary [33]
Artifact 2012 Himself Film documentary [34]
Dallas Buyers Club 2013 Rayon [35]
Suicide Squad Film has yet to be released 2016 The Joker Filming [36]
List of director credits
Title Year Notes Ref(s)
"The Kill" 2006 Music video [37]
"From Yesterday" 2006 Music video [38]
"A Beautiful Lie" 2008 Music video [39]
"Kings and Queens" 2009 Music video [40]
"Closer to the Edge" 2010 Music video [41]
"Hurricane" 2010 Music video [42]
Artifact 2012 Film documentary [34]
"Up in the Air" 2013 Music video [43]
"Do or Die" 2013 Music video [44]
"City of Angels" 2013 Music video [45]
Into the Wild 2014–15 TV series [46]
List of producer credits
Title Year Contributor Notes Ref(s)
Sol Goode 2001 Co-producer Feature film [23]
Chapter 27 2007 Executive producer Feature film [47]
Artifact 2012 Producer Film documentary [34]
Into the Wild 2014–15 Producer TV series [46]

Television

List of acting performances in television
Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Camp Wilder 1992–93 Dexter
  • TV series, episodes:
  • "A Close Shave"
  • "I Love You, Margaret B. Sanger"
 [17]
Almost Home 1993 Rick Aiken
  • TV series, episode:
  • "The Fox and the Hound"
 [17]
My So-Called Life 1994–95 Jordan Catalano TV series, 19 episodes [17]
Cool and the Crazy 1994 Michael TV film [17]
Hollywood High 2003 Himself TV documentary [48]
The Armenian Genocide 2006 Narrator (voice) TV documentary [49]
Into the Wild 2014–15 Himself TV series [46]

References

  1. ↑ Meagher, John (January 25, 2008). "The Big Interview: 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto". Irish Independent. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lavery, David (2010). The Essential Cult TV Reader. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8131-2568-8.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (February 1, 1997). "Prefontaine". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ Hobson, Louis B. (September 28, 1998). "His So-Called Life's on a Roll". Calgary Sun.
  5. ↑ Gritten, David (September 14, 1999). "Premiere of Fight Club leaves critics slugging it out in Venice". The Ottawa Citizen.
  6. ↑ Hensley, Dennis (April 1, 2002). "Jared Leto: Thriving in the Dark". Movieline. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Panic Room (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ Forrest, Emma (April 13, 2002). "Not just a pretty face". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Selvin, Joel (April 18, 2008). "Chapter 27". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  10. ↑ Crousse, Nicolas (January 13, 2010). "L’extra (et) ordinaire Mister Nobody". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  11. ↑ Kirkland, Bruce (July 15, 2010). "‘Mr. Nobody’ something special". Jam!. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  12. ↑ Wang, Andrea (March 2, 2014). "Oscars 2014: Jared Leto wins supporting actor Academy Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ Kroll, Justin (December 2, 2014). "‘Suicide Squad’ Cast Revealed: Jared Leto to Play the Joker, Will Smith is Deadshot". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Marx, Rebecca Flint. "Jared Leto". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  15. ↑ Stack, Peter (January 24, 1997). "'Prefontaine' Has Legs / Biopic on doomed runner a winner". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  16. ↑ Gates, Anita (September 25, 1998). "Urban Legend". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "Jared Leto: Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  18. ↑ Savlov, Marc (October 15, 1999). "Fight Club". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  19. ↑ Morris, Wesley (January 14, 2000). "'Girl' showcases Ryder". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  20. ↑ Holden, Stephen (April 14, 2000). "American Psycho". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  21. ↑ Travers, Peter (December 11, 2000). "Requiem for a Dream". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  22. ↑ Thomans, Kevin (August 11, 2000). "'Sunset Strip' Evokes the '70s Warmly, Wisely". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Farkash, Michael R. (August 14, 2002). "Sol Goode". The Hollywood Reporter.
  24. ↑ Hastings, Michael. "Highway (2001)". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  25. ↑ Todd, McCarthy (March 18, 2002). "Review: ‘Panic Room’". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  26. ↑ Doonan, Simon (December 27, 2004). "Scorched by Colin the Great". The New York Observer.
  27. ↑ Wilmington, Michael (November 24, 2004). "Worth the battle". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  28. ↑ Nesselson, Lisa (September 14, 2005). "Review: ‘Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow’". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  29. ↑ Burr, Ty (September 16, 2005). "Provocative 'War' skillfully takes aim". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  30. ↑ Scheib, Ronnie (May 1, 2006). "Review: ‘Lonely Hearts’". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  31. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (April 10, 2008). "Chapter 27 (2008)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  32. ↑ O'Sullivan, Michael (October 31, 2013). "‘Mr. Nobody’ movie review". Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  33. ↑ Kemp, Stuart (March 16, 2011). "Jared Leto to Narrate 'TT3D: Closer to the Edge'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Asare, Andrew (December 3, 2013). "Jared Leto on Thirty Seconds to Mars documentary 'Artifact': 'Sometimes you have to fight in order to be free'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  35. ↑ Debruge, Peter (September 7, 2013). "Film Review: 'Dallas Buyers Club'". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  36. ↑ "‘Suicide Squad’ Cast Revealed: Jared Leto to Play the Joker, Will Smith is Deadshot". Variety. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  37. ↑ Lichtenstein, Julie (May 2, 2006). "30 Seconds To Mars' "A Beautiful Lie" Builds With Video and Tour Momentum". Marketwired. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  38. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan (November 15, 2006). "30 Seconds To Mars Visits China For New Video". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  39. ↑ Wippsson, Johan (March 6, 2008). "Jared Leto Is Back With A New Video And Global Cause". Melodic. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  40. ↑ Montgomery, James (November 12, 2009). "30 Seconds To Mars Almost Didn't Finish 'Kings And Queens' Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  41. ↑ Montgomery, James (August 16, 2010). "30 Seconds To Mars Save Souls In 'Closer To The Edge' Video". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  42. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (November 29, 2010). "30 Seconds To Mars Unveil Epic 'Hurricane' Film". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  43. ↑ Anitai, Tamar (April 19, 2013). "Thirty Seconds To Mars' 'Up In The Air' Short Film: Make Art, Not War". MTV Buzzworthy. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  44. ↑ Montgomery, James (August 7, 2013). "How Jared Leto Spent His Summer Vacation: Making Mars' 'Do Or Die'". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  45. ↑ Grow, Kory (October 29, 2013). "Thirty Seconds to Mars Recruit Kanye West, Lindsay Lohan for 'Angels'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 Sherman, Maria (November 4, 2014). "30 Seconds to Mars Announce 'Into The Wild' Documentary Series". Fuse. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  47. ↑ "Chapter 27 (2006)". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  48. ↑ Letofsky, Irv (March 31, 2003). "Hollywood High". The Hollywood Reporter.
  49. ↑ "The Armenian Genocide". Two Cats Production. Retrieved December 16, 2013.

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