Jared Leto filmography

Leto at the premiere of Mr. Nobody at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

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 and played the Joker in the supervillain film Suicide Squad (2016).^[13]

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of acting performances in film

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
How to Make an American Quilt	1995	Beck	Jocelyn Moorhouse		[14]
Last of the High Kings !The Last of the High Kings	1996	Frankie Griffin	David Keating		[14]
Prefontaine	1997	Steve Prefontaine	Steve James		[15]
Switchback	1997	Lane Dixon	Jeb Stuart		[14]
Basil	1998	Basil	Radha Bharadwaj		[14]
Urban Legend	1998	Paul Gardener	Jamie Blanks		[16]
Thin Red Line !The Thin Red Line	1998	2nd Lt. William Whyte	Terrence Malick		[14]
Black and White	1999	Casey	James Toback		[17]
Fight Club	1999	Angel Face	David Fincher		[18]
Girl, Interrupted	1999	Tobias "Toby" Jacobs	James Mangold		[19]
American Psycho	2000	Paul Allen	Mary Harron		[20]
Requiem for a Dream	2000	Harry Goldfarb	Darren Aronofsky		[21]
Sunset Strip	2000	Glen Walker	Adam Collis		[22]
Sol Goode	2001	Sage	Danny Comden	Uncredited cameo	[23]
Highway	2002	Jack Hayes	James Cox		[24]
Panic Room	2002	Junior	David Fincher		[25]
Phone Booth	2003	Bobby	Joel Schumacher	Uncredited cameo	[26]
Alexander	2004	Hephaestion	Oliver Stone		[27]
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow	2005	Himself	Michael W. Dean, Kenneth Shiffrin	Film documentary	[28]
Lord of War	2005	Vitaly Orlov	Andrew Niccol		[29]
Lonely Hearts	2006	Raymond Fernandez	Todd Robinson		[30]
Chapter 27	2007	Mark David Chapman	Jarrett Schaefer		[31]
Mr. Nobody	2009	Nemo Nobody	Jaco Van Dormael		[32]
TT3D: Closer to the Edge	2011	Narrator (voice)	Richard De Aragues	Film documentary	[33]
Artifact	2012	Himself	Himself	Film documentary	[34]
Dallas Buyers Club	2013	Rayon	Jean-Marc Vallée		[35]
Suicide Squad	2016	The Joker	David Ayer		[36]
The Outsider	2017	Nick Lowell	Martin Zandvliet	Post-production	[37]
Blade Runner 2049	2017	TBA	Denis Villeneuve	Filming	[38]
Warhol	TBA	Andy Warhol	TBA	In development	[39]

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	[52]
Artifact	2012	Producer	Film documentary	[34]
Into the Wild	2014–15	Producer	TV series	[49]
Beyond the Horizon	2015	Producer	TV series	[50]
Holly Hell	2016	Executive producer	Film documentary	[53]
Great Wide Open	2016	Producer	TV series	[51]
Warhol	TBA	Co-producer	Feature film	[51]

Television

Music videos

References

External links

• Jared Leto at the Internet Movie Database