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]

Leto at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

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 Sony's Spider-Man Universe.^[19]

Film

Key

†	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		Yes			Lane Dixon		[23]
Basil	1998	Yes			Basil		[24]
Urban Legend		Yes			Paul Gardener		[25]
The Thin Red Line		Yes			2nd Lt. William Whyte		[26]
Black and White	1999	Yes			Casey		[27]
Fight Club		Yes			Angel Face		[28]
Girl, Interrupted		Yes			Tobias Jacobs		[29]
American Psycho	2000	Yes			Paul Allen		[30]
Requiem for a Dream		Yes			Harry Goldfarb		[31]
Sunset Strip		Yes			Glen Walker		[32]
Sol Goode	2001	Yes		Co-producer	Rock Star Wannabe	Uncredited cameo	[33]
Highway	2002	Yes			Jack Hayes		[34]
Panic Room		Yes			Junior		[35]
Phone Booth		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		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		Yes			The Joker		[48]
2036: Nexus Dawn	2017	Yes			Niander Wallace	Short film	[49]
Blade Runner 2049		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		Yes			The Joker		[54]
House of Gucci		Yes			Paolo Gucci		[55]
Morbius	2022	Yes			Michael Morbius		[56]
Haunted Mansion	2023	Yes			Hatbox Ghost	Voice and motion-capture	[57]
Tron: Ares †	2025	Yes		Yes	Ares	Post-production	[58]
Masters of the Universe †	2026	Yes			Skeletor	Filming	[59]

Television

Title	Year	Credited as			Role	Notes	Refs.
		Actor	Director	Producer
Camp Wilder	1992–1993	Yes			Dexter	2 episodes	[46]
Almost Home	1993	Yes			Rick Aiken	1 episode	[46]
My So-Called Life	1994–1995	Yes			Jordan Catalano	19 episodes	[60]
Cool and the Crazy	1994	Yes			Michael	Television film	[61]
Hollywood High	2003	Yes			Himself	Television special	[62]
The Armenian Genocide	2006	Yes			Narrator (voice)	Television film	[63]
Into the Wild	2014–2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself	16 episodes	[64]
Beyond the Horizon	2015–2018	Yes	Yes	Yes		17 episodes	[65]
Great Wide Open	2016	Yes	Yes	Yes		5 episodes	[66]
WeCrashed	2022	Yes		Executive	Adam Neumann	8 episodes	[67]
Wheel of Fortune	2024	Yes			Host	1 episode

Music video

Title	Year	Credited as			Notes	Refs.
		Director	Producer	Other
"Capricorn (A Brand New Name)"	2002			Yes		[68]
"Edge of the Earth"	2003			Yes		[69]
"Attack"	2005			Yes		[69]
"The Kill"	2006	Yes				[70]
"From Yesterday"		Yes				[71]
"A Beautiful Lie"	2008	Yes	Executive			[72]
"Kings and Queens"	2009	Yes	Yes			[73]
"Closer to the Edge"	2010	Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor	[74]
"Hurricane"		Yes		Yes	Writer	[75]
"This Is War"	2011			Yes		[76]
"Up in the Air"	2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor	[77]
"Do or Die"		Yes	Yes			[78]
"City of Angels"		Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor	[79]
"Purple Lamborghini"	2016			Yes	Guest appearance	[80]
"Walk on Water"	2017	Yes	Yes			[52]
"Rescue Me"	2018			Yes		[81]
"Hail to the Victor"	2021	Yes		Yes	Editor	[82]
"Stuck"	2023	Yes	Executive			[83]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Jared Leto