Claim: Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Philippe Petit in the biopic The Walk.
Evidence: He starred as Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , and as Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film Snowden -LRB- 2016 -RRB-.
The Walk is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Christopher Browne and Zemeckis.