Actor Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal
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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of birth
19th December 1980
Movies that starred Jake Gyllenhaal (30 in total)
Road House poster

Road House [2024]

Elwood Dalton
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant poster

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant [2023]

Sgt. John Kinley
Strange World poster

Strange World [2022]

Searcher Clade (voice)
Spirit Untamed poster

Spirit Untamed [2021]

Jim Prescott (voice)
The Guilty poster

The Guilty [2021]

Joe Baylor
Spider-Man: Far From Home poster

Spider-Man: Far From Home [2019]

Quentin Beck / Mysterio
The Sisters Brothers poster

The Sisters Brothers [2018]

John Morris
Life poster

Life [2017]

Dr. David Jordan
Okja poster

Okja [2017]

Dr. Johnny Wilcox
Nocturnal Animals poster

Nocturnal Animals [2016]

Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' poster

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' [2016]

Self (archive footage)
Southpaw poster

Southpaw [2015]

Billy 'The Great' Hope
Everest poster

Everest [2015]

Scott Fischer
Nightcrawler poster

Nightcrawler [2014]

Louis Bloom
Prisoners poster

Prisoners [2013]

Detective Loki
End of Watch poster

End of Watch [2012]

Brian Taylor
Source Code poster

Source Code [2011]

Colter Stevens
Love & Other Drugs poster

Love & Other Drugs [2010]

Jamie Randall
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time poster

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [2010]

Prince Dastan
Brothers poster

Brothers [2009]

Tommy Cahill
Zodiac poster

Zodiac [2007]

Robert Graysmith
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain [2005]

Jack Twist
Jarhead poster

Jarhead [2005]

Anthony Swofford
Proof poster

Proof [2005]

Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
The Day After Tomorrow poster

The Day After Tomorrow [2004]

Sam Hall
The Good Girl poster

The Good Girl [2002]

Holden Worther
The Division poster

The Division [2002]

Donnie Darko poster

Donnie Darko [2001]

Donnie Darko
October Sky poster

October Sky [1999]

Homer Hickam
City Slickers poster

City Slickers [1991]

Danny Robbins
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