Jake 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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-12-19
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Jarhead
2005
6.67
Donnie Darko
2001
7.77
Brokeback Mountain
2005
7.79
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.54
City Slickers
1991
6.40
Zodiac
2007
7.53
Rendition
2007
6.40
Moonlight Mile
2002
6.30
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023
7.75
Proof
2005
6.33
The Good Girl
2002
6.20
Bubble Boy
2001
5.73
October Sky
1999
7.70
Road House
2024
6.95
Love & Other Drugs
2010
7.04
Source Code
2011
7.30
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009
10.00
Highway
2002
5.50
Lovely & Amazing
2002
6.10
In the Grey
0.00
End of Watch
2012
7.35
Prisoners
2013
8.10
Enemy
2014
6.86
Everest
2015
6.82
Strange World
2022
6.30
Nightcrawler
2014
7.70
Brothers
2009
7.30
Demolition
2016
6.82
Southpaw
2015
7.36
Accidental Love
2015
4.30
Nocturnal Animals
2016
7.42
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
4.20
Road House 2
0.00
Okja
2017
7.35
The Bride!
2026
0.00
Life
2017
6.44
Stronger
2017
7.00
Wildlife
2018
6.64
The Sisters Brothers
2018
6.83
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
5.40
A Dangerous Woman
1993
5.31
Josh and S.A.M.
1993
4.70
Homegrown
1989
5.60
Great Performers: Horror Show
2017
6.70
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
7.41
The Guilty
2021
6.42
Abby Singer
2003
4.50
Donnie Darko: Production Diary
2004
7.50
Ambulance
2022
6.65
Spirit Untamed
2021
7.30
A Journey to Sundance
2021
0.00
Show of Titles
2021
0.00
Remain
2026
0.00
Time to Dance
2012
0.00
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
7.95