1980-12-19 Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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In the Grey | 2025-01-16 | |
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The Bride! | 2025-09-26 | |
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Road House | Dalton | 2024-03-08 |
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Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-04-23 |
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant | Master Sergeant John Kinley | 2023-04-19 |
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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Ambulance | Danny Sharp | 2022-03-16 |
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Strange World | Searcher Clade (voice) | 2022-11-23 |
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Spirit Untamed | Jim Prescott (voice) | 2021-05-20 |
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The Guilty | Joe Baylor | 2021-09-24 |
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One Night Only: The Best of Broadway | Self | 2020-12-11 |
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Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration | Self - Performer | 2020-04-26 |
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Himself | 2020-10-08 |
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch | Mr. Music | 2019-12-24 |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | Quentin Beck / Mysterio | 2019-06-28 |
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Velvet Buzzsaw | Morf Vandewalt | 2019-02-01 |
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The Sisters Brothers | John Morris | 2018-09-19 |
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Wildlife | Jerry Brinson | 2018-09-23 |
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Great Performers: Horror Show | The Damned | 2017-12-07 |
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Life | Dr. David Jordan | 2017-03-22 |
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Okja | Dr. Johnny Wilcox | 2017-06-28 |
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Stronger | Jeff Bauman | 2017-09-22 |
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Nocturnal Animals | Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings | 2016-11-04 |
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Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' | Self | 2016-12-12 |
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Southpaw | Billy 'The Great' Hope | 2015-03-24 |
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Demolition | Davis Mitchell | 2015-04-08 |
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Accidental Love | Howard Birdwell | 2015-02-10 |
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Everest | Scott Fischer | 2015-09-10 |
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Nightcrawler | Louis Bloom | 2014-10-23 |
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Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy | Self | 2014-06-24 |
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Enemy | Adam / Anthony | 2014-03-14 |
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Prisoners | Detective Loki | 2013-09-19 |
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End of Watch | Brian Taylor | 2012-09-20 |
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12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
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The Shoes: Time to Dance | 2012-03-12 | |
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Source Code | Colter Stevens | 2011-03-30 |
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Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 |
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Love & Other Drugs | Jamie Randall | 2010-11-04 |
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Prince Dastan | 2010-05-19 |
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Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self | 2009-06-01 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Frank O'Connor (archive footage) | 2009-04-18 |
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Brothers | Tommy Cahill | 2009-12-02 |
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Rendition | Douglas Freeman | 2007-09-07 |
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Zodiac | Robert Graysmith | 2007-03-02 |
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Jake Gyllenhaal | 2005-05-08 |
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Narrator (voice) | 2005-04-23 |
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Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist | 2005-10-22 |
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Proof | Harold 'Hal' Dobbs | 2005-09-05 |
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Jarhead | Anthony Swofford | 2005-11-04 |
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The Day After Tomorrow | Sam Hall | 2004-05-26 |
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Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Self | 2004-10-04 |
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Abby Singer | Self (uncredited) | 2003-10-28 |
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The Good Girl | Holden Worther | 2002-01-12 |
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Highway | Pilot Kelson | 2002-03-26 |
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Moonlight Mile | Joe Nast | 2002-09-09 |
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Donnie Darko | Donnie Darko | 2001-01-19 |
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Bubble Boy | Jimmy Livingston | 2001-08-24 |
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Lovely & Amazing | Jordan | 2001-08-31 |
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October Sky | Homer Hickam | 1999-02-19 |
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Homegrown | Jake | 1998-04-17 |
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A Dangerous Woman | Edward | 1993-09-10 |
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Josh and S.A.M. | Leon Coleman | 1993-11-24 |
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City Slickers | Danny Robbins | 1991-06-07 |
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Francis and the Godfather | Robert Evans | |
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Othello | Iago | |
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Oblivion Song | Nathan Cole | |
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Road House 2 | Elwood Dalton | |
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The Anarchists vs ISIS | ||
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Rio | ||
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Cut and Run | ||
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Prophet | John Prophet | |
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Snow Blind |
