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Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor, ProducerBorn December 19, 1980 (44 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | In the Grey · as Michael Harris |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent (TV Series) · as Rozat 'rusty' Sabich |
| 2024 | Road House · as Dalton |
| 2023 | Guy Ritchie's the Covenant · as Master Sergeant John Kinley |
| 2022 | The Son (2024) (TV Series) · as Sonny Lofthus |
| 2022 | Strange World · as Searcher Clade (voice) |
| 2022 | Ambulance · as Danny Sharp |
| 2021 | The Guilty · as Joe Baylor |
| 2021 | Spirit Untamed · as Jim Prescott (voice) |
| 2020 | Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration · as Performer |
| 2019 | John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch · as Mr. Music |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far from Home · as Quentin Beck / Mysterio |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw · as Morf Vandewalt |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers · as John Morris |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Stronger · as Jeff Bauman |
| 2017 | Okja · as Johnny Wilcox |
| 2017 | Life · as Dr. David Jordan |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals · as Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings |
| 2015 | Everest · as Scott Fischer |
| 2015 | Southpaw · as Billy 'the Great' Hope |
| 2015 | Demolition · as Davis Mitchell |
| 2015 | Accidental Love · as Howard Birdwell |
| 2014 | Nightcrawler · as Louis Bloom |
| 2013 | Prisoners · as Detective Loki |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | End of Watch · as Brian Taylor |
| 2011 | Source Code · as Colter Stevens |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs · as Jamie Randall |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Prince Dastan |
| 2009 | Brothers · as Tommy Cahill |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · as Frank O'connor (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Rendition · as Douglas Freeman |
| 2007 | Zodiac · as Robert Graysmith |
| 2007 | Here's Looking at You, Boy · as Jack Twist |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain · as Jack Twist |
| 2005 | SNL Digital Shorts (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Jarhead · as Anthony Swofford |
| 2005 | Proof · as Harold 'hal' Dobbs |
| 2005 | Venecia 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero · as Jack Twist |
| 2005 | Between the Towers · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow · as Sam Hall |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Joe Nast |
| 2002 | The Good Girl · as Holden Worther |
| 2002 | Highway · as Pilot Kelson |
| 2001 | Lovely & Amazing · as Jordan |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy · as Jimmy Livingston |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko · as Donnie Darko |
| 1999 | October Sky · as Homer Hickam |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Series) |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman · as Edward |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. · as Leon Coleman |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Matt Ellison |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | City Slickers · as Danny Robbins |