Jake Gyllenhaal
Acting
- Born:
- 1980-12-19
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Remain
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
In the Grey
Lorne
The Bride!
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Actors on Actors: Broadway
Presumed Innocent
Road House
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
A Journey to Sundance
Strange World
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Ambulance
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Guilty
Show of Titles
Spirit Untamed
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Reunited Apart
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
The Daily Bugle
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
Velvet Buzzsaw
Wildlife
The Sisters Brothers
Explained
Great Performers: Horror Show
Stronger
Okja
Life
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Nocturnal Animals
Demolition
Everest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Southpaw
Hot Ones
Accidental Love
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Nightcrawler
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Enemy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Prisoners
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
End of Watch
Source Code
Love & Other Drugs
Conan
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Brothers
Live from Studio Five
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Rendition
Zodiac
The Graham Norton Show
Laser Cats 2
Man vs. Wild
"Jarhead" Diaries
Jarhead: Background
Jarhead
Brokeback Mountain
Proof
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
The Day After Tomorrow
Abby Singer
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Moonlight Mile
The Good Girl
Lovely & Amazing
Highway
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Bubble Boy
Donnie Darko
The Early Show
Teen Choice Awards
October Sky
Homegrown
The Daily Show
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Josh & S.A.M.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
A Dangerous Woman
Homicide: Life on the Street
GMTV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
City Slickers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
The Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Road House 2
Honeymoon with Harry
Collision
The Division
Kill Switch
Snow Blind
The Anarchists vs ISIS
Play by Play
Lake Success
Nemesis