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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Birthday: 1980-12-19 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Spider-Man: Far From Home

as    Quentin Beck / Mysterio

2022
Ambulance

as    Danny Sharp

2021
Spirit Untamed

as    Jim Prescott (voice)

2021
The Guilty

as    Joe Baylor

2020
Lake Success

as    Barry Cohen

2019
Velvet Buzzsaw

as    Morf Vandewalt

2019
2018
Wildlife

as    Jerry Brinson

2018
The Sisters Brothers

as    John Morris

2017
Life

as    Dr. David Jordan

2017
Okja

as    Dr. Johnny Wilcox

2017
Stronger

as    Jeff Bauman

2016
Demolition

as    Davis Mitchell

2016
Nocturnal Animals

as    Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings

2015
Southpaw

as    Billy 'The Great' Hope

2015
Accidental Love

as    Howard Birdwell

2015
Everest

as    Scott Fischer

2014
Enemy

as    Adam / Anthony

2014
Nightcrawler

as    Louis Bloom

2013
Prisoners

as    Detective Loki

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

2007
Rendition

as    Douglas Freeman

2007
Zodiac

as    Robert Graysmith

2005
Jarhead

as    Anthony Swofford

2005
Brokeback Mountain

as    Jack Twist