Jake Gyllenhaal
- Acting
- December 19, 1980 · 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 · Tate Gordon
- Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man · Self
- In the Grey · Bronco
- Lorne · Self
- The Bride! · Ronnie Reed
- Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction · Raoul Wallenberg (Voice)
- Actors on Actors: Broadway · Self
- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae · Executive producer
- Presumed Innocent · Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich, Executive producer
- Road House · Dalton
- Reality · Thanks
- Guy Ritchie's The Covenant · Master Sergeant John Kinley
- A Journey to Sundance · Self
- Strange World · Searcher Clade (Voice)
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home · Self
- Ambulance · Danny Sharp
- Spider-Man: No Way Home · Quentin Beck / Mysterio (archive footage)
- The Guilty · Joe Baylor, Producer
- Show of Titles · "Camelot" Performer
- Spirit Untamed · Jim Prescott (Voice)
- Breaking News in Yuba County · Producer
- One Night Only: The Best of Broadway · Self
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America · Jake Gyllenhaal
- Joe Bell · Executive producer
- The Devil All the Time · Producer
- Relic · Producer
- Reunited Apart · Self
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch · Mr. Music
- The Daily Bugle · Quentin Beck / Mysterio
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Spider-Man: Far From Home · Quentin Beck / Mysterio
- Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center · Special Guest Star
- Running with Beto · Thanks
- Velvet Buzzsaw · Morf Vandewalt
- Wildlife · Jerry Brinson, Producer
- The Sisters Brothers · John Morris
- Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- Hondros · Executive producer
- Great Performers: Horror Show · The Damned
- Stronger · Jeff Bauman, Producer
- Okja · Johnny Wilcox
- Life · Dr. David Jordan
- Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' · Self
- Nocturnal Animals · Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
- Demolition · Davis Mitchell
- A Bigger Splash · Thanks
- Everest · Scott Fischer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Southpaw · Billy 'The Great' Hope
- Hot Ones · Self
- Accidental Love · Howard Birdwell
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Nightcrawler · Louis Bloom, Producer
- Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy · Self
- Enemy · Adam / Anthony
- Break Point · Thanks
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Fun Home · Producer
- Prisoners · Detective Loki
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · Self
- End of Watch · Brian Taylor, Executive producer
- Source Code · Colter Stevens
- Love & Other Drugs · Jamie Randall
- Conan · Self
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · Prince Dastan
- Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize · Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
- Brothers · Tommy Cahill
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Heath Ledger: A Tribute · Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · Frank O'Connor (archive footage)
- Rendition · Douglas Freeman
- Zodiac · Robert Graysmith
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Laser Cats 2 · Dr Scientist
- Man vs. Wild · Self
- "Jarhead" Diaries · Self
- Jarhead: Background · Self
- Jarhead · Anthony Swofford