Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 19, 1980
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
129 titles
Jake Gyllenhaal
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 Donovan
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
Self - Mysterio (archive footage)
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
Road House
Dalton
Reality
Thanks
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Master Sergeant John Kinley
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Strange World
Searcher Clade (voice)
Ambulance
Danny Sharp
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Quentin Beck / Mysterio
The Guilty
Joe Baylor
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 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
The Sisters Brothers
John Morris
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Hondros
Executive Producer
Stronger
Jeff Bauman
Okja
Johnny Wilcox
Life
Dr. David Jordan
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Self (archive footage)
Nocturnal Animals
Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
Demolition
Davis Mitchell
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
A Bigger Splash
Thanks
Everest
Scott Fischer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Southpaw
Billy 'The Great' Hope
Hot Ones
Self
Accidental Love
Howard Birdwell
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self