Jake Gyllenhaal

Known for ActingBorn 1980-12-19 (age 45)Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Teen Choice Awards

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Prisoners

Homicide: Life on the Street

Presumed Innocent

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Nightcrawler

Brokeback Mountain

Donnie Darko

In the Grey

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

October Sky

Explained

Zodiac

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Nocturnal Animals

Southpaw

Okja

End of Watch

Spirit Untamed

Source Code

Brothers

The Emmy Awards

Hondros

The Devil All the Time

The Graham Norton Show

Conan

Actors on Actors: Broadway

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Hot Ones

Road House

Love & Other Drugs

Stronger

Man vs. Wild

Lorne

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

The Sisters Brothers

Demolition

Enemy

Everest

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Ambulance

Wildlife

Abby Singer