
Jake Gyllenhaal
Department: Acting
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

Jarhead
2005

Donnie Darko
2001

Brokeback Mountain
2005

The Day After Tomorrow
2004

City Slickers
1991

Zodiac
2007

Rendition
2007

Moonlight Mile
2002

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010

Proof
2005

The Good Girl
2002

Bubble Boy
2001

October Sky
1999

Road House
2024

Love & Other Drugs
2010

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014

Source Code
2011

Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009

Highway
2002

Lovely & Amazing
2002

In the Grey
2026

End of Watch
2012

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
2016

Prisoners
2013

Enemy
2014

Everest
2015

Strange World
2022

Nightcrawler
2014

Brothers
2009

Demolition
2016

Southpaw
2015

Accidental Love
2015

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009

Nocturnal Animals
2016

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005

Road House 2
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Okja
2017

The Bride!
2026

Stronger
2017

Life
2017

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012

Wildlife
2018

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
2003

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010

The Sisters Brothers
2018

A Dangerous Woman
1993

Homegrown
1998

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2005

Josh & S.A.M.
1993

Velvet Buzzsaw
2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019

The Guilty
2021

Abby Singer
2003

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019

Ambulance
2022

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020

Spirit Untamed
2021

A Journey to Sundance
2023

Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
2019

Show of Titles
2021

Remain
2027

Time to Dance
2012

Honeymoon with Harry
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Collision
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Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
2025

The Division
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Kill Switch
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Snow Blind
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The Anarchists vs ISIS
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Play by Play
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Today
1952

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Early Show
1999

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Celebrities Uncensored
2003

The Oscars
1953

GMTV
1993

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995

Live from Studio Five
2009

Saturday Night Live
1975

Hot Ones
2015

Explained
2018

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

The Daily Show
1996

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Teen Choice Awards
1999

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Man vs. Wild
2006

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Presumed Innocent
2024

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014

Reunited Apart
2020

Conan
2010

Actors on Actors: Broadway
2025

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Emmy Awards
1949

Lake Success
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Nemesis
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