Jake Gyllenhaal
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.
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Actor
as John Prophet
as Elwood Dalton
as Robert Evans
as Nathan Cole
as Self
as Michael Harris
as Rusty Sabich
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dalton
as Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich
as Master Sergeant John Kinley
as Searcher Clade (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Danny Sharp
as Joe Baylor
as Jim Prescott (voice)
as Jake Gyllenhaal
as Self - Performer
as Self
as Mr. Music
as Quentin Beck / Mysterio
as Morf Vandewalt
as Self
as Jerry Brinson
as John Morris
as Narrator (voice)
as The Damned
as Jeff Bauman
as Dr. Johnny Wilcox
as Dr. David Jordan
as Self (archive footage)
as Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings
as Davis Mitchell
as Scott Fischer
as Billy 'The Great' Hope
as Howard Birdwell
as Self
as Louis Bloom
as Adam / Anthony
as Self
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as Detective Loki
as Brian Taylor
as Colter Stevens
as Jamie Randall
as Prince Dastan
as Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
as Self
as Tommy Cahill
as Self
as Frank O'Connor (archive footage)
as Self
as Douglas Freeman
as Robert Graysmith
as Self
as Self
as Anthony Swofford
as Jack Twist
as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
as Jake Gyllenhaal
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Sam Hall
as Self (uncredited)
as Self / Joe Nast
as Self
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as Joe Nast
as Jordan
as Pilot Kelson
as Holden Worther
as Jimmy Livingston
as Donnie Darko
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Homer Hickam
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Jake
as Self
as Leon Coleman
as Edward
as Self - Guest
as Matt Ellison
as Self
as Danny Robbins
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
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as Executive Producer
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as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
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as Executive Producer
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as Executive Producer
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as Executive Producer
Crew
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