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Aliases: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal , Τζέικομπ Μπέντζαμιν "Τζέικ" Τζίλενχαλ , ג'ייקוב בנג'מין "ג'ייק" ג'ילנהול , 傑克·吉林哈爾
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 75
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Presumed Innocent
(2024) Rozat 'Rusty' SabichRoad House
(2024) DaltonDonnie Darko
(2001) Donnie DarkoHomicide: Life on the Street
(1993) Matt EllisonSpider-Man: Far From Home
(2019) Quentin Beck / MysterioGuy Ritchie's The Covenant
(2023) Master Sergeant John KinleyLife
(2017) Dr. David JordanOkja
(2017) Dr. Johnny WilcoxActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
2024 | Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich | |
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Dalton | ||
2023 | Master Sergeant John Kinley | |
2022 | Searcher Clade (voice) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Danny Sharp | ||
2021 | Joe Baylor | |
Jim Prescott (voice) | ||
2020 | Self | |
Himself | ||
Self | ||
Self - Performer | ||
2019 | Mr. Music | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Quentin Beck / Mysterio | ||
Morf Vandewalt | ||
2018 | Jerry Brinson | |
John Morris | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2017 | The Damned | |
Jeff Bauman | ||
Dr. Johnny Wilcox | ||
Dr. David Jordan | ||
2016 | Self | |
Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings | ||
Davis Mitchell | ||
2015 | Scott Fischer | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Billy 'The Great' Hope | ||
Self | ||
Howard Birdwell | ||
2014 | Self | |
Louis Bloom | ||
Self | ||
Adam / Anthony | ||
Self | ||
Self - Guest | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2013 | Detective Loki | |
2012 | Self | |
Brian Taylor | ||
N/A | ||
2011 | Colter Stevens | |
2010 | Self | |
Jamie Randall | ||
Prince Dastan | ||
Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage) | ||
2009 | Tommy Cahill | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Frank O'Connor (archive footage) | ||
2007 | Douglas Freeman | |
Robert Graysmith | ||
Self | ||
2006 | Self | |
2005 | Anthony Swofford | |
Jack Twist | ||
Harold 'Hal' Dobbs | ||
Jake Gyllenhaal | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2004 | Self | |
Sam Hall | ||
2003 | Self (uncredited) | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2002 | Joe Nast | |
Pilot Kelson | ||
Holden Worther | ||
2001 | Self - Guest | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Jordan | ||
Jimmy Livingston | ||
Donnie Darko | ||
1999 | Self | |
Self - Nominee | ||
Homer Hickam | ||
1998 | Jake | |
1996 | Self | |
1995 | N/A | |
1993 | Leon Coleman | |
Self - Guest | ||
Edward | ||
Matt Ellison | ||
Self | ||
1992 | N/A | |
1991 | Danny Robbins | |
1988 | Self - Guest | |
N/A | ||
1975 | Self - Host | |
N/A | ||
Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
1953 | Self | |
1952 | Self | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Sonny Lofthus | ||
N/A | ||
John Prophet | ||
Elwood Dalton | ||
Nathan Cole | ||
N/A | ||
Robert Evans | ||
Iago | ||
Rusty Sabich | ||
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Production
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2024 | Executive Producer | |
2021 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2020 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
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2018 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2017 | Producer | |
2014 | Producer | |
2012 | Executive Producer | |
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Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
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Executive Producer | ||
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Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Thanks | |
2019 | Thanks | |
2015 | Thanks | |
2014 | Thanks | |
2005 | Thanks | |
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