Jacob Benjamin 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.
Jake Gyllenhaal Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| Also Know | Джейк Джилленхол, æ°å…‹Â·å‰æž—哈尔, ジェイク・ジレンホール, เจค จิลเลินฮาล, جيك جيلنهال, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, ΤζÎικ Τζίλενχαλ, ΤζÎικομπ ΜπÎντζαμιν “ΤζÎικ” Τζίλενχαλ, Джейк Джилленгол, ì œì´í¬ ì§ˆë Œí• , ჯეიკ ჯილენჰáƒáƒšáƒ˜ |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1980-12-19 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 42 |
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Jake Gyllenhaal Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Donnie Darko | Donnie Darko | 2001-10-24 | After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series … |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Prince Dastan | 2010-05-19 | A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable … |
| Bubble Boy | Jimmy Livingston | 2001-08-24 | Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom… who pines for the sweet ca… |
| Love & Other Drugs | Jamie Randall | 2010-11-22 | Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won’t let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly… |
| Source Code | Colter Stevens | 2011-03-30 | When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chic… |
| End of Watch | Brian Taylor | 2012-09-20 | Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine… |
| Enemy | Adam Bell / Anthony Claire | 2013-12-31 | A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man’s private affairs…. |
| Nightcrawler | Louis Bloom | 2014-10-23 | When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the … |
| Demolition | Davis Mitchell | 2015-04-08 | An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets…. |
| Stronger | Jeff Bauman | 2017-09-22 | A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma…. |
| Wildlife | Jerry Brinson | 2018-09-23 | 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled f… |
| Southpaw | Billy ‘The Great’ Hope | 2015-03-24 | Billy “The Great” Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle… |
| The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | 2005-04-23 | One of the most exciting and memorable stories in the history of the World Trade Towers is that of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked a tightrope… | |
| The Guilty | Joe Baylor | 2021-09-24 | A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman…. |
| Ambulance | Danny Sharp | 2022-03-16 | Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic care… |
| Combat Control | John Chapman | Based on the true story of Air Force Combat Control Technician (CCT) Chapman, who died in battle on March 4, 2002 during the War in Afghanistan. Follo… | |
| Oblivion Song | Nathan Cole | Based on Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s sci-fi comic book series. The story takes place one decade after 300,000 residents of Philadelphia w… | |
| The Covenant | Sgt. John Kinley | 2023-04-21 | On his last tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sergeant John Kinley is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed to survey the region. When their unit is ambushed… |
| Prophet | John Prophet | John Prophet, a DNA-enhanced super-soldier, is placed into a cryogenic freeze for a future mission, only to awaken prematurely in the present. As he s… | |
| Road House | A former UFC fighter takes a job as a bouncer at a rough-and-tumble roadhouse in the Florida Keys, but soon discovers that not everything is what it s… | ||
| Cut and Run | A heist thriller about a group of thieves who use high-powered speed boats to rob super-yachts. Their caper takes a turn when they steal the wrong thi… | ||
| Strange World | Searcher Clade (voice) | 2022-11-23 | A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose difference… |
| The Shoes: Time to Dance | 2012-03-12 | A serial killer played by Jake Gyllenhaal travels through the hippest parties on a killing spree of Dalston hipsters. Gyllenhaal masters the role of u… | |
| Jarhead | Anthony Swofford | 2005-11-04 | Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit… |
| Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist | 2005-09-10 | Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong rel… |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Sam Hall | 2004-05-26 | After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods a… |
| Rendition | Douglas Freeman | 2007-09-07 | When an Egyptian terrorism suspect “disappears” on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught u… |
| October Sky | Homer Hickam | 1999-02-19 | Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wish… |
| Prisoners | Detective Loki | 2013-09-18 | Keller Dover faces a parent’s worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that ha… |
| Accidental Love | Howard Birdwell | 2015-02-10 | A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when sh… |
| Nocturnal Animals | Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings | 2016-11-04 | Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she read… |
| Velvet Buzzsaw | Morf Vandewalt | 2019-02-01 | Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discover… |
| Francis and The Godfather | Robert Evans | A drama about the legendary and wild battles that went into making the 1972 classic The Godfather…. | |
| The Division | In the near future, a pandemic virus is spread via paper money on Black Friday, decimating the city of New York and killing millions. By Christmas, wh… | ||
| Zodiac | Robert Graysmith | 2007-03-02 | A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer…. |
| Moonlight Mile | Joe Nast | 2002-09-09 | As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life…. |
| Brothers | Tommy Cahill | 2009-01-22 | When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to … |
| The Good Girl | Holden Worther | 2002-01-12 | A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield…. |
| Highway | Pilot Kelson | 2002-03-26 | Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. P… |
| Life | Dr. David Jordan | 2017-03-22 | The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial lif… |
| Proof | Harold ‘Hal’ Dobbs | 2005-09-05 | Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on realit… |
| Spider-Man: Far from Home | Quentin Beck / Mysterio | 2019-06-28 | Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest – Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury unc… |
| The Sisters Brothers | John Morris | 2018-09-19 | Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the… |
| Great Performers: Horror Show | The Damned | 2017-12-07 | Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out†to the movie adaption of “It†to the campy “Happy … |
| Spirit Untamed | Jim Prescott (voice) | 2021-05-20 | Lucky Prescott’s life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit…. |
| Lovely & Amazing | Jordan | 2001-08-31 | An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their … |
| Okja | Dr. Johnny Wilcox | 2017-06-28 | A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja…. |
| Everest | Scott Fischer | 2015-09-10 | Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, “Everest” documents the awe-i… |
| Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 | A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama…. |
| Josh and S.A.M. | Leon Coleman | 1993-11-24 | Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in … |
| City Slickers | Danny Robbins | 1991-06-07 | Three New York businessmen decide to take a “Wild West” vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned…. |
| Homegrown | Jake | 1998-04-17 | Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know… |
| One Night Only: The Best of Broadway | Self | 2020-12-11 | Tina Fey is set to host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, an unforgettable night of music celebrating the incredible and resilient Broadway commun… |
| The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Himself | 2020-10-08 | An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19…. |
| A Dangerous Woman | Edward | 1993-09-10 | Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha’s unusual traits is that she doesn’t lie, a qual… |
| ‘Donnie Darko’: Production Diary | Self | 2004-10-04 | Behind the scenes look at the making of cult classic ‘Donnie Darko’… |
| Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self | 2009-06-01 | On January 22, 2008, the entertainment world was rocked by news that one of its brightest young stars had unexpectedly died. This film is a commemorat… |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Himself | 2004-09-18 | “La La Wood” follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on “The Martin Short Show,” who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk s… |
| John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch | Mr. Music | 2019-12-24 | John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety spec… |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Frank O’Connor (archive footage) | 2009-04-18 | Amy Poehler’s best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances…. |
| Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration | Performer (‘Move On’) | 2020-04-26 | A starry line-up of Broadway favorites are toasting Stephen Sondheim with a once-in-a-lifetime concert event live on Broadway.com. A benefit for ASTE… |
| Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 | Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Manâ„¢ movies! From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb’s… |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | Mysterio / Quentin Beck (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-12-15 | Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor … |
| Abby Singer | Himself | 2003-10-28 | Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sunda… |
Jake Gyllenhaal Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| End of Watch | Executive Producer | 2012-09-20 | Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine… |
| Nightcrawler | Producer | 2014-10-23 | When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the … |
| Wildlife | Producer | 2018-09-23 | 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled f… |
| Stronger | Producer | 2017-09-22 | A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma…. |
| The Division | Producer | In the near future, a pandemic virus is spread via paper money on Black Friday, decimating the city of New York and killing millions. By Christmas, wh… | |
| Hondros | Executive Producer | 2018-03-02 | HONDROS follows the life and career of famous war photographer Chris Hondros by exploring the poignant and often surprising stories behind this award-… |
| The Devil All the Time | Producer | 2020-09-11 | In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threate… |
| Theater of War | Producer | Based on an episode of This American Life…. | |
| The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob | Producer | The story will follow a real-life ’90s Texas bank robber named Peggy Jo Tallas, who got away with her heists by dressing up as a man, aka “Cowboy Bo… | |
| Relic | Producer | 2020-07-03 | When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find … |
| Breaking News in Yuba County | Producer | 2021-01-28 | An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b… |
| The Guilty | Producer | 2021-09-24 | A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman…. |
| Gilded Rage | Producer | A true-crime movie about accused Ivy League killer Thomas Gilbert Jr…. | |
| Annie Mae | Producer | A documentary about the extraordinary First Nations activist Annie Mae Aquash and the tragic circumstances of her unsolved murder in 1975, uncovering … | |
| Joe Bell | Executive Producer | 2021-07-23 | The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented… |
| Combat Control | Executive Producer | Based on the true story of Air Force Combat Control Technician (CCT) Chapman, who died in battle on March 4, 2002 during the War in Afghanistan. Follo… | |
| Finding the Mother Tree | Producer | Ecologist Suzanne Simard discovers how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi…. | |
| Oblivion Song | Producer | Based on Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s sci-fi comic book series. The story takes place one decade after 300,000 residents of Philadelphia w… | |
| Cut and Run | Producer | A heist thriller about a group of thieves who use high-powered speed boats to rob super-yachts. Their caper takes a turn when they steal the wrong thi… | |
| Prophet | Producer | John Prophet, a DNA-enhanced super-soldier, is placed into a cryogenic freeze for a future mission, only to awaken prematurely in the present. As he s… | |
| Executive Producer | Narcissistic, self-deluded and hilariously divorced from the real world hedge fund manager Barry Cohen flees his family, his past, and the SEC on a cr… | ||
| Executive Producer | A tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. The story follows Sonny Lofthus, an escaped convict: an opioid addict who can’t re… | ||
| Executive Producer | The series will follow an unreliable narrator who nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on peo… | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| A Bigger Splash | Thanks | 2015-11-26 | An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daugh… |
| Break Point | Thanks | 2014-03-08 | Jimmy Price is a reckless man-child on the last leg of his career as a doubles tennis player. When his latest partner drops him, he realizes he’s offi… |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Thanks | 2004-09-18 | “La La Wood” follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on “The Martin Short Show,” who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk s… |
| Running with Beto | Thanks | 2019-03-09 | This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Beto O’Rourke’s rise from virtual unknown to national political figure through his bold attempt to unseat T… |
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