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Jake Gyllenhaal
39 FOLLOWERS • 72 CREDITS • DEC 19, 1980 • 43
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.
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Saturday Night Live
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Oscars
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Daily Show
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Today
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Teen Choice Awards
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Homicide: Life on the Street
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The Early Show
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Explained
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Celebrities Uncensored
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Band of Brothers
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Man vs. Wild
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Expecting Amy
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
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City Slickers
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Everest
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Spirit Untamed
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Okja
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The Sisters Brothers
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The Good Girl
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
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October Sky
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Velvet Buzzsaw
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Brothers
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Nocturnal Animals
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Prisoners
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The Day After Tomorrow
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Brokeback Mountain
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Presumed Innocent
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Zodiac
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Enemy
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Ambulance
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End of Watch
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Southpaw
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Life
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Jarhead
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
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Love & Other Drugs
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Nightcrawler
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
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Francis and the Godfather
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Bubble Boy
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Strange World
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The Guilty
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Donnie Darko
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The Son
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Source Code
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Road House
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Demolition
Production Credits
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