
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.
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Acting (62 movies)

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

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

Okja
2017

The Bride!
2026

Life
2017

Stronger
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

Velvet Buzzsaw
2019

A Dangerous Woman
1993

Homegrown
1998

Josh & S.A.M.
1993

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2005

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
2021

Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
2019

Show of Titles
2021

Time to Dance
2012

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
2025
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| End of Watch | 2012 | Executive Producer | 
| Nightcrawler | 2014 | Producer | 
| Stronger | 2017 | Producer | 
| Hondros | 2018 | Executive Producer | 
| Wildlife | 2018 | Producer | 
| Relic | 2020 | Producer | 
| The Devil All the Time | 2020 | Producer | 
| Joe Bell | 2020 | Executive Producer | 
| Breaking News in Yuba County | 2021 | Producer | 
| The Guilty | 2021 | Producer |