
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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Movie | The Bride! | Unknown | 2026-03-05 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: Broadway | Self | 2025-04-22 |
Movie | Road House | Dalton | 2024-03-08 |
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Movie | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-14 |
Series | Presumed Innocent | Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich | 2024-06-11 |
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Movie | Ambulance | Danny Sharp | 2022-03-16 |
Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
Movie | Rio | 2022-12-31 | |
Movie | Strange World | Searcher Clade (voice) | 2022-11-23 |
Movie | Spirit Untamed | Jim Prescott (voice) | 2021-05-20 |
Movie | Show of Titles | "Camelot" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
Movie | The Guilty | Joe Baylor | 2021-09-24 |
Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Mysterio (Uncredited) | 2021-12-15 |
Movie | Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration | Self - Performer | 2020-04-26 |
Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
Movie | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Jake Gyllenhaal | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | One Night Only: The Best of Broadway | Self | 2020-12-11 |
Movie | Velvet Buzzsaw | Morf Vandewalt | 2019-02-01 |
Movie | Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center | Special Guest Star | 2019-05-17 |
Movie | The Division | 2019 | |
Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Quentin Beck / Mysterio | 2019-06-28 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
Movie | John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch | Mr. Music | 2019-12-24 |
Series | Explained | Narrator (voice) | 2018-05-23 |
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Movie | Wildlife | Jerry Brinson | 2018-09-23 |
Movie | Life | Dr. David Jordan | 2017-03-22 |
Movie | Okja | Johnny Wilcox | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Great Performers: Horror Show | The Damned | 2017-12-07 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Demolition | Davis Mitchell | 2016-04-06 |
Movie | Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' | Self (archive footage) | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | Nocturnal Animals | Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings | 2016-11-04 |
Movie | Accidental Love | Howard Birdwell | 2015-02-10 |
Series | Hot Ones | Self | 2015-03-12 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | Southpaw | Billy 'The Great' Hope | 2015-03-24 |
Movie | Everest | Scott Fischer | 2015-09-10 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
Movie | Enemy | Adam / Anthony | 2014-03-14 |
Movie | Nightcrawler | Louis Bloom | 2014-10-23 |
Movie | Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy | Self | 2014-06-24 |
Movie | Prisoners | Detective Loki | 2013-09-19 |
Movie | Time to Dance | The Killer | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | End of Watch | Brian Taylor | 2012-09-20 |
Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Source Code | Colter Stevens | 2011-03-30 |
Movie | Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Prince Dastan | 2010-05-19 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Love & Other Drugs | Jamie Randall | 2010-11-04 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Frank O'Connor (archive footage) | 2009-04-18 |
Movie | Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self | 2009-06-01 |
Movie | Brothers | Tommy Cahill | 2009-12-02 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Rendition | Douglas Freeman | 2007-09-07 |
Movie | Zodiac | Robert Graysmith | 2007-03-02 |
Series | Man vs. Wild | Self | 2006-10-27 |
Movie | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Narrator (voice) | 2005-04-23 |
Movie | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Jake Gyllenhaal | 2005-05-08 |
Movie | Jarhead | Anthony Swofford | 2005-11-04 |
Movie | Proof | Harold 'Hal' Dobbs | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Brokeback Mountain | Jack Twist | 2005-10-22 |
Movie | The Day After Tomorrow | Sam Hall | 2004-05-26 |
Movie | Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Self | 2004-10-04 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen | Self / Joe Nast | 2003-03-11 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Abby Singer | Self (uncredited) | 2003-10-28 |
Movie | The Good Girl | Holden Worther | 2002-01-12 |
Movie | Moonlight Mile | Joe Nast | 2002-09-09 |
Movie | Lovely & Amazing | Jordan | 2002-08-02 |
Movie | Highway | Pilot Kelson | 2002-03-26 |
Movie | Donnie Darko | Donnie Darko | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Bubble Boy | Jimmy Livingston | 2001-08-24 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001-11-02 |
Series | Band of Brothers | Unknown | 2001-09-09 |
Movie | October Sky | Homer Hickam | 1999-02-19 |
Series | Teen Choice Awards | Self - Nominee | 1999-08-01 |
Series | The Early Show | Self | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Homegrown | Jake | 1998-04-17 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Matt Ellison | 1993-01-31 |
Movie | Josh and S.A.M. | Leon Coleman | 1993-11-24 |
Movie | A Dangerous Woman | Edward | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | City Slickers | Danny Robbins | 1991-06-07 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Self | 1952-01-14 |
Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944-01-20 |
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