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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

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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The Bride!

2025

Othello

2025

as Iago

In the Grey

2025

Presumed Innocent

2024

as Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Road House

2024

as Dalton

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

2023

as Master Sergeant John Kinley

Strange World

2022

as Searcher Clade (voice)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Ambulance

2022

as Danny Sharp

The Guilty

2021

as Joe Baylor

Spirit Untamed

2021

as Jim Prescott (voice)

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

2020

as Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

as Jake Gyllenhaal

Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration

2020

as Self - Performer

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

2019

as Mr. Music

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019

as Quentin Beck / Mysterio

Velvet Buzzsaw

2019

as Morf Vandewalt

Wildlife

2018

as Jerry Brinson

The Sisters Brothers

2018

as John Morris

Explained

2018

as Narrator (voice)

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017

as The Damned

Stronger

2017

as Jeff Bauman

Okja

2017

as Dr. Johnny Wilcox

Life

2017

as Dr. David Jordan

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Nocturnal Animals

2016

as Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings

Demolition

2016

as Davis Mitchell

Everest

2015

as Scott Fischer

Southpaw

2015

as Billy 'The Great' Hope

Accidental Love

2015

as Howard Birdwell

Nightcrawler

2014

as Louis Bloom

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014

as Self

Enemy

2014

as Adam / Anthony

Prisoners

2013

as Detective Loki

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

2012

as Self

End of Watch

2012

as Brian Taylor

The Shoes: Time to Dance

2012

Source Code

2011

as Colter Stevens

Love & Other Drugs

2010

as Jamie Randall

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

as Prince Dastan

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

2010

as Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)

Brothers

2009

as Tommy Cahill

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

2009

as Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Frank O'Connor (archive footage)

Rendition

2007

as Douglas Freeman

Zodiac

2007

as Robert Graysmith

Man vs. Wild

2006

as Self

Jarhead

2005

as Anthony Swofford

Brokeback Mountain

2005

as Jack Twist

Proof

2005

as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005

as Jake Gyllenhaal

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005

as Narrator (voice)

Donnie Darko: Production Diary

2004

as Self

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

as Sam Hall

Abby Singer

2003

as Self (uncredited)

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

2003

as Self / Joe Nast

Moonlight Mile

2002

as Joe Nast

Highway

2002

as Pilot Kelson

The Good Girl

2002

as Holden Worther

Band of Brothers

2001

Lovely & Amazing

2001

as Jordan

Bubble Boy

2001

as Jimmy Livingston

Donnie Darko

2001

as Donnie Darko

Teen Choice Awards

1999

as Self - Nominee

October Sky

1999

as Homer Hickam

Homegrown

1998

as Jake

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1995

Josh and S.A.M.

1993

as Leon Coleman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

as Edward

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Matt Ellison

City Slickers

1991

as Danny Robbins

The Oscars

1953

as Self

Prophet

as John Prophet

Snow Blind

The Anarchists vs ISIS

Cut and Run

Rio

Road House 2

as Elwood Dalton

Francis and the Godfather

as Robert Evans

Oblivion Song

as Nathan Cole

A Suspense Novelist's Trail of Deceptions