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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
The Bride!
Movie
2024
Road House

as Dalton

Movie
2023
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

as Master Sergeant John Kinley

Movie
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

as Quentin Beck / Mysterio

Movie
2016
Demolition

as Davis Mitchell

Movie
2015
Everest

as Scott Fischer

Movie
2015
Southpaw

as Billy 'The Great' Hope

Movie
2014
Nightcrawler

as Louis Bloom

Movie
2014
Enemy

as Adam / Anthony

Movie
2013
Prisoners

as Detective Loki

Movie
2012
End of Watch

as Brian Taylor

Movie
2011
Source Code

as Colter Stevens

Movie
2010
Love & Other Drugs

as Jamie Randall

Movie
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

as Prince Dastan

Movie
2007
Zodiac

as Robert Graysmith

Movie
2005
Jarhead

as Anthony Swofford

Movie
2005
Brokeback Mountain

as Jack Twist

Movie
2005
Proof

as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

Movie
2004
The Day After Tomorrow

as Sam Hall

Movie
2001
Donnie Darko

as Donnie Darko

Movie