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Jake Gyllenhaal

Acting 45 years old Los Angeles, California, USA ★ 8.8
Born: December 19, 1980

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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Known For

The Bride!
The Bride! Ronnie Reed 2026
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944

Jimmy's Seen (8)

Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler Producer 2014
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield 2016
Prisoners
Prisoners Detective Loki 2013
The Guilty
The Guilty Producer 2021
Ambulance
Ambulance Danny Sharp 2022
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home Quentin Beck / Mysterio 2019
Enemy
Enemy Adam / Anthony 2014

Filmography

Acting Credits (111)

Remain
Remain Tate Donovan 2027
In the Grey
In the Grey Michael Harris 2026
The Bride!
The Bride! Ronnie Reed 2026
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction Raoul Wallenberg (voice) 2025
Actors on Actors: Broadway
Actors on Actors: Broadway Self 2025
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich 2024
Road House
Road House Dalton 2024
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant Master Sergeant John Kinley 2023
A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance Self 2023
Strange World
Strange World Searcher Clade (voice) 2022
Ambulance
Ambulance Danny Sharp 2022
The Guilty
The Guilty Joe Baylor 2021
Show of Titles
Show of Titles "Camelot" Performer 2021
Spirit Untamed
Spirit Untamed Jim Prescott (voice) 2021
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway Self 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Jake Gyllenhaal 2020
Reunited Apart
Reunited Apart Self 2020
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch Mr. Music 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home Quentin Beck / Mysterio 2019
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center Special Guest Star 2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw Morf Vandewalt 2019
Wildlife
Wildlife Jerry Brinson 2018
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers John Morris 2018
Explained
Explained Narrator (voice) 2018
Stronger
Stronger Jeff Bauman 2017
Okja
Okja Johnny Wilcox 2017
Life
Life Dr. David Jordan 2017
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' Self (archive footage) 2016
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield 2016
Demolition
Demolition Davis Mitchell 2016
Everest
Everest Scott Fischer 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Southpaw
Southpaw Billy 'The Great' Hope 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
Accidental Love
Accidental Love Howard Birdwell 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler Louis Bloom 2014
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy Self 2014
Enemy
Enemy Adam / Anthony 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Prisoners
Prisoners Detective Loki 2013
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief Self 2012
End of Watch
End of Watch Brian Taylor 2012
Time to Dance
Time to Dance The Killer 2012
Source Code
Source Code Colter Stevens 2011
Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs Jamie Randall 2010
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince Dastan 2010
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage) 2010
Brothers
Brothers Tommy Cahill 2009
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Heath Ledger: A Tribute Self 2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler Frank O'Connor (archive footage) 2009
Rendition
Rendition Douglas Freeman 2007
Zodiac
Zodiac Robert Graysmith 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Wild Self 2006
Jarhead
Jarhead Anthony Swofford 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist 2005
Proof
Proof Harold 'Hal' Dobbs 2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Jake Gyllenhaal 2005
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Narrator (voice) 2005
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow Sam Hall 2004
Abby Singer
Abby Singer Jake Gyllenhaal (uncredited) 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Celebrities Uncensored Self 2003
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen Self / Joe Nast 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile Joe Nast 2002
The Good Girl
The Good Girl Holden Worther 2002
Lovely & Amazing
Lovely & Amazing Jordan 2002
Highway
Highway Pilot Kelson 2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self 2001
Bubble Boy
Bubble Boy Jimmy Livingston 2001
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko Donnie Darko 2001
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards Self 1999
October Sky
October Sky Homer Hickam 1999
Homegrown
Homegrown Jake 1998
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA Self 1995
Josh & S.A.M.
Josh & S.A.M. Leon Coleman 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman Edward 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street Matt Ellison 1993
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
City Slickers
City Slickers Danny Robbins 1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards Self 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Road House 2
Road House 2 Elwood Dalton
Honeymoon with Harry
Honeymoon with Harry
Collision
Collision
The Division
The Division
Kill Switch
Kill Switch
Snow Blind
Snow Blind
The Anarchists vs ISIS
The Anarchists vs ISIS
Play by Play
Play by Play
Lake Success
Lake Success Barry Cohen
Nemesis
Nemesis

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