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Jake Gyllenhaal
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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…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Jake Gyllenhaal's Filmography
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Remain
as Tate Gordon
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
as Self - Mysterio (archive footage)
In the Grey
as Bronco
Lorne
as Self
The Bride!
as Ronnie Reed
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
as Raoul Wallenberg (voice)
Road House
as Dalton
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
as Master Sergeant John Kinley
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Strange World
as Searcher Clade (voice)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self (archive footage)
Ambulance
as Danny Sharp
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Quentin Beck / Mysterio (archive footage)
The Guilty
as Joe Baylor
Show of Titles
as "Camelot" Performer
Spirit Untamed
as Jim Prescott (voice)
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
as Self
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Jake Gyllenhaal
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as Mr. Music
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Quentin Beck / Mysterio
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
as Special Guest Star
Velvet Buzzsaw
as Morf Vandewalt
Wildlife
as Jerry Brinson
The Sisters Brothers
as John Morris
Great Performers: Horror Show
as The Damned
Stronger
as Jeff Bauman
Okja
as Johnny Wilcox
Life
as Dr. David Jordan
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
as Self (archive footage)
Nocturnal Animals
as Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
Demolition
as Davis Mitchell
Everest
as Scott Fischer
Southpaw
as Billy 'The Great' Hope
Accidental Love
as Howard Birdwell
Nightcrawler
as Louis Bloom
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
as Self
Enemy
as Adam / Anthony
Prisoners
as Detective Loki
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
End of Watch
as Brian Taylor
Source Code
as Colter Stevens
Love & Other Drugs
as Jamie Randall
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as Prince Dastan
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
as Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
Brothers
as Tommy Cahill
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Frank O'Connor (archive footage)
Rendition
as Douglas Freeman
Zodiac
as Robert Graysmith
Laser Cats 2
as Dr Scientist
"Jarhead" Diaries
as Self
Jarhead: Background
as Self
Jarhead
as Anthony Swofford
Brokeback Mountain
as Jack Twist
Proof
as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Jake Gyllenhaal
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
as Narrator (voice)
The Day After Tomorrow
as Sam Hall
Abby Singer
as Jake Gyllenhaal (uncredited)
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
as Self / Joe Nast
Moonlight Mile
as Joe Nast
The Good Girl
as Holden Worther
Lovely & Amazing
as Jordan
Highway
as Pilot Kelson
Bubble Boy
as Jimmy Livingston
Donnie Darko
as Donnie Darko
October Sky
as Homer Hickam
Homegrown
as Jake
Josh & S.A.M.
as Leon Coleman
A Dangerous Woman
as Edward
City Slickers
as Danny Robbins
No Poster
Kill Switch
No Poster
Snow Blind
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Honeymoon with Harry
No Poster
The Division
No Poster
Road House 2
as Elwood Dalton
No Poster
The Anarchists vs ISIS
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Play by Play
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