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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Bride! as
- 2025 · Othello as Iago
- 2025 · In the Grey as
- 2024 · Presumed Innocent as Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich
- 2024 · Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Road House as Dalton
- 2023 · Guy Ritchie's The Covenant as Master Sergeant John Kinley
- 2022 · Strange World as Searcher Clade (voice)
- 2022 · Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Ambulance as Danny Sharp
- 2021 · The Guilty as Joe Baylor
- 2021 · Spirit Untamed as Jim Prescott (voice)
- 2020 · One Night Only: The Best of Broadway as Self
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Jake Gyllenhaal
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2019 · John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch as Mr. Music
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Spider-Man: Far From Home as Quentin Beck / Mysterio
- 2019 · Velvet Buzzsaw as Morf Vandewalt
- 2018 · Wildlife as Jerry Brinson
- 2018 · The Sisters Brothers as John Morris
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Great Performers: Horror Show as The Damned
- 2017 · Stronger as Jeff Bauman
- 2017 · Okja as Dr. Johnny Wilcox
- 2017 · Life as Dr. David Jordan
- 2016 · Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Nocturnal Animals as Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings
- 2016 · Demolition as Davis Mitchell
- 2015 · Everest as Scott Fischer
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Southpaw as Billy 'The Great' Hope
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · Accidental Love as Howard Birdwell
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Nightcrawler as Louis Bloom
- 2014 · Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy as Self
- 2014 · Enemy as Adam / Anthony
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Prisoners as Detective Loki
- 2012 · 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- 2012 · End of Watch as Brian Taylor
- 2012 · The Shoes: Time to Dance as
- 2011 · Source Code as Colter Stevens
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Love & Other Drugs as Jamie Randall
- 2010 · Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Prince Dastan
- 2010 · Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize as Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
- 2009 · Brothers as Tommy Cahill
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2009 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Frank O'Connor (archive footage)
- 2007 · Rendition as Douglas Freeman
- 2007 · Zodiac as Robert Graysmith
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Man vs. Wild as Self
- 2005 · Jarhead as Anthony Swofford
- 2005 · Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist
- 2005 · Proof as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
- 2005 · Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Jake Gyllenhaal
- 2005 · The Man Who Walked Between the Towers as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Donnie Darko: Production Diary as Self
- 2004 · The Day After Tomorrow as Sam Hall
- 2003 · Abby Singer as Self (uncredited)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen as Self / Joe Nast
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Moonlight Mile as Joe Nast
- 2002 · Highway as Pilot Kelson
- 2002 · The Good Girl as Holden Worther
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as
- 2001 · Lovely & Amazing as Jordan
- 2001 · Bubble Boy as Jimmy Livingston
- 2001 · Donnie Darko as Donnie Darko
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · October Sky as Homer Hickam
- 1998 · Homegrown as Jake
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Screen Actors Guild Awards as
- 1993 · Josh and S.A.M. as Leon Coleman
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Edward
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as Matt Ellison
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · City Slickers as Danny Robbins
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Francis and the Godfather as Robert Evans
- Future · Rio as
- Future · Prophet as John Prophet
- Future · A Suspense Novelist's Trail of Deceptions as
- Future · Cut and Run as
- Future · The Anarchists vs ISIS as
- Future · Road House 2 as Elwood Dalton
- Future · Oblivion Song as Nathan Cole
- Future · Snow Blind as