Jake Gyllenhaal

Born:December 19, 1980

Place of Birth:Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For:Acting

Biography

Jake Gyllenhaal, born on December 19, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, is a versatile American actor and producer. Coming from a family deeply rooted in the entertainment industry, with a director father and a screenwriter mother, Gyllenhaal's talent and passion for acting were evident from a young age. His older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is also a well-known actress, making the Gyllenhaal family a powerhouse in Hollywood.

From his early days in the industry, Gyllenhaal showcased his acting prowess with roles that left a lasting impact on audiences. His breakout performances in films like "October Sky" and "Donnie Darko" solidified his reputation as a talented and versatile actor. As his career progressed, he took on diverse roles in various genres, from romantic dramas like "Brokeback Mountain" to intense thrillers like "Prisoners" and "Nightcrawler."

Gyllenhaal's ability to embody complex and troubled characters on screen has earned him critical acclaim and numerous award nominations, including a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination. His dedication to his craft is evident in his transformative performances, whether he's playing a manipulative journalist or a troubled writer. Beyond his on-screen work, Gyllenhaal has also graced the Broadway stage, showcasing his talent in musicals and plays that have further solidified his reputation as a versatile performer.

In addition to his acting career, Gyllenhaal is known for being outspoken about political and social issues, using his platform to advocate for important causes. His commitment to using his voice for positive change reflects his depth as a person and his desire to make a difference in the world beyond the realm of entertainment. With a career that continues to evolve and impress audiences, Jake Gyllenhaal remains a respected and admired figure in the film industry.

As he continues to take on challenging roles and push the boundaries of his craft, Gyllenhaal's star power shows no signs of dimming. With a diverse body of work that spans genres and mediums, he has cemented his status as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors. Whether he's portraying a superhero in a blockbuster film or delving into the complexities of human nature in an indie drama, Jake Gyllenhaal's performances never fail to captivate audiences and leave a lasting impression.

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Filmography

Acting

Prisoners

Detective Loki

2013

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Quentin Beck / Mysterio

2019

Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.

Road House

Dalton

2024

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Master Sergeant John Kinley

2023

During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.

Donnie Darko

2001

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Zodiac

Robert Graysmith

2007

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Nightcrawler

Louis Bloom

2014

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Life

Dr. David Jordan

2017

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Love & Other Drugs

Jamie Randall

2010

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

Brokeback Mountain

Jack Twist

2005

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

Enemy

Adam / Anthony

2014

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

The Day After Tomorrow

Sam Hall

2004

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

Source Code

Colter Stevens

2011

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Southpaw

Billy 'The Great' Hope

2015

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

Brothers

Tommy Cahill

2009

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince Dastan

2010

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

End of Watch

Brian Taylor

2012

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

Nocturnal Animals

Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings

2016

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Everest

Scott Fischer

2015

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Ambulance

Danny Sharp

2022

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.

Okja

Johnny Wilcox

2017

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

The Guilty

Joe Baylor

2021

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Jarhead

Anthony Swofford

2005

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Strange World

Searcher Clade (voice)

2022

A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

Demolition

Davis Mitchell

2016

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Self (archive footage)

2022

JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from Jon Watts.

Spirit Untamed

Jim Prescott (voice)

2021

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

City Slickers

Danny Robbins

1991

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

October Sky

Homer Hickam

1999

Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However, in October 1957 everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, goes into orbit. When Homer sees the Soviet satellite streak overhead, he becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With the help of his friends, and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town, and especially Homer's father, thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.

Stronger

Jeff Bauman

2017

A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

The Sisters Brothers

John Morris

2018

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Wildlife

Jerry Brinson

2018

14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job (and his sense of purpose) he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.

Bubble Boy

Jimmy Livingston

2001

Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.

The Good Girl

Holden Worther

2002

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Proof

Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

2005

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jake Gyllenhaal

2005

Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and an even bigger appetite, drags his wife and kids across the country to the star-studded Toronto Film Festival. But in between the nonstop parties and all-you-can-eat buffets, Glick soon finds himself in the middle of an outrageously scandalous mystery that becomes the celebrity scoop of the decade!

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024

TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to two Hollywood icons forever being friends and brothers in arms.

Production

Nightcrawler

Producer

2014

The Devil All the Time

Producer

2020

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

End of Watch

Executive Producer

2012

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

The Guilty

Producer

2021

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Reality

Thanks

2023

Augusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.

Stronger

Producer

2017

A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

Relic

Producer

2020

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

Wildlife

Producer

2018

A Bigger Splash

Thanks

2015

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.