
Jake Gyllenhaal
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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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Homicide: Life on the Street

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SNL Digital Shorts

Band of Brothers

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Expecting Amy

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Oscars

City Slickers

Spirit Untamed

Okja

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

The Sisters Brothers

Everest

The Good Girl

Velvet Buzzsaw

Prisoners

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Spider-Man: Far From Home

October Sky

Nocturnal Animals

Brothers

Brokeback Mountain

The Day After Tomorrow

Zodiac

Jarhead

Southpaw

Nightcrawler

The Guilty

Ambulance

Source Code

Road House

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Life

Presumed Innocent

Demolition

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Love & Other Drugs

End of Watch

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Enemy

Donnie Darko

Strange World

Bubble Boy

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
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