Jake Gyllenhaal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-12-19 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Jake Gyllenhaal

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 i...

Acting

2005

Jarhead

as Anthony Swofford

2001

Donnie Darko

as Donnie Darko

2005

Brokeback Mountain

as Jack Twist

2004

1991

City Slickers

as Danny Robbins

2007

Zodiac

as Robert Graysmith

2007

Rendition

as Douglas Freeman

2002

Moonlight Mile

as Joe Nast

2023

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

as Master Sergeant John Kinley

2005

Proof

as Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

2002

The Good Girl

as Holden Worther

2001

Bubble Boy

as Jimmy Livingston

1999

October Sky

as Homer Hickam

2024

Road House

as Dalton

2010

Love & Other Drugs

as Jamie Randall

2011

Source Code

as Colter Stevens

2002

Highway

as Pilot Kelson

2002

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In the Grey

as Michael Harris

2012

End of Watch

as Brian Taylor

2013

Prisoners

as Detective Loki

2014

Enemy

as Adam / Anthony

2015

Everest

as Scott Fischer

2022

2022

Strange World

as Searcher Clade (voice)

2014

Nightcrawler

as Louis Bloom

2009

Brothers

as Tommy Cahill

2016

Demolition

as Davis Mitchell

2015

Southpaw

as Billy 'The Great' Hope

2015

Accidental Love

as Howard Birdwell

2009

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

as Frank O'Connor (archive footage)

2016

Nocturnal Animals

as Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Jake Gyllenhaal

2024

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Road House 2

as Elwood Dalton

2017

Okja

as Johnny Wilcox

2017

Life

as Dr. David Jordan

2017

Stronger

as Jeff Bauman

2018

Wildlife

as Jerry Brinson

2010

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

as Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)

2018

The Sisters Brothers

as John Morris

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw

as Morf Vandewalt

1993

1993

Josh and S.A.M.

as Leon Coleman

1998

Homegrown

as Jake

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

as Quentin Beck / Mysterio

2021

The Guilty

as Joe Baylor

2003

Abby Singer

as Jake Gyllenhaal (uncredited)

2022

Ambulance

as Danny Sharp

2021

Spirit Untamed

as Jim Prescott (voice)

2021

Show of Titles

as "Camelot" Performer

2026

Remain

as Tate Donovan

2012

Time to Dance

as The Killer

Production

2012

End of Watch

as Executive Producer

2014

Nightcrawler

as Producer

-

Fun Home

as Producer

2018

Wildlife

as Producer

2017

Stronger

as Producer

2023

Reality

as Thanks

2014

Break Point

as Thanks

2018

Hondros

as Executive Producer

2015

2020

2020

Relic

as Producer

-

Theater of War

as Producer

2021

The Guilty

as Producer

-

Gilded Rage

as Producer

2019

2020

Joe Bell

as Executive Producer

-

Road House 2

as Producer

-

Code Black

as Producer

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