Jake Gyllenhaal

Actor

Born December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography

Coming soon

Remain

Tate Donovan

Fun Home

In the Grey

Bronco

Lorne

Self

The Bride!

Ronnie Reed

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

Raoul Wallenberg (voice)

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Presumed Innocent

Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich

Road House

Dalton

Reality

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Master Sergeant John Kinley

A Journey to Sundance

Self

Strange World

Searcher Clade (voice)

Ambulance

Danny Sharp

The Guilty

Joe Baylor

Show of Titles

"Camelot" Performer

Spirit Untamed

Jim Prescott (voice)

Breaking News in Yuba County

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

Self

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Jake Gyllenhaal

Joe Bell

The Devil All the Time

Relic

Reunited Apart

Self

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Mr. Music

The Daily Bugle

Quentin Beck (archive footage)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Quentin Beck / Mysterio

Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center

Special Guest Star

Running with Beto

Velvet Buzzsaw

Morf Vandewalt

Wildlife

Jerry Brinson

The Sisters Brothers

John Morris

Explained

Narrator (voice)

Hondros

Stronger

Jeff Bauman

Okja

Johnny Wilcox

Life

Dr. David Jordan

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

Self (archive footage)

Nocturnal Animals

Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield

Demolition

Davis Mitchell

A Bigger Splash

Everest

Scott Fischer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Southpaw

Billy 'The Great' Hope

Hot Ones

Self

Accidental Love

Howard Birdwell

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self

Nightcrawler

Louis Bloom

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

Self

Enemy

Adam / Anthony

Break Point

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Self

Prisoners

Detective Loki

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Self

End of Watch

Brian Taylor

Source Code

Colter Stevens

Love & Other Drugs

Jamie Randall

Conan

Self

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince Dastan

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)

Brothers

Tommy Cahill

Live from Studio Five

Self

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Frank O'Connor (archive footage)

Rendition

Douglas Freeman

Zodiac

Robert Graysmith

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Man vs. Wild

Self

"Jarhead" Diaries

Self

Jarhead: Background

Self

Jarhead

Anthony Swofford

Brokeback Mountain

Jack Twist

Proof

Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Jake Gyllenhaal

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Narrator (voice)

The Day After Tomorrow

Sam Hall

Abby Singer

Jake Gyllenhaal (uncredited)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Celebrities Uncensored

Self

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

Self / Joe Nast

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

Moonlight Mile

Joe Nast

The Good Girl

Holden Worther

Lovely & Amazing

Jordan

Highway

Pilot Kelson

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self - Guest

Bubble Boy

Jimmy Livingston

Donnie Darko

The Early Show

Self

Teen Choice Awards

Self

October Sky

Homer Hickam

Homegrown

Jake

The Daily Show

Self

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

Self

Josh & S.A.M.

Leon Coleman

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

A Dangerous Woman

Edward

Homicide: Life on the Street

Matt Ellison

GMTV

Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

City Slickers

Danny Robbins

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

The Oscars

Self

Today

Self

The Emmy Awards

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee