Jake Gyllenhaal

Acting · Born 1980-12-19 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• Donnie Darko as Donnie Darko
• Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist
• Zodiac as Robert Graysmith
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant as Master Sergeant John Kinley
• October Sky as Homer Hickam
• Road House as Dalton
• Love & Other Drugs as Jamie Randall
• Source Code as Colter Stevens
• End of Watch as Brian Taylor
• Prisoners as Detective Loki

TV

• Homicide: Life on the Street as Matt Ellison
• Presumed Innocent as Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Early Show as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest