Jake Gyllenhaal

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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Filmography (102 Appearances)

In the Grey

Upcoming (2026)

Remain

Upcoming (2027)

Collision

TBA

Honeymoon with Harry

TBA

Kill Switch

TBA

Lake Success

TBA

Nemesis

TBA

Play by Play

TBA

Road House 2

TBA

Snow Blind

TBA

The Anarchists vs ISIS

TBA

The Division

TBA

The Bride!

2026

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

2025

Actors on Actors: Broadway

2025

Presumed Innocent

2024

Road House

2024

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

2023

A Journey to Sundance

2023

Strange World

2022

Ambulance

2022

The Guilty

2021

Show of Titles

2021

Spirit Untamed

2021

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020

Reunited Apart

2020

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019

Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw

2019

Wildlife

2018

The Sisters Brothers

2018

Explained

2018

Stronger

2017

Okja

2017

Life

2017

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

2016

Nocturnal Animals

2016

Demolition

2016

Everest

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Southpaw

2015

Hot Ones

2015

Accidental Love

2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

Nightcrawler

2014

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014

Enemy

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

Prisoners

2013

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

2012

End of Watch

2012

Time to Dance

2012

Source Code

2011

Love & Other Drugs

2010

Conan

2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

2010

Brothers

2009

Live from Studio Five

2009

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

2009

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

Rendition

2007

Zodiac

2007

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Man vs. Wild

2006

Jarhead

2005

Brokeback Mountain

2005

Proof

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Abby Singer

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Moonlight Mile

2002

The Good Girl

2002

Lovely & Amazing

2002

Highway

2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

Bubble Boy

2001

Donnie Darko

2001

The Early Show

1999

Teen Choice Awards

1999

October Sky

1999

Homegrown

1998

The Daily Show

1996

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

1995

Josh & S.A.M.

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

A Dangerous Woman

1993

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

GMTV

1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

City Slickers

1991 Debut

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988
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