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Jake Gyllenhaal
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 Fo…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2027
Remain
Movie Tate Gordon
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2026
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
Movie Self - Mysterio (archive footage)
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2026
In the Grey
Movie Bronco
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2026
Lorne
Movie Self
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2026
The Bride!
Movie Ronnie Reed
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2025
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Movie Raoul Wallenberg (voice)
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2025
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
Movie Self
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2025
Actors on Actors: Broadway
TV show Self
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2024
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Presumed Innocent
TV show Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich
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2024
Road House
Movie Dalton
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2023
Reality
Movie Thanks
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2023
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Movie Master Sergeant John Kinley
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2023
A Journey to Sundance
Movie Self
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2022
Strange World
Movie Searcher Clade (voice)
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2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Ambulance
Movie Danny Sharp
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2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie Quentin Beck / Mysterio (archive footage)
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2021
The Guilty
Movie Joe Baylor
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2021
Show of Titles
Movie "Camelot" Performer
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2021
Spirit Untamed
Movie Jim Prescott (voice)
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2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
Movie Producer
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2020
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Movie Self
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2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie Jake Gyllenhaal
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2020
Joe Bell
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
The Devil All the Time
Movie Producer
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2020
Relic
Movie Producer
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Movie Mr. Music
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2019
The Daily Bugle
TV show Quentin Beck / Mysterio
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie Quentin Beck / Mysterio
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2019
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie Special Guest Star
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2019
Running with Beto
Movie Thanks
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2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie Morf Vandewalt
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2018
Wildlife
Movie Jerry Brinson
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2018
The Sisters Brothers
Movie John Morris
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2018
Explained
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2018
Hondros
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Great Performers: Horror Show
Movie The Damned
