The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and writer-producer Naomi Foner, Jake Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 19, 1980. Having already acted during his childhood in City Slickers (1991) and A Dangerous Woman (1993) -- a film directed by his father -- he dropped out of Columbia University after just two years.Gyllenhaal began getting noticed as an actor with his first lead role in October Sky (1999) and, shortly thereafter, starring opposite his sister, Maggie, in the cult hit Donnie Darko (2001) -- for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. He then conquered more dramatic roles in movies such as The Good Girl (2002), Moonlight Mile (2002) and the film adaptation of David Auburn's award-winning play, Proof (2004).
Gyllenhaal's first big-budget action role was 2004's weather-catastrophe film The Day After Tomorrow, directed by Roland Emmerich.
AddZodiacDavid Fincher's chilling drama based on actual events in the 1960s and '70s recounts the infamous actions of a cryptic killer who stalked the streets of San Francisco in an executioner's hood and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper. Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal -- flanked by an impressive... Read More
AddDonnie Darko: Director's CutIn this director's cut edition of the cult hit Donnie Darko, writer-director Richard Kelly revamps his debut film, an edgy psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his own dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a delusional high school student visited by a demonic rabbit... Read More
AddDonnie DarkoWriter-director Richard Kelly's trippy, mind-bending feature debut stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled Midwestern teenager plagued by incessant sleepwalking, family drama and visions of a menacing 6-foot-tall, doomsday-prophesizing rabbit. Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Jena... Read More
AddBrokeback MountainWhile working together near Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain in 1963, sheepherders Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) begin an increasingly passionate affair. But keeping their relationship a secret from their wives (Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams) proves agonizing and... Read More
AddOctober SkyAs the Soviet satellite Sputnik streaks across the heavens in October 1957, it's a source of inspiration for 17-year-old Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who refuses to follow in his father's footsteps laboring in West Virginia's coal mines. Hickam would rather reach for the stars -- literally.... Read More
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