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Jake Gyllenhaal
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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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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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Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Today
Teen Choice Awards
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Early Show
Explained
Celebrities Uncensored
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Band of Brothers
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Man vs. Wild
Expecting Amy
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
City Slickers
Everest
Spirit Untamed
Okja
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
The Good Girl
The Sisters Brothers
October Sky
Brothers
Nocturnal Animals
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Velvet Buzzsaw
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Brokeback Mountain
Prisoners
The Day After Tomorrow
The Guilty
Nightcrawler
Presumed Innocent
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ambulance
Southpaw
Life
Donnie Darko
Francis and the Godfather
Strange World
Zodiac
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
End of Watch
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Source Code
Enemy
Demolition
Jarhead
Road House
Love & Other Drugs
Bubble Boy
Production Credits
Relic
Running with Beto
Breaking News in Yuba County
The Guilty
End of Watch
A Bigger Splash
Fun Home
Nightcrawler
Presumed Innocent
The Devil All the Time
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