Personal Info
- Known For
- Acting
- Gender
- Male
- Birthday
- December 19, 1980
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Career
- 1944 – 2027
- Credits
- 96 movies·37 TV shows
- Also Known As
- Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal
Acting
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 D…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Remain
as Tate Gordon
In the Grey
as Bronco
The Bride!
as Ronnie Reed
Lorne
as Self
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
as Self - Mysterio (archive footage)
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
as Raoul Wallenberg (voice)
Road House
as Dalton
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
as Master Sergeant John Kinley
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Reality
Thanks
TV Shows
Actors on Actors: Broadway
as Self · 1 ep.
Presumed Innocent
as Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich · Executive Producer · 8 ep.
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Executive Producer · 4 ep.
Reunited Apart
as Self · 1 ep.
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Explained
as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep.
Hot Ones
as Self · 1 ep.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 6 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · as Self · 3 ep.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · as Self - Guest · 2 ep.