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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 Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Today
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Teen Choice Awards
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
GMTV
The Emmy 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
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Man vs. Wild
Expecting Amy
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
The Oscars
City Slickers
Spirit Untamed
Okja
The Good Girl
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Everest
The Sisters Brothers
Nocturnal Animals
Velvet Buzzsaw
October Sky
Brokeback Mountain
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Prisoners
The Day After Tomorrow
Brothers
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Road House
Ambulance
Demolition
Zodiac
Strange World
Enemy
Nightcrawler
Presumed Innocent
Southpaw
Bubble Boy
Donnie Darko
Jarhead
Life
The Guilty
End of Watch
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Source Code
Love & Other Drugs
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Production Credits
Breaking News in Yuba County
Presumed Innocent
Relic
The Guilty
Running with Beto
Nightcrawler
Fun Home
The Devil All the Time
End of Watch
A Bigger Splash
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