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Gyllenhaal at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor and producer who has appeared in over 35 motion pictures (including some yet to be released), three television programs, one commercial, and four music videos. He made his film debut in 1991 with a minor role in the comedy-drama City Slickers.[1] In 1993, he appeared in A Dangerous Woman, a motion picture adaptation directed by Gyllenhaal's father Stephen Gyllenhaal and co-written by his mother Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal that was based on the novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris. In the following year, he portrayed Robin Williams' son in an episode of the police procedural television series Homicide: Life on the Street; the episode was directed by his father.[2] In 1999, Gyllenhaal starred in the Joe Johnston-directed drama October Sky; the film was received warmly by critics,[2] and Gyllenhaal's portrayal of the NASA engineer Homer Hickam was praised.[3]

In 2001, he appeared in the comedy film Bubble Boy, which was a critical failure and a box-office bomb but has since gone on to attain status as a "cult comedy".[3][4] Later that same year, he starred in the Richard Kelly-directed drama Donnie Darko alongside his sister Maggie, and Drew Barrymore.[5] His portrayal of the Donnie Darko character, a "sullen" and "schizophrenic" teenager, made him a cult hero.[3] Although the film was critically acclaimed, it failed commercially. Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 disaster film The Day After Tomorrow,[3] which, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics,[6] was a commercial success at the box office.[7] In 2005, he co-starred as Jack Twist opposite Heath Ledger in the romance drama Brokeback Mountain. The actors portrayed two men that fall in love during a sheepherding expedition. The roles earned both Gyllenhaal and Ledger critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations.[8] That same year, he starred in the drama films Jarhead and Proof.[9]

Gyllenhaal played the true crime author Robert Graysmith in the 2007 mystery film Zodiac. Directed by David Fincher, the film explores the story about the serial killer Zodiac who stalked the Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s.[8] In 2010, he portrayed Prince Dastan in the fantasy adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time;[8] the film received mixed reviews from critics[10] and was a box office success.[11] That same year, Gyllenhaal starred alongside Anne Hathaway in the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs.[8] He portrayed Colter Stevens, a U.S. Army Aviation captain, in the 2011 sci-fi time-travel thriller Source Code.[12] In 2013, Gyllenhaal starred in the drama Prisoners together with Hugh Jackman;[13] the film received both critical and commercial success.[14][15] The following year, he starred in dual roles in Enemy.[16] He then produced and starred in Nightcrawler (2014).[17] In 2019, Gyllenhaal played Marvel Comics character Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home, set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Film

Year Title Credited as Role Notes Ref.
Actor Producer
1991 City Slickers Yes No Daniel Robbins [18][19]
1993 A Dangerous Woman Yes No Edward [20]
Josh and S.A.M. Yes No Leon Coleman [21]
1998 Homegrown Yes No Jake / Blue Kahan [22][23]
1999 October Sky Yes No Homer Hickam [22][24]
2001 Donnie Darko Yes No Donnie Darko [5][25]
Bubble Boy Yes No Jimmy Livingston [3][9][26][27]
Lovely and Amazing Yes No Jordan [26][28][29]
2002 The Good Girl Yes No Thomas "Holden" Worther [30][31]
Highway Yes No Pilot Kelson [9]
Moonlight Mile Yes No Joe Nast [32][33]
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Yes No Sam Hall [7][34]
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Yes No Himself Cameo [35]
2005 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Yes No Narrator Voice; Documentary [36]
Brokeback Mountain Yes No Jack Twist [37][38]
Proof Yes No Harold "Hal" Dobbs [39][40]
Jarhead Yes No Anthony "Swoff" Swofford [41][42]
2007 Zodiac Yes No Robert Graysmith [43][44]
Rendition Yes No Douglas Freeman [45][46][47]
2009 Brothers Yes No Tommy Cahill [48][49]
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes No Dastan [11][50]
Love & Other Drugs Yes No Jamie Randall [51][52]
2011 Source Code Yes No Colter Stevens [12][53]
2012 End of Watch Yes Executive Brian Taylor [54][55]
2013 Prisoners Yes No Detective Loki [13][15]
Enemy Yes No Adam Bell / Anthony Clair [16]
2014 Nightcrawler Yes Yes Louis "Lou" Bloom [56][57]
2015 Accidental Love Yes No Howard Birdwell [58]
Southpaw Yes No Billy Hope [59]
Everest Yes No Scott Fischer [60][61]
Demolition Yes No Davis Mitchell [62][63]
2016 Nocturnal Animals Yes No Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings [64][65]
2017 Life Yes No Dr. David Jordan [66]
Okja Yes No Dr. Johnny Wilcox [67]
Stronger Yes Yes Jeff Bauman [68]
2018 Wildlife Yes Yes Jerry Brinson [69]
The Sisters Brothers Yes No John Morris [70]
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Yes No Morf Vandewalt [71]
Spider-Man: Far From Home Yes No Quentin Beck / Mysterio [72]
2021 Spirit Untamed Yes No James "Jim" Prescott Voice [73]
The Guilty Yes Yes Joe Baylor [74]
2022 Ambulance Yes No Danny Sharp [75]
Strange World Yes No Searcher Clade Voice [76]
2023 Guy Ritchie's The Covenant Yes No Sergeant John Kinley [77]
2024 Road House † Yes No Elwood Dalton Post-production [78]
TBA Untitled Guy Ritchie action film † Yes No Post-production [79]
Key
† Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Producer

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
2017 Hondros Executive Documentary [80]
2020 Relic Yes [81]
The Devil All the Time Yes [82]
Joe Bell Executive [83]
2021 Breaking News in Yuba County Yes [84]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 Homicide: Life on the Street Matthew "Matt" Ellison Episode: "Bop Gun" [85]
2007, 2022 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 2 episodes [86][87]
2011 Man vs. Wild Himself Episode: "Man vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal" [88]
2016 Inside Amy Schumer Himself Episode: "Fame" [89]
2019 John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch Mr. Music Children's special [90]
2020 Saturday Night Live Guy Who Travels in Pyjamas Episode: "John Mulaney/David Byrne" [87]
TBA Presumed Innocent Rusty Sabich Upcoming miniseries [91]

Stage

Year Title Role Venue Notes Ref.
2002 This Is Our Youth Warren Straub Garrick Theatre West End [92]
2012 If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet Terry Laura Pels Theater Off-Broadway [93]
2014–2015 Constellations Roland Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Broadway [94]
2015 Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Krelborn New York City Center Off-Broadway [95]
2016 Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat / George [96]
2017 Hudson Theatre Broadway
2019 Sea Wall/A Life Abe The Public Theater Off-Broadway [97]
Hudson Theatre Broadway
2023 Gutenberg! The Musical! The Producer (One night only) James Earl Jones Theatre [98]
TBA Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat / George Savoy Theatre West End [99]

Music videos

Year Song Artist(s) Role Ref.
2009 "Blame It" Jamie Foxx (feat. T-Pain) Clubber [100]
2010 "Giving Up the Gun" Vampire Weekend Tennis player [101][102]
2012 "Time to Dance" The Shoes Jason Voorhees [103][104]
2014 "Part II (On the Run)" Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé) Himself [105]

See also

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