The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal was born Dec. 19, 1980, in Los Angeles. As a child, he appeared in City Slickers (1991) and A Dangerous Woman (1993) -- a movie helmed by his father. The budding star first made his mark as an adult actor in indie films.With his lead role in 1999's October Sky, Gyllenhaal gained notoriety in Hollywood and shortly thereafter co-starred opposite his sister, Maggie, in Donnie Darko (2001) -- for which he earned an Independent Spirit Award nod. He then conquered more dramatic parts in The Good Girl (2002), Moonlight Mile (2002) and Proof (2005).
Gyllenhaal took on big-budget action fare in the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow. A year later, he played a gay ranch hand in Brokeback Mountain and was rewarded with an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His later notable works include Zodiac (2007) and Love and Other Drugs, which brought Gyllenhaal a Golden Globe nod.
Source CodeJake Gyllenhaal stars as a soldier recruited for a time-bending government investigation that places him in another man's mind and body to relive the same traumatic event repeatedly in an effort to identify the perpetrators of a terrorist bombing. Read More
Love and Other DrugsPharmaceutical representative Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes a player in the big game of male-performance-enhancement-drug sales and, along the way, finds unexpected romance with a woman (Anne Hathaway) suffering from Parkinson's disease. Based on the real-life Jamie Reidy's memoir, Hard... Read More
ZodiacDavid 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. Jake Gyllenhaal -- flanked by an impressive ensemble cast... Read More
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeJake Gyllenhaal stars as Prince Dastan, who pairs with spunky Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to keep the Sands of Time -- a mystical dagger that gives its holder control over the flow of time -- from falling into the wrong hands and putting the world in peril. Mike Newell directs this sweeping... Read More
October SkyAs the Soviet satellite Sputnik streaks across the heavens in October 1957, it's a source of inspiration for 17-year-old Homer Hickam. Drafting a few friends to help, Homer crafts a rocket to compete for a science fair scholarship. Read More
Source Code (2011) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Love and Other Drugs (2010) | R | |
Nailed (2010) | NR | |
Brothers (2009) | R | |
SNL: Best of Amy Poehler (2009) | NR | |
Zodiac (2007) | R | |
Rendition (2007) | R | |
Brokeback Mountain (2005) | R | |
Jarhead (2005) | R | |
Proof (2005) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) | PG-13 | |
The Good Girl (2002) | R | |
Lovely & Amazing (2002) | R | |
Moonlight Mile (2002) | PG-13 | |
Highway (2002) | R | |
Donnie Darko (2001) | R | |
R | ||
Bubble Boy (2001) | PG-13 | |
October Sky (1999) | PG | |
Homicide: Seasons 1 & 2 (1993) | TV-14 | |
A Dangerous Woman (1993) | R | |
City Slickers (1991) | PG-13 | |
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