Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor 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.
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 | [78] | |
2025 | In the Grey † | Yes | No | Post-production | [79] | |
The Bride! † | Yes | No | Filming | [80] |
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Hondros | Executive | Documentary | [81] |
2020 | Relic | Yes | [82] | |
The Devil All the Time | Yes | [83] | ||
Joe Bell | Executive | [84] | ||
2021 | Breaking News in Yuba County | Yes | [85] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Matthew "Matt" Ellison | Episode: "Bop Gun" | [86] |
2007, 2022, 2024 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 3 episodes | [87] [88] |
2009 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: “The Rainbow Show” | |
2011 | Man vs. Wild | Himself | Episode: "Man vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal" | [89] |
2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Himself | Episode: "Fame" | [90] |
2019 | John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch | Mr. Music | Children's special | [91] |
2020 | Saturday Night Live | Guy Who Travels in Pyjamas | Episode: "John Mulaney/David Byrne" | [88] |
2024 | Presumed Innocent | Rusty Sabich | Lead role; miniseries | [92] |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | This Is Our Youth | Warren Straub | Garrick Theatre | West End | [93] |
2012 | If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet | Terry | Laura Pels Theater | Off-Broadway | [94] |
2014–2015 | Constellations | Roland | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | Broadway | [95] |
2015 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | New York City Center | Off-Broadway | [96] |
2016 | Sunday in the Park with George | Georges Seurat / George | [97] | ||
2017 | Hudson Theatre | Broadway | |||
2019 | Sea Wall/A Life | Abe | The Public Theater | Off-Broadway | [98] |
Hudson Theatre | Broadway | ||||
2023 | Gutenberg! The Musical! | The Producer (One night only) | James Earl Jones Theatre | [99] | |
2025 | Othello † | Iago | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | [100] | |
TBA | Sunday in the Park with George † | Georges Seurat / George | Savoy Theatre | West End | [101] |
Year | Song | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | "Blame It" | Jamie Foxx (feat. T-Pain) | Clubber | [102] |
2010 | "Giving Up the Gun" | Vampire Weekend | Tennis player | [103] [104] |
2012 | "Time to Dance" | The Shoes | Jason Voorhees | [105] [106] |
2014 | "Part II (On the Run)" | Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé) | Himself | [107] |
Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress. Known for her work in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $3 billion in the U.S. box-office. Diaz established herself as a sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, and in 2013 she was named the highest-paid actress over 40. She has received various accolades, including nominations for a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards.
Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr.
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986). She appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). Ten years later, Watts moved to the United States, where she initially struggled as an actress. She took roles in small-scale films until she starred in her breakthrough role as an aspiring actress in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001.
Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal is an American actor who has worked prolifically on screen and stage in a career spanning over thirty years. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother of 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 the biographical drama film October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in the thriller film Donnie Darko (2001). Gyllenhaal expanded to big-budget films with a starring role in the 2004 disaster film The Day After Tomorrow.
Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Kurt Sutter and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams. The film follows a boxer who sets out to get his life back on track after losing his wife to gun violence and later his young daughter to child protective services. The film was released on July 24, 2015, by The Weinstein Company. The film received mixed reviews from critics, while Gyllenhaal and Oona Laurence's performances received positive reviews. The film grossed $95 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
Jennifer Lopez has starred in over thirty feature films in a career that spans four decades as actor Lopez rose to become the highest paid actor of Latin descent in Hollywood, and one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood during the late-nineties and into the current millennium, making in the region of US$20 million per film role. She is also the richest actress in Hollywood, with an estimated net worth of $400 million.
American entertainer Justin Timberlake has released four video albums and has been featured in thirty-seven music videos, seventeen films, fifteen television shows, and six commercials. He achieved early fame when he appeared in the Disney Channel television series The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, alongside singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and actor Ryan Gosling. Timberlake rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band NSYNC. In 2002, he launched his solo career and released his solo debut single "Like I Love You", the music video for which was directed by Bucky Chrome. Francis Lawrence directed the video for "Cry Me a River". The video features Timberlake's character as he spies on a former lover, who according to the director portrays his former romantic interest Spears. At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won the accolades for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video.
Everest is a 2015 biographical survival adventure film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy. It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Martin Henderson and Emily Watson. It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall (Clarke) and the other by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal). Kormákur, Universal, Walden Media, Cross Creek and Working Title dedicated the film to the late British actress Natasha Richardson.
American actress Angelina Jolie made her screen debut in the comedy film Lookin' to Get Out (1982), acting alongside her father Jon Voight. Eleven years later, she appeared in her next feature, the low-budget film Cyborg 2 (1993), a commercial failure. She then starred as a teenage hacker in the science fiction thriller Hackers (1995), which went on to be a cult film despite performing poorly at the box-office. Jolie's career prospects improved with a supporting role in the made-for-television film George Wallace (1997), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Film. She made her breakthrough the following year in HBO's television film Gia (1998). For her performance in the title role of fashion model Gia Carangi, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Film.
Ubisoft Film & Television is a French-American film and television production company and a subsidiary of video game publisher Ubisoft based in Montreuil and Los Angeles. The company was founded on 2011, and is in charge of producing films and television shows based on Ubisoft franchises and inspired by Ubisoft's worlds and gaming culture.
Mississippi Grind is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It stars Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller, Lio Tipton, Alfre Woodard and Robin Weigert. The film was released by A24 on September 25, 2015.
Demolition is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Bryan Sipe. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, and Judah Lewis. The film opened the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released on April 8, 2016, by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Life is a 2017 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, and Olga Dihovichnaya. In the film, a six-member crew of the International Space Station uncovers the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. When members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves to be far more intelligent and dangerous than expected.
The Robert Langdon franchise consists of American action-adventure mystery-thriller installments, including three theatrical films directed by Ron Howard, and a television series. The films, based on the novel series written by Dan Brown, center on the fictional character of Robert Langdon. Though based on the book series, the films have a different chronological order, consisting of: The Da Vinci Code (2006), Angels & Demons (2009) and Inferno (2016), all starring Tom Hanks as Langdon, alongside different ensemble casts. Despite mixed-to-negative critical reception, the films are considered box office successes, having a combined gross total of $1.5 billion worldwide.
Studio 8 is an American entertainment company founded in 2014, by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Mark Miner and based in Culver City. It specializes in film and television production.
Ambulance is a 2022 American action heist film co-produced and directed by Michael Bay and written by Chris Fedak. A co-production between New Republic Pictures, Project X Entertainment, and Bay Films, it is a remake of the 2005 Danish film of the same name. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as adoptive brothers who hijack an ambulance after robbing a bank and take a paramedic and a police officer hostage.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a 2023 American action drama film co-written, produced and directed by Guy Ritchie. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. Its plot follows John Kinley, a U.S. Army Green Beret Master Sergeant, and Ahmed, his Afghan interpreter, fighting the Taliban.