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2 | [[caption-width-right:280:[[MyNaymeIs Good luck trying to spell his name without looking.]]]] |
3 | ->''"Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script."'' |
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5 | Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. |
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7 | The son of director Creator/StephenGyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, he began acting [[FormerChildStar at the age of ten]]. Following his first lead role in ''Film/OctoberSky'', he starred in the indie CultClassic ''Film/DonnieDarko'', in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, Creator/{{Maggie|Gyllenhaal}}. In 2002, he starred in another indie film, ''Film/TheGoodGirl'', alongside Creator/JenniferAniston. In 2004, he appeared in the ScienceFiction film ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event. |
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9 | Gyllenhaal then [[PlayingAgainstType played against type]] as a frustrated Marine in ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' in 2005. The same year, his role as Jack Twist in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' earned him critical acclaim, as well as the UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Award for Best Supporting Actor and a further nomination for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward in the same category. He has since played lead roles in many notable films, including ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'', ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', ''Film/LoveAndOtherDrugs'', ''Film/SourceCode'', and ''Film/EndOfWatch''. |
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11 | !! Selected filmography: |
12 | * ''Film/CitySlickers'' (1991) as Daniel Robbins |
13 | * ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' (1994) as Matthew "Matt" Ellison |
14 | * ''Film/OctoberSky'' (1999) as Homer Hickam |
15 | * ''Film/BubbleBoy'' (2001) as Jimmy Livingston |
16 | * ''Film/DonnieDarko'' (2001) as Donnie Darko |
17 | * ''Film/TheGoodGirl'' (2002) as Thomas "Holden" Worther |
18 | * ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' (2004) as Sam Hall |
19 | * ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' (2005) as Jack Twist |
20 | * ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) as Anthony "Swoff" Swofford |
21 | * ''Theatre/{{Proof}}'' (2005) as Harold "Hal" Dobbs |
22 | * ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'' (2007) as Robert Graysmith |
23 | * ''Film/{{Brothers|2009}}'' (2009) as Tommy Cahill |
24 | * ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (2010) as Dastan |
25 | * ''Film/LoveAndOtherDrugs'' (2010) as Jamie Randall |
26 | * ''Film/SourceCode'' (2011) as Colter Stevens |
27 | * ''Film/EndOfWatch'' (2012) as Officer Taylor |
28 | * ''Film/{{Enemy}}'' (2013) as Adam Bell & Anthony Claire |
29 | * ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'' (2013) as Detective Loki |
30 | * ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' (2014) as Louis "Lou" Bloom |
31 | * ''Film/{{Southpaw}}'' (2015) as Billy Hope |
32 | * ''Film/{{Everest|2015}}'' (2015) as Scott Fischer |
33 | * ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'' (2016) as Edward Sheffield & Tony Hastings |
34 | * ''Film/{{Life|2017}}'' (2017) as Dr. David Jordan |
35 | * ''Film/{{Okja}}'' (2017) as Dr. Johnny Wilcox |
36 | * ''Film/VelvetBuzzsaw'' (2019) as Morf Vandewalt |
37 | * ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' (2019) as [[ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} Quentin Beck / Mysterio]] |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed'' (2021) as James "Jim" Prescott |
39 | * ''Film/{{The Guilty|2021}}'' (2021) as Joe Baylor |
40 | * ''Film/{{Ambulance}}'' (2022) as Danny |
41 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'' (2022) as Searcher Clade |
42 | * ''Film/TheCovenant2023'' as John Kinley |
43 | * ''Film/{{Road House|2024}}'' (2024) as Dalton |
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45 | !! He provides examples of: |
46 | * DawsonCasting: Film/DonnieDarko was sixteen, and Jake was nineteen. |
47 | * DyeingForYourArt: Gained five pounds of muscle and got a high and tight haircut for ''{{Film/Jarhead}}''. |
48 | * EnforcedMethodActing: In order to understand the police training for ''Film/EndOfWatch'', he and the rest of the cast were all tased. |
49 | * FakeBrit: Combined with TheQueensLatin for quite a good attempt in ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. It runs in [[Series/TheHonourableWoman the family]] [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal it seems]]. |
50 | * FanCommunityNickname: His fans refer to themselves as "Gyllenhaalics". |
51 | * MrFanservice: Tends to do {{shirtless scene}}s in his films. |
52 | * RealLifeRelative: He and his sister Maggie played siblings in ''Film/DonnieDarko''. Retroactively with Creator/PeterSarsgaard in ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'', as the latter married Maggie ''after'' they made the film, making him and Jake brother-in-laws. |
53 | * StarMakingRole: ''Film/DonnieDarko'''s cult appeal was his breakthrough role for most. If not that, then definitely ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' and ''{{Film/Jarhead}}''. |
54 | * ThoseTwoActors: Starred alongside Creator/ChrisCooper in ''October Sky'', ''Jarhead'', and ''Demolition''. He even refers to Cooper as [[TheMentor his mentor]]. |
55 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
56 | ** He was the first choice for Charlie Conway in ''Film/TheMightyDucks''. However, his parents forbade him to be in it as the film would have taken him out of town for two months (it was shot in Minnesota). |
57 | ** He was really hoping to get the part of Christian in ''Film/MoulinRouge''. He went through months of auditions and was down to the final three, along with Creator/EwanMcGregor and Creator/HeathLedger. Ultimately, the part went to [=McGregor=]. |
58 | ** Auditioned for Frodo in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', and didn't realize he needed an English accent at first. He heard back that his audition was apparently one of the worst. |
59 | ** Was set to play ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' due to Creator/TobeyMaguire having injured his back while filming ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}''. While Jake was preparing for the role, Tobey recovered in time to reprise his role. |
60 | ** Auditioned for and was one of the top contenders for the role of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batman/Bruce Wayne]] in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', and was also on the shortlist to play Harvey Dent in [[Film/TheDarkKnight its 2008 sequel]]. His [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal real-life sister]] ultimately played Bruce and Dent's love interest in the latter. |
61 | ** Was, along with Creator/MattDamon, the studio's first choice for the role of Jake Sully in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', but director Creator/JamesCameron chose to cast the then-unknown Creator/SamWorthington instead. |
62 | ** He was cast as one of the Princes in ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', but dropped out to do ''Film/{{Nightcrawler}}'' instead. |
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