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Jake Gyllenhaal Biography

Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Actor who had his breakthrough role in October Sky and won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Brokeback Mountain. He also had memorable roles in The Day After Tomorrow, Zodiac, Nightcrawler, and Love and Other Drugs.

He is the godfather of Heath Ledger‘s daughter, Matilda.

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, the son of film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs) and film director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister, appeared with him in the film Donnie Darko. Gyllenhaal’s father, who was raised as a Swedenborgian, is of Swedish and English descent and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family. Jake’s last ancestor to be born in Sweden was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Jake’s mother is Jewish and was born in New York City to a Jewish family from Russia and Poland. Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself Jewish. On his 13th birthday, Gyllenhaal performed a “barmitzvah-like act, without the typical trappings”, volunteering at a homeless shelter because his parents wanted to give him a sense of gratitude for his privileged lifestyle.

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ˈ dʒ ɪ l ə n h ɔː l / ; Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl] ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and film producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. He began acting as a child, and made his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father’s films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough performances followed soon after, portraying Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999), and a psychologically-troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). After appearing in several comedies, he starred in the science fiction disaster film, The Day After Tomorrow (2004), which was a box-office success.

He is the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. His parents worked in Hollywood as directors and screenwriters.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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His parents insisted that he have summer jobs to support himself, and he thus worked as a lifeguard and as a busboy at a restaurant operated by a family friend. Gyllenhaal said his parents encouraged artistic expression: “I do have parents who constantly supported me in certain ways. In other ways, they were lacking. Definitely, it’s in expression and creativity where my family has always been best at.” Gyllenhaal graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, then attended Columbia University, where his sister was a senior and from which his mother had graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy. Gyllenhaal dropped out after two years to concentrate on acting but has expressed intentions to eventually finish his degree. Gyllenhaal’s first lead role was in October Sky, Joe Johnston’s 1999 adaptation of the Homer Hickam autobiography Rocket Boys, in which he portrayed a young man from West Virginia striving to win a science scholarship to avoid becoming a coal miner. The film was positively received and earned $32 million; it was described in the Sacramento News and Review as Gyllenhaal’s “breakout performance”.

Jake Gyllenhaal Net Worth

Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jake Gyllenhaal's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as a lifeguard and busboy as a teenager. In 1991, he debuted as Danny Robbins in City Slickers.

He starred in the cult classic film Donnie Darko, for which he won the 2003 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor.

in 2012, Gyllenhaal made his Off-Broadway debut in Nick Payne’s If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre. Gyllenhaal debuted on Broadway in 2014 in Payne’s Constellations at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opposite Ruth Wilson, also in her Broadway debut. Gyllenhaal joined John Mauceri and David Denby in Adam Gopnik’s podium discussion in February 2016 at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center about Leonard Bernstein’s breakthrough conducting performance in Carnegie Hall on November 14, 1943; accompanied by Jeanine Tesori on piano, he sang “Maria” from West Side Story.

Gyllenhaal’s most acclaimed films, according to the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, include October Sky (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Lovely & Amazing (2002), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Zodiac (2007), Source Code (2011), End of Watch (2012), Nightcrawler (2014), and Stronger (2017). He has been nominated for one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.

Donnie Darko, Gyllenhaal’s second film, was not a box office success upon its initial 2001 release but eventually became a cult favorite. Directed by Richard Kelly, the film is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who experiences visions of a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end. Gyllenhaal’s performance was well received by critics; Gary Mairs of Culture Vulture wrote that “Gyllenhaal manages the difficult trick of seeming both blandly normal and profoundly disturbed, often within the same scene.”

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As a child, Gyllenhaal was regularly exposed to filmmaking due to his family’s ties to the industry. He made his acting debut as Billy Crystal’s son in the 1991 comedy City Slickers. His parents did not allow him to appear in The Mighty Ducks (1992) because it would have required him to leave home for two months. In subsequent years, his parents allowed him to audition for roles but regularly forbade him to take them if he were chosen. He was allowed to appear in his father’s films several times. Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993’s A Dangerous Woman (along with sister Maggie), in “Bop Gun”, a 1994 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street; and in the 1998 comedy Homegrown. Along with their mother, Jake and Maggie appeared in two episodes of Molto Mario, an Italian cooking show on the Food Network. Prior to his senior year in high school, the only other film not directed by his father, in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to perform, was the 1993 film Josh and S.A.M., a little-known children’s adventure.

Following Bubble Boy, Gyllenhaal starred opposite Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Ellen Pompeo in Moonlight Mile (2002), as a young man coping with the death of his fiancée and the grief of her parents. The story, which received mixed reviews, is loosely based on writer/director Brad Silberling’s personal experiences following the murder of his girlfriend, Rebecca Schaeffer. In his theatrical debut, Gyllenhaal starred on the London stage in Kenneth Lonergan’s revival of This Is Our Youth at the Garrick Theatre in 2002. Gyllenhaal said, “Every actor I look up to has done theatre work, so I knew I had to give it a try.” The play, which had been a critical sensation on Broadway, ran for eight weeks in London’s West End. Gyllenhaal received favorable critical reviews and an Evening Standard Theatre Award in the category “Outstanding Newcomer”.

Who is Jake Gyllenhaal Dating?

According to our records, Jake Gyllenhaal is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Jake Gyllenhaal’s is not dating anyone.

Gyllenhaal dated actress Kirsten Dunst for nearly two years, starting in 2002. He later dated his Rendition co-star Reese Witherspoon from about 2007 to 2009. He dated singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from October 2010 until March 2011, and model Alyssa Miller from July to December 2013. Gyllenhaal has been dating French model Jeanne Cadieu since mid-2018.

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After the critical success of Donnie Darko, Gyllenhaal’s next role was as Pilot Kelston in 2002’s Highway alongside Jared Leto. His performance was described by one critic as “silly, cliched and straight to video”. Gyllenhaal had more success starring opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; he also starred in Lovely and Amazing with Catherine Keener. In both films he plays an unstable character who begins a reckless affair with an older woman. Gyllenhaal later described these as “teenager in transition” roles. Gyllenhaal later starred in the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy Bubble Boy, which was loosely based on the story of David Vetter. The film portrays the title character’s adventures as he pursues the love of his life before she marries the wrong man. The film was panned by critics, with one calling it an “empty-headed, chaotic, utterly tasteless atrocity”.

Who is Jake Gyllenhaal's wife?

Gyllenhaal has been in a relationship with French model Jeanne Cadieu since late 2018.

What did Jake Gyllenhaal say to Taylor Swift?

The new version features lyrics about “weeping in a party bathroom” after an older partner — Gyllenhaal is nearly a decade older than Swift — tells her that “if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine,” which she hits back at with the biting couplet, “I was never good at telling jokes/ But the punchline …

How did Taylor Swift Meet Jake Gyllenhaal?

When did Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal meet? The pair were first seen together during a taping of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in October 2010, but had met before that at a dinner party hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow and ex-husband Chris Martin.

Why do people love Jake Gyllenhaal?

He’s right at the top of the acting mountain. In Gyllenhaal’s case, it always seems that what you see on screen is exactly like he is in real life. Whatever role he plays, there’s a passion, integrity and skill to his performance, but he’s also an incredibly cool person when the cameras aren’t filming.

Did Reese Witherspoon date Jake Gyllenhaal?

Reese Witherspoon Witherspoon — who first began romancing Jake while shooting Rendition — “broke his heart” when she ended their three-year courtship in December 2009. “No one cheated,” a source told Us. “There was no drama.”

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