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Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and German (father) descent.

He made his movie debut at 11 in City Slickers (1991). From the late 1990s through the early 2000s, he starred in October Sky (1999) & Donnie Darko (2001), receiving an Independent Spirit Award Best Actor nomination for the latter. He followed up w/ roles in Bubble Boy (2001), The Good Girl (2002), Moonlight Mile (2002) & The Day After Tomorrow (2004).

He made his theater debut in a revival of This Is Our Youth in London. The play was well-received & played for 8 weeks on West End. He then starred in Jarhead (2005) & Proof (2005). However, it was his performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005) that won him critical acclaim. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role while also being nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role SAG Award, the Best Supporting Actor-Motion Picture Satellite Award & the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Afterwards, he starred in Zodiac (2007), Brothers (2009), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) & Love & Other Drugs (2010). For Love & Other Drugs (2010), he was nominated for the Best Actor-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award.

In the 2010s, he starred in Source Code (2011), End of Watch (2012), Prisoners (2013), Nightcrawler (2014), Southpaw (2015) & Demolition (2015). For Nightcrawler (2014), he was nominated for the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe, the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role SAG & the Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award. Leading Role BAFTA Award.

(2004) Did a public service announcement for Rock the Vote.

(2008) Performed at NYC &quot;Between My Legs&quot;, with Rufus Wainwright.

(2010) Appeared in music video for Vampire Weekend&#39;s &quot;Giving Up the Gun&quot;.

(2011) Appeared in music video &quot;Time To Dance&quot; by <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4715059/?ref_=nmwrk">The Shoes</a>, filmed in the UK.

(2014) He played the role of &quot;Roland&quot; in Nick Payne&#39;s &quot;Constellations&quot; on Broadway, co-starring Ruth Wilson and directed by Michael Longhurst, for which he was nominated for a Drama League Award.

(2015) He played the role of &quot;Seymour&quot; in &quot;Little Shop of Horrors&quot; on Broadway, directed by Dick Scanlan.

(2016) Stage play: &quot;Constellations&quot; playing Roland opposite <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2235721/?ref_=nmwrk">Ruth Wilson</a>&#39;s Marianne. Director: Michael Longhurst. Writer: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm5387559/?ref_=nmwrk">Nick Payne</a> (Samuel J. Friedman Theater, New York)

(February 11, 2017 - April 23, 2017) Stage Play: playing Sunday Park With George, on Broadway.

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