Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

  • Born: 1980-12-19
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Height: 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
  • Profession: Actor, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: Columbia University
  • Representative Works: Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, The Day After Tomorrow, Love and Other Drugs, Source Code, Nightcrawler, Nocturnal Animals
  • Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (Jake Gyllenhaal), born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor and producer.
    In 1991, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal starred in his first film " City Slickers ", thus officially entering the show business circle. In 1999, he played Horner Hickman, son of coal mine overseer John Hickman in the drama " October Sky ". In 2001, he starred in the sci-fi mystery film " Donnie Darko ", and won the nomination for the best actor in the 17th Independent Spirit Award [1]  . In 2005, for starring in the movie " Brokeback Mountain ", he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 78th Academy Awards and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 59th British Academy of Film Awards [2-3]  . In 2010, he starred in the romantic fantasy film " Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time " [4]  ; in the same year, he starred in the romantic film " Love and Other Drugs ". With this film, he was also nominated for the 68th American Film Golden Globe Awards in the musical comedy category. Nominated for best actor [5]  . In 2012, he served as a jury member of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2013, with the film " Prisoners " won the 17th Hollywood Film Awards Supporting Actor of the Year [6]  . In 2014, with the movie " Nightcrawler ", he was nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards, British Film Academy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. [7]  . In 2015, he served as a jury member of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival [8]  .
    In 2016, starred in the feature film " Demolition " [9]  . In 2017, with the film " Nocturnal Animals ", he was nominated for Best Actor at the 70th British Academy of Film Awards [10]  ; On October 26, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal won the Best Actor at the 21st Hollywood Film Awards with the movie " Stronger " Award [11]  . In 2019, starring in the science fiction film " Spider-Man: Far From Home " [12]  . In 2020, starring in the thriller "Snow Blindness" [13]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1991, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the son of Billy Christo in the western comedy " City Slickers ", which was also his first film work   . In 1993, starred in the movie "Dangerous Lover" with his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal. In 1998, starred in the comedy " Homegrown " directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal .
    On February 19, 1999, the inspirational film " October Sky " starring with Chris Cooper was released. In the film, he played Horner Hickman, the son of coal mine overseer John Hickman. He won the Youth Choice Award for the film. Nominations for the Young Artist Award and the Young Star Award Breakthrough Performance Award . In 2001, he starred in the sci-fi mystery film " Donnie Darko ", in which Jack played the adolescent Tony, and he was nominated for the best actor in the 17th Independent Spirit Award for this film .  
    On January 12, 2002, the feature film " The Good Girl " starring with Jennifer Aniston was released in the United States. He played the role of a young cashier working in a shopping mall and Holden in the film ; March 26, with Jared Joseph Leto’s co-starred feature film " Highway " was released. He played Jack’s friend Pilot in the play; on October 4, starred in the romance film " Moonlight Mile " with Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon ; in the same year, starred on the stage with H and Anna Helene Paquin The play "This Is Our Youth", for which he won the London Evening Standard Drama Awards Outstanding Newcomer Award . In 2004, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the son of Jack Hall in the disaster film " The Day After Tomorrow " directed by Roland Emmerich , and he was nominated for the best international actor at the Irish Television Film Awards.   
    On September 16, 2005, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins starred in the romance film " Proof ". Jack played the role of Robert’s student Hal in the film   ; in October, Jack won the 9th Hollywood Film Awards Breakthrough Actor Award   ; On December 9, the romance film " Brokeback Mountain " starring Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was released. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the role of Jack Drizzt   , a cowboy with great riding skills . In the same year, Jack also starred in the film directed by Sam Mendes War film " Jarhead ". In 2006, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 78th Academy Awards for "Brokeback Mountain"   , and for Best Supporting Actor at the 59th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards   , and won the 15th MTV Movie awards for best kiss scene and best performance   .
    On March 2, 2007, the crime mystery film " Zodiac " co-starring with Robert John Downey Jr. and Mark Alan Ruffalo was released, playing the shy and introverted cartoonist Robert Graysmith ; October 19, with Reese Witherspoon , Meryl Streep , Alan Arkin Wolf , who co-starred in the thriller " Rendition " was released in the United States. On December 4, 2009, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, Natalie Hershlag , Tobey Maguire co-starred in the drama " Brothers ". He played Tom’s brother Tommy in the film and won the 12th Youth Choice Award for Best Nomination of an actor in a drama film .  
    On May 28, 2010, the starring love fantasy film " Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time " was released simultaneously in North America and Mainland China. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the brave, creative and respectable Prince Dastan in the film   ; On November 24th, the romantic comedy " Love and Other Drugs " starring with Anne Hathaway was released in North America. He played the role of drug salesperson Jamie Randall in the film ; in December, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal won the 68th US Nominated for Best Actor in a Golden Globe Award for Musical Comedy .  
    On April 1, 2011, the sci-fi film " Source Code " co-starring with Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga was released in North America, playing the role of US Captain Stevens in the film ; in June, he participated in the recording of the Discovery Channel " Survival in the Wild " program, In the wild with host Bear Grylls in Iceland ; in the same year, he was nominated for the Most Popular Action Star Award at the 37th People's Choice Awards .   
    In February 2012, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal served as a judge of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival   ; on September 21, the crime drama " End of Watch " co-starring with Michael Anthony Peña and Anna Cooke Kendrick was officially released in North America. He played the second-level police officer Brian Taylor , codenamed 13X13 . He also won the 39th People’s Choice Award for the most popular drama actor nomination for the film ; in December, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal won the 18th Critics’ Choice Award for Best Nominated for an actor in an action movie .   
    On September 8, 2013, he played the roles of teacher Adam and actor Anthony in the suspense film " Enemy " respectively   ; on September 20, the crime thriller "Prisoners" starring with Hugh Jackman was released, in which he played the detective Rocky   ; In October, with the film " Prisoners " won the 17th Hollywood Film Awards supporting actor of the year   ; in the same year, with the film "Enemy" won the 34th Canadian Genie Awards for best actor nomination.
    On October 31, 2014, the starring crime thriller " Nightcrawler " was released in North America. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the role of Lu Bloom   , a reporter reporting crime incidents ; he also won the American Golden Globe Award for the film   , British Film Academy Awards, American Screen Actors Guild Awards and other awards for best actor nomination. On February 10, 2015, the romantic comedy " Politics of Love " co-starring with Jesse and James Paul Marsden was released in the United States. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played Congressman Howard Birdwell ; in May, he served as the 68th The judge of the Cannes International Film Festival, and the only actor in it ; on July 31, the boxing movie " Southpaw " starring with Rachel McAdams was released in North America. The boxing champion Billy who played in the film was deprived of it. In order to regain the custody of his daughter, Billy actively resumed training and wanted to win again ; on November 3, the mountaineering movie " Everest " co-starring with Jason Clarke and Josh James Brolin was released in mainland China. In the film, he plays Scott Fisher, a mountaineer who is about to challenge Mount Everest as a starting point .    
    On April 8, 2016, the starring feature film " Demolition " was officially released in North America. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the middle-aged investment agent Davis in the film   ; in August, he starred in the action film " The Division "   . In January 2017, with the film "Nocturnal Animals", he was nominated for Best Actor at the 70th British Academy of Film Awards   . On March 24, " Life " starring Jack, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds was released in North America . The film was released in mainland China on May 19 of the same year. Jack played the astronaut David Jordan in the film ; June 28 On September 22, the feature film " Okja " starring in collaboration with Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and Katherine Matilda Swinton , Lily Collins, etc., premiered on Netflix. He played the role of Dr. Johnny Wilcox in the film ; September 22, starred in a biographical film " Stronger " was released in North America. He played the role of ordinary supermarket worker Jeff Berman in the film ; later, he participated in the feature film " Lost Air Combatant " ; on October 26, he won the 21st Hollywood with " Stronger " Best Actor in a Movie Award       ; In the same year, he participated in the movie "The Anarchists vs ISIS"   .
    On January 20, 2018, the feature film " Wildlife " co-starring with Carey Mulligan was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, playing Janet’s husband Jerry Brinson in the film ; later, co-starring with Ansolo and Daya Crime thriller "Best of its kind" ; April 5, starring in the thriller "Welcome to Vienna" ; May 2, starring in the biopic "The American" directed by Cary Jôji Fukunaga ; September 21, with Joaquin Rafael Bottom and John Christopher Reilly co-starred in the western film " Histors Brothers " ; in addition, co-starred in the film " Rio " with Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch ; in the same year, starred in the English remake of the Danish film "The Guilty" and served as the producer. Film people .       
    On January 27, 2019, the thriller " Velvet Circular Saw " co-starring with Toni Collette and Natalia Danielle Dyer premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, he played the posture bisexual art critic Moff Wan De Water ; On July 2, the sci-fi film " Spider-Man: Far From Home " co-starred with Thomas Stanley Holland was released in North America, and Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal played the parallel universe traveler mystery Quentin Baker in the film ; In the same year, he starred in the HBO TV miniseries "Lake Success" .   
    In July 2020, he starred in the thriller "Snow Blindness", and he also served as the producer of the film   ; on September 16, the feature film " The Devil All the Time " was released as producer   ; in the same year, he served as the producer of the movie " Relic " Film people. In 2021, starring in the movie "Combat Command"   ; in May, he announced his participation in the movie "Looking for the Mother Tree"   .
    On October 1, 2021, the movie " The Guilty " starring Ethan Hawke will land on Netflix . 

    Personal Life

    family
    Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in an acting family in Los Angeles, California   . His father is American director Stephen Gyllenhaal . His mother is Naomi Foner , an American producer and Oscar-nominated screenwriter . Sister Maggie Gyllenhaal is also an actor. Uncle Anders Gyllenhaal is the former executive editor of the Miami Herald and is now the senior editor and head of leadership development for the newspaper publishing company McClatchy. Grandfather Samuel Achs is a doctor   . Grandma Ruth is a pediatrician   . Aunt and grandmother Frieda is a lawyer   , and another aunt and grandmother is an opera singer   .
    Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal's father Stephen Gyllenhaal is a Christian   and descended   from the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family . The last Swedish ancestor of the family was his great-great-great-grandfather Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal's mother, Naomi Foner, is a Jewish family from New York City, USA   .
    Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal considers himself Jewish   . His Jewish mother passed on all Jewish culture to Jack and his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal   , who would celebrate the Jewish Passover dinner   . On the 13th birthday of Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, his parents held a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for Jack   .
    Jamie Lee Curtis is the godmother of Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal. Paul Newman is a friend of their family   .
    emotion
    In April 2002, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Caroline Dunst met . In July 2004, the two broke up   . In April 2007, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon exchanges   . In December 2009, the two broke up   . From October to December 2010, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and Tay fell in love for more than two months and then broke up   . In July 2013, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and Alyssa Miller had a public relationship, which lasted only six months   . In December 2018, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal and French model Jeanne Cadieu had an open relationship   .
    educate
    In 1999, Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal entered the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University, majoring in Eastern Religion. His professor was Uma Thurman 's father Robert Thurman . Two years later, he dropped out of college and came out to make a movie   .

    Character Evaluation

    Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal has a restrained temperament. This temperament is reflected in his cautiousness in his words. At the same time, it also determines that his star journey may not be like a symbolic actor, which will become the focus of attention overnight   . His introverted temperament is also reflected in his cautious words   .
    Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal's eyes were deep, and his body was bookish. Such characteristics make him more suitable for a passionate character who is extroverted, persistent and simple, and has passion and fantasies in his heart   . With his affectionate and gentle temperament, he met Lee Ang, a restrained and rational film director, and burst into collaboration. The movie "Brokeback Mountain" can therefore be regarded as an important watershed in his acting career   ; Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal loves observation and values ​​humanity. Will work hard to establish a good relationship with the people you work with. No matter what role he plays, he has a unique personal charm. From the youthful and innocent middle school story themes, to the sad love story between cowboys, to the gloomy and complicated killer role, he can always make the audience remember his deep blue Color eyes   .