The Many Faces of… Jake Gyllenhaal

Overview of the roles of actor Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal has been born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles. His father is a film director and his mother film producer and screenwriter. This meant when he was growing up he saw a lot of the movie industry and first appeared on screen in the movie City Slickers as the son of Billy Crystal’s character in 1991. He went to the Harvard-Westlake School and Columbia University where he studied Eastern religions and philosophy. He didn’t finish his studies though as he wanted to do more acting. The movie which really helped him was Donnie Darko, a movie which quickly became popular through word of mouth. He has since starred in movies like The Day After Tomorrow, Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, Zodiac, Prince of Persiea: The Sands of Time, Source Code and End of Watch.

An overview of the roles of actor Jake Gyllenhaal
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What’s your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal role?

30 thoughts on “The Many Faces of… Jake Gyllenhaal

  1. For me, Gyllenhaal is very up and down in his choice of films, although as an actor I do really rate him. And for every average film (The Day After Tomorrow, Prince of Persia) there are several really good films, I particularly like Brokeback Mountain and Source Code and can’t wait to see End of Watch!

  2. You know what? I think I am a fan of Jake. Sure he’s had a strange pick of films at times, but he’s been good in even the most shaky of films. Favourites of his would probably be Donnie Darko and Source Code. Soft spot for him in Prince of Persia – he did well in that film!

    Looking forward to seeing him in End of Watch.

  3. Not a huge fan although I did appreciate his performance in Brokeback, but I wasn’t a fan of the movie. I saw Donnie Darko and am sure I will never quite get it even though it was fun. I did like Zodiac though.

    • That’s what I love about Donnie Dark, you can retch it several times and get something different out of it each time. I know Zodiac is widely lived but I wasn’t as crazy about it.

  4. My favorite films of his are Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain. I liked Source Code, also, but it’s been awhile since I’ve watched it and I don’t remember it very well.

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