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Jake Gyllenhaal
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Biography
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nightcrawler
As Louis Bloom
Prisoners
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Donnie Darko
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Zodiac
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Relic
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Okja
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Spider-Man: Far From Home
As Quentin Beck / Mysterio
Love & Other Drugs
As Jamie Randall
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched
When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.
10 films
The Cracks in the Picket Fence: Suburban Critique Across Generations
From the manicured lawns of 1999 to the glowing screens of today, this chain traces how cinema has dissected the suburban dream, revealing the isolation, confor...
8 films
When a Mother's Love Turns Stranger
A chain of horror films that treat the family home as a stage for maternal dread, from Polanski's Dakota to the doubles of Jordan Peele and the uncanny Other Mo...
8 films
The Camera as Weapon
From Chris Hansen's sting operations to the blood sport of nightly news, this chain traces the moral rot at the heart of spectacle.
8 films
The Last Picture Shows
In an age of digital gloss, a new generation of filmmakers has returned to celluloid for its warmth, grain, and honesty. This chain follows the medium's resurge...
8 films
What We Make Monsters Of
A creature feature is rarely about the creature. From Na Hong-jin's Hope to a Scottish island burning its own kindness, this is a chain about communities that d...
8 films
The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...
8 films
20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own
There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...
20 films
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A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Self
Ambulance
2022 · Danny Sharp
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Quentin Beck / Mysterio
Wildlife
2018 · Jerry Brinson
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · John Morris
Okja
2017 · Johnny Wilcox
Life
2017 · Dr. David Jordan
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
Demolition
2016 · Davis Mitchell
Everest
2015 · Scott Fischer
Accidental Love
2015 · Howard Birdwell
Nightcrawler
2014 · Louis Bloom
Enemy
2014 · Adam / Anthony
Prisoners
2013 · Detective Loki
End of Watch
2012 · Brian Taylor
Love & Other Drugs
2010 · Jamie Randall
Brothers
2009 · Tommy Cahill
Zodiac
2007 · Robert Graysmith
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Jack Twist
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Sam Hall
Bubble Boy
2001 · Jimmy Livingston
Donnie Darko
2001 · Donnie Darko
October Sky
1999 · Homer Hickam
