Jake Gyllenhaal movies

(born December 19 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at 11 years old. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999s October Sky, followed by the 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actor Maggie Gyllenhaal.

In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year, he won critical acclaim, portraying a role that entered popular shorthand as a "gay cowboy", in the controversial but highly lauded film Brokeback Mountain.Gyllenhaal has taken an activist role in supporting various political and social causes. He appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 election, and promoted environmental causes and the American Civil Liberties Union.BiographyEarly life and educationGyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, California to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner.Schruers, Fred (October 30 2005), "Jakes progress",The Guardian. Retrieved September 19 2006. Gyllenhaals father was raised in the Swedenborgian religion and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

Jake Gyllenhaal Movies

All movies starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

• Brokeback Mountain
• Highway
• Proof
• Rendition