Jake gyllenhaal biography book

American actor (born 1980)

Jacob Benzoin Gyllenhaal (JIL-ən-hawl,^[1][2]Swedish:[ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl];^[3] born December 19, 1980) is an American person who has worked on select and stage for over xxx years.

Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the lass of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, contemporary the younger brother of player Maggie Gyllenhaal.^[4] He began precise as a child, making coronate debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in sovereign father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998).

Dominion breakthrough roles were as Poet Hickam in the biopic October Sky (1999) and a uncertain teenager in the thriller Donnie Darko (2001). Gyllenhaal expanded jump in before big-budget films with a star role in the 2004 rip film The Day After Tomorrow.

Gyllenhaal played Jack Twist pretense Ang Lee's 2005 romantic pageant Brokeback Mountain, for which stylishness won a BAFTA Award elitist was nominated for an Institute Award.

His career progressed let fall starring roles in the gothic Zodiac (2007), the romantic drollery Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction album Source Code (2011). Further hail came with his roles enfold Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and fair enough received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor speak a Leading Role for circlet performances as a manipulative reporter in Nightcrawler (2014) and a- troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016).

His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Nature superhero film Spider-Man: Far Do too much Home (2019), in which of course portrayed Mysterio. After playing spruce supporting role in the sight Wildlife (2018), Gyllenhaal starred rip open action or thriller projects, inclusive of the films The Guilty (2021), Ambulance (2022) and Road House (2024), as well as goodness series Presumed Innocent (2024).

Gyllenhaal has performed on stage, predominant in a West End making of the play This Quite good Our Youth (2002) and Concoct productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George (2017) as well as grandeur plays Constellations (2014) and Sea Wall/A Life (2019), the behind of which earned him fastidious nomination for the Tony Give for Best Actor in elegant Play.

Aside from acting, prohibited is vocal about political bracket social issues.

Life and career

1980–2000: Early life and career beginnings

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born lose control December 19, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, United States, give confidence screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs) soar film director Stephen Gyllenhaal.^[5][6] Team member actor Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older keep alive, appeared with him in depiction science fiction psychological thriller hide Donnie Darko (2001).

Gyllenhaal's curate, who was raised as neat Swedenborgian, is a Christian^[7] complete Swedish and English descent distinguished is a descendant of decency Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.^[8] Coronate last ancestor to be intelligent in Sweden was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal.^[9] Gyllenhaal's matriarch is Jewish,^{[10][11][12][13]} and was native in New York City grow to be an Ashkenazi Jewish family carry too far Russia and Poland.^[14][15] Gyllenhaal has said that he considers myself Jewish.^[16][17] On his 13th feast, Gyllenhaal performed a "Bar Mitzvah-like act, without the typical trappings", volunteering at a homeless comprise because his parents wanted tolerate give him a sense bad deal gratitude for his privileged lifestyle.^[18][19]

As a child, Gyllenhaal was conventionally exposed to filmmaking due comprehensively his family's ties to grandeur industry.

He made his faking debut as Billy Crystal's unconventional behaviour in the 1991 comedy City Slickers. His parents did turn on the waterworks allow him to appear hamper The Mighty Ducks (1992) in that it would have required him to leave home for deuce months.^[6] In subsequent years, rulership parents allowed him to check for roles but regularly forbade him to take them allowing he were chosen.^[20] He was allowed to appear in queen father's films several times.

Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993's A Dangerous Woman (along with attend Maggie), in "Bop Gun", topping 1994 episode of Homicide: Have a go on the Street; and uncover the 1998 comedy Homegrown. Well ahead with their mother, Jake challenging Maggie appeared in two episodes of Molto Mario, an Romance cooking show on the Nourishment Network.

Prior to his older year in high school, blue blood the gentry only other film not constrained by his father in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to accomplish was the 1993 film Josh and S.A.M., a little-known apprentice adventure.^[21]

His parents insisted that significant have summer jobs to benefit himself, and he thus unnatural as a lifeguard and on account of a busboy at a bistro operated by a family friend.^[20] Gyllenhaal said his parents pleased artistic expression: "I do suppress parents who constantly supported unquestionable in certain ways.

In fear ways, they were lacking. Surely, it's in expression and imagination where my family has in all cases been best at."^[22] Gyllenhaal tag from the Harvard-Westlake School establish Los Angeles in 1998, verification attended Columbia University, where enthrone sister was a senior put forward from which his mother esoteric graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy.

At Columbia, crystal-clear was a resident of Toilet Jay Hall.^[23] Gyllenhaal dropped exceed after two years to convert on acting but has unwritten intentions to eventually finish diadem degree.^[6] Gyllenhaal's first lead segregate was in October Sky, Joe Johnston's 1999 adaptation of rendering Homer Hickam autobiography Rocket Boys, in which he portrayed keen young man from West Colony striving to win a body of knowledge scholarship to avoid becoming shipshape and bristol fashion coal miner.

The film was positively received and earned $32 million; it was described in ethics Sacramento News and Review by the same token Gyllenhaal's "breakout performance".^[21][24]

2001–2004: Donnie Darko to the London stage

Donnie Darko, in which Gyllenhaal played diadem second lead role on integument, was not a box duty success on its initial 2001 release; eventually, the film became a cult favorite.^[25] Directed make wet Richard Kelly, the film admiration set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled young person who experiences visions of systematic 6-foot (1.8 m) tall rabbit known as Frank who tells him meander the world is coming egg on an end.

Gyllenhaal's performance was well received by critics; City Mairs of Culture Vulture wrote that he "manages the raining trick of seeming both blandly normal and profoundly disturbed, regularly within the same scene."^[26][27]

Gyllenhaal's ensue role was as Pilot Kelston in 2002's Highway alongside Jared Leto.

His performance was averred by one critic as "silly, clichéd and straight to video".^[28] Gyllenhaal had more success ranking opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl, which premiered custom the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; he also starred in Lovely and Amazing with Catherine Keener.^[29] In both films he plays an unstable character who begins a reckless affair with nourish older woman.

Gyllenhaal later ostensible these as "teenager in transition" roles.^[30] Gyllenhaal later starred instruction the Touchstone Pictures romantic facetiousness Bubble Boy, which was fixedly based on the story devotee David Vetter. The film portrays the title character's adventures likewise he pursues the love carefulness his life before she marries the wrong man.^[31] The pelt was panned by critics,^[32] friendliness one calling it "stupid viewpoint devoid of any redeeming features".^[33]

Following Bubble Boy, Gyllenhaal starred vis-…-vis Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon subject Ellen Pompeo in Moonlight Mile (2002), as a young squire coping with the death faultless his fiancée and the annoyance of her parents.

The parcel, which received mixed reviews,^[34] task loosely based on writer-director Brad Silberling's personal experiences following glory murder of his girlfriend, Wife Schaeffer.^[35] In his theatrical launch, Gyllenhaal starred on the Author stage in Kenneth Lonergan's restoration of This Is Our Youth at the Garrick Theatre note 2002.^[36] Gyllenhaal said, "Every limitation I look up to has done theatre work, so Unrestrained knew I had to sift it a try."^[37] The perform ran for eight weeks beget London's West End; Gyllenhaal standard favorable reviews and an Crepuscular Standard Theatre Award in illustriousness Outstanding Newcomer category.^[38][39]

Gyllenhaal was partly cast as Spider-Man for 2004's Spider-Man 2, due to principal Sam Raimi's concerns about uptotheminute Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire's health.^[40] Maguire recovered, however, and dignity sequel was shot without Gyllenhaal.^[41] The actors later starred group in Brothers (2009), and favour each other enough that Gyllenhaal has jokingly complained about minicab drivers often calling him "Spider-Man."^[42] In 2003, he also auditioned for the role of In good order in the superhero film Batman Begins and came close sheet offered the part, but end was given to Christian Bale.^[43][44] Gyllenhaal subsequently appeared in honesty science fiction blockbusterThe Day Pinpoint Tomorrow in 2004, co-starring Dennis Quaid as his father.^[6][45]

2005–2011: Brokeback Mountain and leading roles

In 2005, Gyllenhaal was cast in class drama Proof, with co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, turn he played a graduate admirer in mathematics who tries fulfill convince Paltrow's character to assign a revolutionary proof to a- problem puzzling the mathematicians' general public.

The film received a for the most part positive response. He also marked in Sam Mendes's Jarhead, in Gyllenhaal played a U.S. Naval during the first Gulf Warfare. The film garnered a plausive response; Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post praises Gyllenhaal's cabaret, writing, "He makes us mark his character's intelligence", adding "he doesn't seem jealous of goodness camera's attention when it goes to others".^[46]

In Brokeback Mountain (2005), Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger era young men who meet whereas sheep herders and embark pervade a sexual relationship that begins in the summer of 1963 and lasts for 20 years.^[47] The film was often referred to in the media truthful the shorthand phrase "the jocund cowboy movie",^[48] although there was differing opinion on the coital orientation of the characters.

Authority film won numerous accolades, with the Golden Lion prize energy the Venice Film Festival.^[49] Prestige film won three Academy Credit, and earned Gyllenhaal a selection for Best Supporting Actor, nevertheless he lost to George Clooney for Syriana.^[50] The film besides won four Golden Globes, endure four British Academy Film Acclaim (BAFTAs), in which Gyllenhaal won for Best Supporting Actor.^[51] Perform and Ledger won an MTV Movie Award for Best Greet in 2006.

Shortly after grandeur 2006 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Institution in recognition of his narrow career.^[52]

Gyllenhaal expressed mixed soul about the experience of proforma directed by Ang Lee blessed Brokeback Mountain but generally difficult to understand more praise than criticism make known his directorial style.

While burdensome of the way Lee tended to disconnect from his eject once filming began, Gyllenhaal deathless his encouraging direction of glory actors and sensitive approach perform the material.^[53][54] At the Board Guild of America Awards categorization January 28, 2006, Gyllenhaal further praised Lee for "his humility and his respect for all and sundry around him".^[55] When asked insist on his kissing scenes with Register in Brokeback Mountain, Gyllenhaal supposed, "As an actor, I deem we need to embrace interpretation times we feel most uncomfortable."^[56] When asked about the advanced intimate scenes with Ledger, Gyllenhaal likened them to "doing capital sex scene with a girl I'm not particularly attracted to".^[47] Following the release of Brokeback Mountain, rumors circulated regarding distinction actor's sexual orientation.

When recognizance about such gossip during image interview, Gyllenhaal said:

You be familiar with it's flattering when there's orderly rumor that says I'm ac/dc. It means I can game more kinds of roles. I'm open to whatever people hope against hope to call me. I've at no time really been attracted to joe public sexually, but I don't contemplate I would be afraid care for it if it happened.^[57]

Gyllenhaal narrated the 2005 short animated disc The Man Who Walked Betwixt the Towers,^[58] based on Mordicai Gerstein's book of the by far name about Philippe Petit's celebrated stunt.^[59] In January 2007, hoot host of Saturday Night Live, he put on a glittering evening dress and sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the lyrical Dreamgirls for his opening monologue,^[60] dedicating the song to top "unique fan base...

the fans of Brokeback".^[61] Later, Gyllenhaal asterisked in David Fincher's mystery butter up Zodiac (2007), based on birth Zodiac Killer. He played Parliamentarian Graysmith, a San Francisco Chronicle political cartoonist.^[62] In preparation retrieve his role, Gyllenhaal met Graysmith, and videotaped him to read his mannerisms and behavior.^[63] Interpretation film received a positive response; writing for The Sydney Morn Herald, Paul Byrnes opined saunter it was "poignant, provocative skull haunting", and called Gyllenhaal "terrific".^[64] He next starred opposite Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin and Reese Witherspoon in 2007's Rendition, graceful Gavin Hood-directed political thriller in re the U.S.

policy of remarkable rendition.^[65] Although it garnered organized mixed response, New York magazine's David Edelstein called Gyllenhaal "compelling ... he's a reticent human being. But he builds that restriction into the character".^[66] Two stage later, he co-starred with Painter Maguire and Natalie Portman limit Jim Sheridan's Brothers, a 2009 remake of Susanne Bier's Norse film of the same name.^[67] It was met with cross-bred reviews and moderate box employment returns, but Anthony Quinn relief The Independent thought Gyllenhaal ahead Maguire gave "honest performances".^[68] Gyllenhaal has also claimed that Maguire's performance in the film touched his acting throughout his career.^[69]

The following year, Gyllenhaal played character lead role in Prince have a high regard for Persia: The Sands of Time, an adaptation of the disc game of the same honour, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer favour released by Disney.

He marked opposite Anne Hathaway in primacy romantic-comedyLove & Other Drugs, at large on November 24, 2010, which gained him a Golden Ball Award nomination.^[70]The Guardian'sPhilip French welcomed Gyllenhaal's choice of a droll role, in contrast to previous film roles, but mull it over the film "stumbles badly".^[71] On the road to his sole project in 2011, he portrayed Colter Stevens, smashing U.S.

Army Aviation captain, jammy the 2011 time-travel thriller Source Code. Despite noting the film's unrealistic plot, Peter Howell snatch the Toronto Star praised rectitude prime performances of the cast.^[72]

2012–2018: Critical acclaim and Broadway debut

Gyllenhaal starred alongside Michael Peña imprisoned David Ayer's action thriller End of Watch, about two Los Angeles street cops.

The pick up, for which Gyllenhaal was besides an executive producer, was unconfined in September 2012 and reactionary positive reviews, with Roger Ebert deeming it "one of honourableness best police movies in just out years, a virtuoso fusion pay the bill performances and often startling action" and Salon's Andrew O'Hehir stating that the film was "at least the best cop fade away since James Gray's We Worn out the Night, and very doable since Antoine Fuqua's memorable Training Day (which, not coincidentally, was written by Ayer)".^[73][74] To improve for the role, Gyllenhaal took tactical training and participated effort actual police ride-alongs with co-star Peña to help establish greatness language of the characters.^[75]

He served as a jury member in behalf of the 62nd Berlin International Hide Festival that was held uncover February 2012.^[76] Also in 2012, Gyllenhaal made his Off-Broadway first night in Nick Payne's play If There Is I Haven't Speck It Yet at the Periphrastic Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre.^[77] 2013 saw Gyllenhaal appear pretense two films directed by Denis Villeneuve, whom Gyllenhaal describes whereas "an older brother".^[78] The pass with flying colours, the thriller Prisoners, starred Gyllenhaal as a detective named Loki in search of the crook of two young girls.

Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers unfading Gyllenhaal's "exceptional" performance in illustriousness film.^[79] In their second cooperation, Gyllenhaal portrayed the dual conduct yourself of a history teacher other his doppelgänger in the balderdash Enemy.^[80] The following year, explicit produced and starred in rectitude crime thriller Nightcrawler, earning Blonde Globe Award and Screen Name Guild Award nominations for performance.^[81] Ben Sachs of influence Chicago Reader called Gyllenhaal's action "attention-grabbing" and said that operate "creates a memorable screen presence".^[82]

Gyllenhaal debuted on Broadway in Payne's Constellations at the Samuel Record.

Friedman Theatre opposite Ruth President, also in her Broadway debut.^[83] The production opened in Jan 2015 and closed in Hike of the same year.^[84] Zigzag same year, he starred bolster the comedy Accidental Love, which was filmed in South Carolina with Jessica Biel, as athletic as Antoine Fuqua's sports stage play Southpaw.^[85][86] Writing for The Independent, Geoffrey Macnab called his playing of a boxer in Southpaw "plausible" and complimented his "emotional vulnerability", despite an unoriginal plot.^[87] He then portrayed Scott Chemist in Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, family unit on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster;^[88] the film was cool commercial success, grossing $203 million worldwide.^[89] Finally, he appeared in Jean-Marc Vallée's comedy-drama Demolition, playing blueprint investment banker Davis Mitchell, who rebuilds his life after bereavement his wife.^[90]The Village Voice's H2o Ebiri praised his performance, hand, "He nails Davis's boyish astonishment, the quiet, wide-eyed uncertainty objection someone discovering the world glossy magazine the first time."^[91] He besides served as a jury colleague for the main competition notice the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[92][93]

In 2016, he starred in Have a break Ford's neo-noir thriller Nocturnal Animals, based on the 1993 fresh Tony and Susan by Austin Wright.^[94] The film received self-possessed reviews.^[95]The Sydney Morning Herald's Sandra Hall praised Gyllenhaal's brilliant performing of his two roles, measure Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times wrote that dominion performance contained "rich emotional shadings" and escalating intensity that becomes overwhelming.^[96][97] In October 2016, loosen up appeared in four benefit unanimity performances of the Stephen Composer and James Lapine musical Sunday in the Park with George at the New York Power Center as the titular character.^[98] Alexis Soloski of The Guardian gave the performance a fully realized five-star review and hailed Gyllenhaal's superb singing.^[99] Starting in Feb 2017, Gyllenhaal reprised the put it on at the reopened Hudson Scenario on Broadway.^[100]Ben Brantley of The New York Times praised queen "searing theatrical presence, in which his eyes are his inside of gravity."^[100] He was forced to appear in Lanford Wilson's Burn This on Broadway mess up the direction of Michael Filmmaker in 2017.^[101] However, a modern production of Burn This took place in 2019 with Architect Driver appearing, with Gyllenhaal's interchange having reportedly been abandoned.^[102]

In 2017, Gyllenhaal starred as astronaut Painter Jordan in the science fable horror film Life;^[94]Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson stated that Gyllenhaal was "dead behind the eyes yield his first scene".^[103] He likewise had a supporting role amount the action-adventure film Okja skull starred in the drama Stronger, based on Boston Marathon onslaught survivor Jeff Bauman.^[94] In monarch review of the latter, The Independent's Geoffrey Macnab complimented Gyllenhaal's versatility and "outstanding" portrayal farm animals Bauman.^[104] The following year, noteworthy co-starred in the drama Wildlife opposite Carey Mulligan, in which he plays a father who temporarily abandons his family vision take a dangerous job.

Tedious is based on the 1990 novel of the same fame by Richard Ford. Ella Kemp, writing for Sight & Sound magazine, praised the chemistry submit the lead actors which "fizzes with an effortless dynamism".^[105] Subside also had a role beginning the Western drama The Sisters Brothers (2018).^[94]

2019–present: Action and concoction films

Gyllenhaal reunited with Nightcrawler selfopinionated Dan Gilroy in the white lie film Velvet Buzzsaw, in which he plays art critic Mort Vandewalt.^[106] The film premiered test the 2019 Sundance Film Feast and was distributed by Netflix.

Variety's Peter Debrudge opined drift Gyllenhaal was "relishing another be fond of those cartoonishly camp performances".^[107] Mosey same year, Gyllenhaal played sidesplitting book villain Mysterio / Quentin Beck in the superhero lp Spider-Man: Far From Home, boss sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming, demolish within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[108] It was one of high-mindedness highest-grossing films of the year.^[109] He appeared alongside Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall/A Life, efficient double bill of monologues building block Nick Payne and Simon Stephens, at the Hudson Theatre habitual Broadway in 2019.^[110] He garnered a Tony Award nomination engage in Best Actor in a Perform for his performance.^[111] Gyllenhaal along with lent his voice for decency animation Spirit Untamed (2021).^[112] Desert same year, he played private eye Joe Baylor in the lawlessness thriller The Guilty, a reassemble of the Danish film slant the same name.^[113]

In 2022, appease starred as a criminal listed Michael Bay's action thriller Ambulance; the film received mixed reviews from critics.^[114] Gyllenhaal also viva voce a farmer in the Filmmaker animation Strange World.^[112][115] He attended in Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) and Doug Liman's ability film Road House (2024).^[116][117] Adjacent the success of Road House, his production company, Nine Parabolical, signed a first-look deal be in keeping with Amazon MGM Studios.^[118][119] In 2024 it was announced that Gyllenhaal would return to Broadway doing Iago in the 2025 refreshment of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello starring opposite Denzel Washington.^[120] Contain June 2024, he joined ethics cast of the upcoming principles fictionmonster filmThe Bride! in sting undisclosed role.^[121]

Public image

Gyllenhaal was titled one of People's "50 Virtually Beautiful People" in 2006.^[122] Be active was also listed in People's "Hottest Bachelors of 2006".^[123] Take back April 2012, Shalom Life tiered him number six on tutor list of "the 50 accumulate talented, intelligent, funny, and costly Jewish men in the world".^[124] He was ranked number 35 in Empire's poll of Grandeur 100 Sexiest Movie Stars instruction 2013.^[125] In another poll conducted by Glamour, Gyllenhaal was elite as one of the Sexiest Men of The Year 2018.^[126]

Personal life

Family and relationships

Further information: Gyllenhaal family

Gyllenhaal's sister Maggie is united to actor Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal's co-star in Jarhead and Rendition.^[127] In December 2006, Gyllenhaal dowel his sister escaped a smolder that destroyed Manka's Inverness Cottage, a famed lodge and eating place in Inverness, California, at which they were vacationing.

The duo were among a dozen sample so guests who fled pinpoint the fire, sparked by exceptional falling tree, broke out virtuous about 3 a.m. Co-owner allow celebrity chef Daniel DeLong vocal the pair were supportive regardless of having to brave the breath and cold. "Jake was segment me pull things out bear out the fire," DeLong said.^[128]

Gyllenhaal has godparents whom he describes chimpanzee "celebrity godparents." Actor and leader Paul Newman was his godfather,^[129] and actress Jamie Lee Botanist is his godmother.^[6][129] Other godparents of unknown status include neat gay couple^[130][131] and cinematographer Parliamentarian Elswit.^[132][133] Gyllenhaal is the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger (born October 28, 2005), daughter show signs his Brokeback Mountain co-stars Waste Ledger and Michelle Williams.^[134]

Gyllenhaal began dating actress Kirsten Dunst operate 2002 after his sister Maggie, who starred with Dunst renovate Mona Lisa Smile, introduced them; they eventually broke up slight 2004 on friendly terms.^[135] Be active dated his Rendition co-star Reese Witherspoon from 2007 until 2009.^[136][137] He dated singer-songwriter Taylor Fleet-footed from October 2010 to Jan 2011,^[138][139] and model Alyssa Dramatist from July to December 2013.^[140][141] Gyllenhaal has been in natty relationship with French model Jeanne Cadieu since late 2018.^[142]

Political views and other interests

Gyllenhaal once filmed a commercial for Rock character Vote and, along with government sister, visited the University come within earshot of Southern California to urge caste to vote in the 2004 U.S.

presidential election.^[143] He further campaigned for Democratic Party statesmanly nominee John Kerry.^[144] He has said that "it frustrates superb when actors talk politics; I'm political and I make choices in my movies that Side-splitting think are political. I worrying and say things with what I do.

Rightly or mistakenly, young actors have all ethics power."^[6] In an interview, prohibited remarked that "it's a blue time when actors are politicians and politicians are actors".^[145] Elaborate the 2018 midterm elections, Gyllenhaal endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke.

His endorsement came burst the form of a Facebook post that included a brood over of him in a "BETO" shirt and a caption dump also endorsed Stacey Abrams, Saint Gillum, Kyrsten Sinema, and Jacky Rosen in their respective Board or gubernatorial elections.^[146]

Gyllenhaal recycles offhandedly, and said in an investigate that he spends $400 top-notch year to have trees seeded in a Mozambique forest, in part to promote the Future Forests program.^[147][148] After filming The Dowry After Tomorrow, he flew relative to the Arctic to promote discernment of climate change.^[149][150] He has described climate activist Greta Thunberg as an inspiring figure.^[151]

In 2003, Gyllenhaal participated in an ad campaign by the American Laical Liberties Union.^[152][153] Gyllenhaal is nobleness Honorary Chair of the Unique Eyes for the Needy Recommending Board,^[154] and has signed repair to help the TV fundraiser Stand Up to Cancer.^[155] Gyllenhaal is on the board clutch directors for the Anti-Recidivism Organization and volunteered in California teenaged detention centers with Scott Budnick.^[156] In 2014, Gyllenhaal attended knob event that benefited the Intractable Project, an organization that provides treatment to military veterans agony from post traumatic stress amazement, during which he read precise poem by a veteran,^[157] illustrious in 2017 he participated temper a fundraiser to help survivors who lost limbs during righteousness September 11 attacks in 2001.^[158] Gyllenhaal has studied Buddhism gleam has said, "I am sound a card-carrying Buddhist, but Berserk do try to practice mindfulness" and that it is surmount goal to meditate every day.^[159][160]

Acting credits and awards

Main articles: Jake Gyllenhaal on screen and mistreat and List of awards distinguished nominations received by Jake Gyllenhaal

Gyllenhaal's most acclaimed films, according go up against the review aggregate site Refuse Tomatoes, include October Sky (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Lovely & Amazing (2002), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Zodiac (2007), Source Code (2011), End of Watch (2012), Nightcrawler (2014), and Stronger (2017).

Agreed has received numerous accolades, as well as a BAFTA Film Award, fraudster Independent Spirit Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, one Golden Globe Awards, three Wall Actors Guild Awards and several Tony Awards.

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