Cast & creator
Jake Gyllenhaal
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, ジェイク・ジレンホール
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television credits
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1944–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (151)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Homicide: Life on the Street
Matt Ellison
1993
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Quentin Beck / Mysterio (archive footage)
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
GMTV
Self
1993
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
In the Grey
Bronco
2026
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Quentin Beck / Mysterio
2019
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Road House
Dalton
2024
The Bride!
Ronnie Reed
2026
Presumed Innocent
Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich
2024Presumed Innocent
Executive Producer
2024
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Nightcrawler
Louis Bloom
2014Nightcrawler
Producer
2014
Prisoners
Detective Loki
2013
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Master Sergeant John Kinley
2023
Brokeback Mountain
Jack Twist
2005
The Day After Tomorrow
Sam Hall
2004
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
Life
Dr. David Jordan
2017
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001
Love & Other Drugs
Jamie Randall
2010
Source Code
Colter Stevens
2011
Southpaw
Billy 'The Great' Hope
2015
Ambulance
Danny Sharp
2022
The Early Show
Self
1999
Strange World
Searcher Clade (voice)
2022
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince Dastan
2010
Zodiac
Robert Graysmith
2007
Brothers
Tommy Cahill
2009
Nocturnal Animals
Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
2016
Everest
Scott Fischer
2015
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
Man vs. Wild
Self
2006
The Devil All the Time
Producer
2020
Spirit Untamed
Jim Prescott (voice)
2021
End of Watch
Brian Taylor
2012End of Watch
Executive Producer
2012
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Enemy
Adam / Anthony
2014
The Guilty
Joe Baylor
2021The Guilty
Producer
2021
Demolition
Davis Mitchell
2016
The Sisters Brothers
John Morris
2018
October Sky
Homer Hickam
1999
City Slickers
Danny Robbins
1991
Jarhead
Anthony Swofford
2005
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
The Good Girl
Holden Worther
2002
A Bigger Splash
Thanks
2015
Remain
Tate Gordon
2027
Okja
Johnny Wilcox
2017
Lorne
Self
2026
Velvet Buzzsaw
Morf Vandewalt
2019
Accidental Love
Howard Birdwell
2015
Wildlife
Jerry Brinson
2018Wildlife
Producer
2018
Proof
Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
2005
Rendition
Douglas Freeman
2007
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Executive Producer
2024
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
2022
Breaking News in Yuba County
Producer
2021
Bubble Boy
Jimmy Livingston
2001
Stronger
Jeff Bauman
2017Stronger
Producer
2017
Relic
Producer
2020Nemesis
Reality
Thanks
2023
Moonlight Mile
Joe Nast
2002
Joe Bell
Executive Producer
2020Actors on Actors: Broadway
Self
2025
Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man
Self - Mysterio (archive footage)
2026
Lovely & Amazing
Jordan
2002
A Dangerous Woman
Edward
1993
Show of Titles
"Camelot" Performer
2021
Josh & S.A.M.
Leon Coleman
1993
"Jarhead" Diaries
Self
2006
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jake Gyllenhaal
2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Thanks
2005
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Mr. Music
2019
Highway
Pilot Kelson
2002Lake Success
Barry Cohen
Lake Success
Executive Producer
Homegrown
Jake
1998
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
2012
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Frank O'Connor (archive footage)
2009
Break Point
Thanks
2014
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
Self
2025
The Daily Bugle
Quentin Beck / Mysterio
2019
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
2009
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Donnie Darko / Anthony Swafford (archive footage)
2010
Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction
Raoul Wallenberg (voice)
2025
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Self
2020
Abby Singer
Jake Gyllenhaal (uncredited)
2003
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Jake Gyllenhaal
2020Road House 2
Elwood Dalton
Road House 2
Producer
The Division
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Self
2014
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Self / Joe Nast
2003Kill Switch
Kill Switch
Producer
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Damned
2017The Man Who Made It Snow
Producer
Jarhead: Background
Self
2006
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Narrator (voice)
2005
Annaleigh Ashford: Live from Lincoln Center
Special Guest Star
2019
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999Honeymoon with Harry
The Anarchists vs ISIS
The Anarchists vs ISIS
Producer
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Self (archive footage)
2016Theater of War
Producer
Hondros
Executive Producer
2018Code Black
Producer
Snow Blind
Gilded Rage
Producer
Running with Beto
Thanks
2019The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob
Producer
Airman
Producer
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003Play by Play
Play by Play
Producer
Fun Home
Producer
Collision
Collision
Producer