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Untitled Moon Project (2009)
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Brothers (2008)
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Information > Trivia
Dropped out of Columbia University after two years (2002).
Son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. Younger brother of Maggie Gyllenhaal. His godmother is Jamie Lee Curtis and godfather is Paul Newman.
He received his first driving lesson from Newman.
Graduated Harvard-Westlake (private) high school. [1998]
Is of Swedish (noble) and Russian-Jewish descent.
Played brother to real life sister Maggie Gyllenhaal in their movie Donnie Darko (2001).
Received his first driving lesson from Paul Newman.
His fans refer to themselves as "Gyllenhaalics".
His last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall.
Sister Maggie Gyllenhaal introduced him to Kirsten Dunst. Both Kirsten and Maggie appeared in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Jake and Kirsten dated, but broke up
in July 2004.
He was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theate Award for Outstanding Newcomer for
his performance in This is Our Youth at the Garrick Theatre in London,
England.
Was set to play
Spiderman in Spider-Man 2 (2004) due to complications with Tobey Maguire.
While he was preparing for the role, Maguire was back as Spiderman.
Attended high
school with "Freaks and Geeks" (1999) star Jason Segel.
Was named one
of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors [2004].
Is close
friends with Natalie Portman and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Went to
elementary school with band members of Maroon 5.
On Phantom
Planet's album "The Guest", lead singer Alex Greenwald lists him in his
thank yous. Alex appeared with Jake in Donnie Darko (2001).
His favorite
book is To Kill a Mockingbird, and he has two dogs, Atticus and Boo named
after the novel's main characters.
Auditioned for
and was one of the top contenders for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in
Batman Begins (2005).
Shares his
birthday with Marla Sokoloff, Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Beals and Édith Piaf.
Before success
as an actor, he worked as a lifeguard. He never had any life-saving
incidents, but did perform one lesser rescue. A swimmer had been stung on
the leg by a jellyfish, and Gyllenhaal helped relieve the pain of the
stings by urinating on the swimmer's leg.
Godmother is
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Although they
broke up in July 2004, he and Kirsten Dunst still have an on and off
relationship.
Gained five
pounds of muscle for his role in Jarhead (2005).
When asked who
his idols are he said Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman, Sean Penn, Bruce
Springsteen and Bono.
Spent two years
at Columbia University, where one of his professors was Robert Thurman,
Uma Thurman's father.
Godfather of
Matilda Rose Ledger, born October 28, 2005 (daughter of actor Heath Ledger
and actress Michelle Williams).
Was among the
guests at Jessica Simpson's 25th birthday party.
He gave Kirsten
Dunst a gray and white kitten for her birthday. She named the cat Sophie.
Ranked #48 on
Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. It is his first appearance on the list.
His first four
big roles were in movies with alliterated titles: Bubble Boy (2001),
Donnie Darko (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), The Good Girl (2002).
Invited to join
AMPAS in 2006.
Studied acting
with Ivana Chubbuck.
Along with
sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, he attended Camp Walt Whitman, an outdoors
summer camp in Western New Hampshire.
Uncle of Ramona
Sarsgaard, born October 3, 2006. She is the daughter of his older sister
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.
His uncle,
Anders Gyllenhaal, is editor-in-chief of the Star Tribune newspaper in
Minneapolis.
Godfather is
Paul Newman.
Is good friends
with Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey.
Like all
Gyllenhaals on the male line, he is a Swedish nobleman by birth right and
is listed in the Swedish Almanac of Nobility ("Sveriges Ridderskaps och
Adels Kalender" in Swedish).
Campaigned for
the Democrats in the 2004 US election.
As of 2007, has
starred in three movies where he played not only a real person, but the
person who wrote the book upon which the film was based: Homer Hickham (October
Sky), Anthony Swofford (Jarhead) and Robert Graysmith (Zodiac).
Voted #10 in
Elle (France) Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll (June 2007).
Had his Bar
Mitzvah party at a homeless shelter, something his parents encouraged to
help him recognize how privileged his own childhood had been (a Bar
Mitzvah is the coming-of-age service that Jewish boys celebrate at age
13).
He appeared in
a 1994 episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) that was directed
by his father, Steven.
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Rendition (2007)