Jake Gyllenhaal

Its family

It bathes in the Cinéma since its more tender childhood since his/her father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, is a realizer and his mother, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, is scenario writer (named with the Oscars in 1989). His/her sister, Maggie, are also a recognized actress who plays her sides in Donnie Darko and in Dangerous Woman has. Its godmother is not other than Jamie Lee Curtis.

Jake thus goes down on the paternal side of the Gyllenhall family, pertaining to the Swedish nobility, and on the maternal side, the Achs family, Jew-American of New York. Jake was high in the religion Juive and passed its Bar Mitzvah in a refuge for SDF according to the wish of his/her parents, so that it becomes aware of its privileged lifestyle.

Its career

Jake passed its diploma of end of secondary studies to the college of Harvard-Westlake in 1998 and studied during two years at the University of Columbia, before leaving the studies for better devoting itself to its career of actor.

It made its beginnings with the screen at the 11 years age, where it played the son of Billy Crystal in City Slickers. But it is by obtaining the title role of Donnie Darko , in film from now on become worship, which it was truly revealed. This interpretation - of a Schizophrenic teenager taken hallucinations - was encensée by criticisms, and even a nomination paid to him to Independent Spirit Awards.

Quickly, it was established like one of rising stars of Hollywood, by connecting atypical roles in feature films such as Lovely and Amazing , Bubble Boy , and The Good Girl , where it divided the poster with Jennifer Aniston. Always in 2002, it made its beginnings with the theater, in the London part of Kenneth Lonergan, This is Our Youth , which also filled with enthusiasm criticisms.

In 2004, it was with the poster of the Jour according to ( The Day After Tomorrow ), at the sides of Dennis Quaid, which became an enormous business success. It is, to date, its only appearance in a Hollywood spectacular. The year 2005 proved to be charged for the young actor, where it made three films: irrefutable Proof , with Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow; Jarhead - End of innocence , realized by Sam Mendes, and finally the Secrecy of Brokeback Mountain , realized by Ang Lee. This last knew a critical success and resounding public, doing of Jake one of the most promising actors of its generation. Its performance enabled him to gain BAFTA best supporting role as well as a nomination with the Oscars in this same category. Its next film will be Zodiac , carried out by David Fincher where it will incarnate Robert Graysmith, author of the Zodiac best-seller.

Its private life

Its private life was intensely médiatisée, because of its two years love affair with the actress Kirsten Dunst. It is thanks to his/her Maggie sister that it met the young actress, they started a relation in September 2002 before breaking in July 2004. It was to replace besides Tobey Maguire in the role of Peter Parker for Spider-Man 2, but this one finally reconsidered its decision. Jake formed also part of the last eight candidates selected to interpret Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, but the role has, with final, summer entrusted to Christian Bale.

Jake sympathized recently with the actor Austin Nichols and many actresses. He declares however in an interview with Oprah Winfrey which he is always unmarried. He counts among his close friends the actresses Natalie Portman, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adam Levine, leader of the Maroon 5 (which he knew as of the nursery school) and Peter Saarsgard, the boyfriend of his sister and her partner in Jarhead . He is the godfather of Mathilda, the little girl of his Co-stars of the Secrecy of Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams.

The fans of Jake are called the “Gyllenhaalics”. During an interview given on the American television program The Morning Show , Jake publicly acknowledged various things in connection with its recent film the secrecy of Brokeback Mountain with Heath Ledger. What worried it more, explains it, was the fact why it was to turn a scene naked with its partner, where its genitals would be revealed with the screen. He concludes this remark with a laughter before adding: “It was not as horrible as that had the air of it. It was even a little amusing! ”

Catalog of films

Nautica (2008)
Returning (2007), of Gavin Hood
Zodiac (2007), of David Fincher
Jarhead (2005), of irrefutable Sam Mendes
Proof (2005), of John Madden
the Secrecy of Brokeback Mountain (2005), of Ang Lee
the Day according to (2004), of Roland Emmerich
Highway (2002), of James Cox
Moonlight Mile (2002), of Brad Silberling
The Good Girl (2002), of Miguel Arteta
The Bubble Servant boy (2001), of Blair Beam
Donnie Darko (2001), of Richard Kelly
Lovely & Amazing (2001), of Nicole Holofcener
Sky of October (1999), of Joe Johnston
Homegrown (1998), of Stephen Gyllenhaal
Josh & S.A.M. (1993), of Billy Weber
has Dangerous Woman (1993), of Stephen Gyllenhaal
the Life, the love… the cows (1991), of Ron Underwood

External bonds

JHeartPerfect : French forum on Jake Gyllenhaal

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