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Biography for Jake Gyllenhaal. He was born in Los Angelos, California on December 19, 1980. His fans refer to themselves as "Gyllenhaalics" His last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall. Sister Maggie Gyllenhaal introduced him to Kirsten Dunst. Jake and Kirsten dated, but broke up in July 2004. (Both Kirsten and Maggie appeared in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). 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. After co-starring on the London stage in This Is Our Youth in spring 2002, Gyllenhaal was declared one half of Entertainment Weekly’s "It Gene Pool" (with sister Maggie Gyllenhaal) for his aversion to taking the easy teen flick route. In keeping with his preference for off-center work, Gyllenhaal coincidentally played the younger love object of choice in two consecutive indie comedies, appearing as Catherine Keener’s sensitive boss in Nicole Holofcener’s slyly witty Lovely & Amazing (2002) and Jennifer Aniston’s enticing yet disturbed co-worker in Miguel Arteta’s sardonic The Good Girl (2002). As further proof that he had the acting chops to go with his sad-eyed good looks, Gyllenhaal subsequently co-starred with Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon as a young man enmeshed in his dead fiancée’s family in Moonlight Mile (2002). With his star on the rise and his status as a heartthrob cemented, it became impossible for Gyllenhaal to avoid the draw of a big summer blockbuster. In 2004, he starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the mega-budgeted The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal Filmography Day After Tomorrow/Flight of the Phoenix (2005) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Jarhead (2005) Proof (2005) Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Moonlight Mile (2002) The Good Girl (2002) Lovely & Amazing (2002) Highway (2001) Donnie Darko (2001) The Bubble Boy (2001) October Sky (1999) A Dangerous Woman (1993) Josh and S.A.M. (1993) City Slickers (1991) |