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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Acting Bio

Jake Gyllenhaal is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner. The family has film in their blood and even Jake Gyllenhaal’s sister Maggie Gyllenhaal is an actress. Born in 1980, Jake Gyllenhaal’s interesting looks can be attributed to his father’s partial Swedish heritage and his mother’s Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.

An early starter, Jake Gyllenhaal first appeared in a film at age eleven. He played Billy Crystal’s son in City Slickers (1991). He started being noticed for his rendition of roles in films such as October Sky (1999). But it was with Donnie Darko (2001) that Jake Gyllenhaal really proved his acting mettle in his portrayal of the title character. He even got an Independent Spirit Award for best actor for his performance as a troubled psychotic, amongst much other critical acclaim. Today, the film has achieved cult status. Another role that got him good reviews was his work opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl (2002). Other films that Jake Gyllenhaal has starred in include the Walt Disney romantic comedy, Bubble Boy (2001) and in science fiction blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow (2004) alongside Dennis Quaid.

Wanting to make his presence felt on the stage, Jake Gyllenhaal played a role on the London stage in Kenneth Lonergan’s revival of “This Is Our Youth”. In Jarhead (2005), Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance took everyone by surprise as it was so unlike anything he’d played before. In the film, Jake Gyllenhaal takes on the role of a hostile, overtly masculine and violent Marine during Gulf War I. The film Brokeback Mountain (2005) is Jake Gyllenhaal’s most major role to date. In the film Jake Gyllenhaal co-stars with Heath Ledger as sheep herders who fall in love in the 1960s and continue a relationship over the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Brokeback Mountain garnered enormous critical and box-office success winning four Golden Globes, four BAFTA Awards and as well as several Academy Award nominations.

Keep an eye on Jake Gyllenhaal whose career is booming.

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All About Jake Gyllenhaal’s Proof

Proof is an American drama film that was released in 2005. The film has been directed by John Madden and features a cast comprising Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis. The screenplay was written by Rebecca Miller and is an adaptation of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title.

In ‘Proof’, Catherine played by Gwyneth Paltrow has been taking care her father who is a brilliant mathematician going by the name of Robety, played by Anthony Hopkins. Robert had lost his mind some years previously. When he passes away, a former student, Harold, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, checks his notebooks, hoping to make a discovery. Catherine is on edge and suspects that Harold has an ulterior motive and wants to take all the credit. In the meantime, Catherine’s sister, Claire played by Hope Davis, shows up from New York and begins to cast draw negative attention on Catherine’s mental state. Catherine turns to Harold in these troubled times and ends up getting into a relationship with him. As a mark of trust, Catherine shares the key to her father’s desk. When Harold goes through it he discovers a notebook in which a proof of an important theorem is written. Catherine says the work is hers but as the handwriting is the same as her fathers, people doubt the truth of this statement. Everyone involved starts to think that Catherine is crazy.

Themes in the movie include the subject of death and dying. Though the physical death of Robert is not shown in the film, he dies in many other ways such as career wise, sanity wise and sex wise as well. Proof also deals extensively with relationships.

In Proof, Gwyneth Paltrow plays Catherine, the protagonist while Anthony Hopkins plays Robert, Catherine’s father. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Harold “Hal” Dobbs, a former student of Robert’s and Catherine’s lover while Hope Davis plays Claire, Catherine’s sister.

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Personal Life

Jake Gyllenhaal is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. He has a sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is the wife of Peter Sarsgaard whi co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal in films such as Jarhead and Rendition. His uncle, Anders Gyllenhaal, is the executive editor of The Miami Herald while his late uncle is filmmaker Robert Achs.December, 2006, saw the siblings making a lucky escape from a fire that destroyed the hotel they were staying at – namely Manka’s, a famed lodge and restaurant in Inverness, California.

Jake Gyllenhaal has a niece, Ramona Sarsgaard, daughter of Maggie and Peter who was born on October 3, 2006. Acting and film runs through the blood of this family and Jamie Lee Curtis is Gyllenhaal’s godmother. Jake Gyllenhaal too is godfather to Matilda Rose Ledger who is the daughter of Heath Ledger, his Brokeback Mountain co-stars.

Like all Hollywood leading men, Jake Gyllenhaal has dated some of his prettiest co-stars. This includes seeing Kirsten Dunst for nearly two years starting in 2002. He has also dated Reese Witherspoon, since early 2007. The media speculated about the relationship for some time until it was confirmed by Reese Witherspoon during a November 2008 interview with Vogue. The couple split up a year later but this was denied by the couple’s publicists. Showing a marked penchant for blondes, Jake Gyllenhaal started dating country singer Taylor Swift in late 2010.

Jake Gyllenhaal is politically active and uses his influence to positively influence public opinion. Not only did he act in a Rock the Vote commercial, him and his sister campaigned at the University of Southern California for students to vote during the 2004 U.S. Election. Jake Gyllenhaal supports Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry for whom he campaigned. In an interview, during which he was asked about his political views and involvement, Jake Gyllenhaal said, that “it frustrates me when actors talk politics; I’m political and I make choices in my movies that I think are political. I try and say things with what I do. Rightly or wrongly, young actors have all the power.”

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