Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
- Dangerous Woman, A (1994)
- Dir. Steven Gyllenhaal
Feat. Debra Winger, Gabriel Byrne, Barbara Hershey…
- Debra Winger gives her most impressive performance yet as a simple woman whose compulsive honesty wins her few friends. Reminiscent of the plays of…
- October Sky (1999)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Homer H Hickam Jnr, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern…
- Based on the memoirs of former NASA rocket–scientist Homer H. Hickam Jnr, who had the ambition to flourish beyond his roots in West Virginia…
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Dir. Richard Kelly
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore…
- Admired by critics and an ardent fanbase for its originality and eclecticism, this quirky teen fantasy is arguably a slick patchwork of other movie…
- Lovely and Amazing (2001)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- Rewarding indie drama – seasoned with touches of painful comedy – that observes the troubles between three sisters waiting for their…
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon…
- A remarkably quirky weepie, that coats its tale of Jake Gyllenhaal’s grieving and re–adjustment to life in 1973 after his fiance’s…
- Good Girl, The (2002)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly…
- Quirky, downbeat comedy about people stuck with dead end lives in small–town America adds a string to the bow of acting challenges for starlet…
- Day After Tomorrow, The (2004)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dash Mihok…
- Another disaster–spectacle revival from the makers of "Independence Day" that sees scientist Dennis Quaid trying in vain to warn the world of…
- Jarhead (2005)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
- An arresting and grimly ironic vision of the 1991 Gulf War, based on the memoir of ex–marine Anthony Swofford, and depicting the experiences of…
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams…
- A 'cause celebre' of recent cinema, this epic romantic drama is set around the terse and smouldering long–term love affair between two cowboys…
- Proof (2005)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- An elegant adaptation of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, with Gwyneth Paltrow reprising her London stage role as the grieving…