# Jake Gyllenhaal on screen and stage

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor who has appeared in over 35 motion pictures (including some yet to be released), three television programs, one commercial, and four music videos. He made his film debut in 1991 with a minor role in the comedy-drama City Slickers. In 1993, he appeared in A Dangerous Woman, a motion picture adaptation directed by Gyllenhaal's father Stephen Gyllenhaal and co-written by his mother Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal that was based on the novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris. In the following year, he portrayed Robin Williams' son in an episode of the police procedural television series Homicide: Life on the Street; the episode was directed by his father. In 1999, Gyllenhaal starred in the Joe Johnston-directed drama October Sky; the film was received warmly by critics, and Gyllenhaal's portrayal of the NASA engineer Homer Hickam was praised.
In 2001, he appeared in the comedy film Bubble Boy, which was a critical failure and a box-office bomb but has since gone on to attain status as a "cult comedy". Later that same year, he starred in the Richard Kelly-directed drama Donnie Darko alongside his sister Maggie, and Drew Barrymore. His portrayal of the Donnie Darko character, a "sullen" and "schizophrenic" teenager, made him a cult hero. Although the film was critically acclaimed, it failed commercially. Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, which, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, was a commercial success at the box office. In 2005, he co-starred as Jack Twist opposite Heath Ledger in the romance drama Brokeback Mountain. The actors portrayed two men that fall in love during a sheepherding expedition. The roles earned both Gyllenhaal and Ledger critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. That same year, he starred in the drama films Jarhead and Proof.
Gyllenhaal played the true crime author Robert Graysmith in the 2007 mystery film Zodiac. Directed by David Fincher, the film explores the story about the serial killer Zodiac who stalked the Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2010, he portrayed Prince Dastan in the fantasy adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time; the film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office success. That same year, Gyllenhaal starred alongside Anne Hathaway in the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs. He portrayed Colter Stevens, a U.S. Army Aviation captain, in the 2011 sci-fi time-travel thriller Source Code. In 2013, Gyllenhaal starred in the drama Prisoners together with Hugh Jackman; the film received both critical and commercial success. The following year, he starred in dual roles in Enemy. He then produced and starred in Nightcrawler (2014) and was nominated for the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award, with his miss in the Best Actor Oscar category considered by many to be a snub. In 2019, Gyllenhaal played Marvel Comics character Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home, set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

## Film

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| Year | Title | Actor | Producer | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1991 | City Slickers | Yes | No | Daniel Robbins | | |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Yes | No | Edward | | |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Yes | No | Leon Coleman | | |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Yes | No | Jake / Blue Kahan | | |
| 1999 | October Sky | Yes | No | Homer Hickam | | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Yes | No | Donnie Darko | | |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Yes | No | Jimmy Livingston | | |
| 2001 | Lovely and Amazing | Yes | No | Jordan | | |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Yes | No | Thomas "Holden" Worther | | |
| 2002 | Highway | Yes | No | Pilot Kelson | | |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile | Yes | No | Joe Nast | | |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Yes | No | Sam Hall | | |
| 2004 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2005 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Yes | No | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Yes | No | Jack Twist | | |
| 2005 | Proof | Yes | No | Harold "Hal" Dobbs | | |
| 2005 | Jarhead | Yes | No | Anthony "Swoff" Swofford | | |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Yes | No | Robert Graysmith | | |
| 2007 | Rendition | Yes | No | Douglas Freeman | | |
| 2009 | Brothers | Yes | No | Tommy Cahill | | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Yes | No | Dastan | | |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs | Yes | No | Jamie Randall | | |
| 2011 | Source Code | Yes | No | Colter Stevens | | |
| 2012 | End of Watch | Yes | Executive | Brian Taylor | | |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Yes | No | Detective Loki | | |
| 2013 | Enemy | Yes | No | Adam Bell / Anthony Clair | | |
| 2014 | Nightcrawler | Yes | Yes | Louis "Lou" Bloom | | |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | Yes | No | Howard Birdwell | | |
| 2015 | Southpaw | Yes | No | Billy Hope | | |
| 2015 | Everest | Yes | No | Scott Fischer | | |
| 2015 | Demolition | Yes | No | Davis Mitchell | | |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Yes | No | Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings | | |
| 2017 | Life | Yes | No | Dr. David Jordan | | |
| 2017 | Okja | Yes | No | Dr. Johnny Wilcox | | |
| 2017 | Stronger | Yes | Yes | Jeff Bauman | | |
| 2018 | Wildlife | Yes | Yes | Jerry Brinson | | |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers | Yes | No | John Morris | | |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw | Yes | No | Morf Vandewalt | | |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Yes | No | Quentin Beck / Mysterio | | |
| 2021 | Spirit Untamed | Yes | No | James "Jim" Prescott | Voice | |
| 2021 | The Guilty | Yes | Yes | Joe Baylor | | |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Yes | No | Quentin Beck / Mysterio | Archival footage from Spider-Man: Far From Home | |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Yes | No | Danny Sharp | | |
| 2022 | Strange World | Yes | No | Searcher Clade | Voice | |
| 2023 | Guy Ritchie's The Covenant | Yes | No | Sergeant John Kinley | | |
| 2024 | Road House | Yes | No | Elwood Dalton | | |
| 2025 | In the Grey † | Yes | No | | Post-production | |
| 2025 | The Bride! † | Yes | No | | Filming | |
Key :
| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |

### As producer only

| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. |
| Year | Title | 2017 | Notes | Ref. | Hondros | Executive | Documentary |
| 2020 | Relic | Yes | | |
| 2020 | The Devil All the Time | Yes | | |
| 2020 | Joe Bell | Executive | | |
| 2021 | Breaking News in Yuba County | Yes | | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Matthew "Matt" Ellison | Episode: "Bop Gun" |
| 2007–2024 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "The Rainbow Show" |
| 2011 | Man vs. Wild | Himself | Episode: "Man vs. Wild with Jake Gyllenhaal" |
| 2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Himself | Episode: "Fame" |
| 2019 | John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch | Mr. Music | Children's special |
| 2020 | Saturday Night Live | Guy Who Travels in Pyjamas | Episode: "John Mulaney/David Byrne" |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent | Rusty Sabich | 8 episodes; also executive producer |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
| 2002 | This Is Our Youth | Warren Straub | Garrick Theatre | West End |
| 2012 | If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet | Terry | Laura Pels Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2014–2015 | Constellations | Roland | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | Broadway |
| 2015 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | Sunday in the Park with George | Georges Seurat / George | New York City Center | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Sunday in the Park with George | Georges Seurat / George | Hudson Theatre | Broadway |
| 2019 | Sea Wall/A Life | Abe | The Public Theater | Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Sea Wall/A Life | Abe | Hudson Theatre | Broadway |
| 2023 | Gutenberg! The Musical! | The Producer (one night only) | James Earl Jones Theatre | Broadway |
| 2025 | Othello † | Iago | Ethel Barrymore Theatre | Broadway |

## Music videos

| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Role |
| 2009 | "Blame It" | Jamie Foxx (feat. T-Pain) | Clubber |
| 2010 | "Giving Up the Gun" | Vampire Weekend | Tennis player |
| 2012 | "Time to Dance" | The Shoes | Jason Voorhees |
| 2014 | "Part II (On the Run)" | Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé) | Himself |