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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal TV Listings

Channel	Date & Time	Title	Buy
MOMAXe	Mon, Jul 6, 9:45 AM	Brokeback Mountain	Buy
MOMAXe	Tue, Jul 7, 12:00 PM	Rendition	Buy
FX	Thu, Jul 9, 8:00 PM	Jarhead	Buy
FX	Fri, Jul 10, 10:00 AM	Jarhead	Buy
AMC	Sat, Jul 11, 12:30 PM	October Sky	Buy
MOMAXe	Sat, Jul 11, 12:50 PM	Brokeback Mountain	Buy
AMC	Sun, Jul 12, 9:00 AM	October Sky	Buy

Jake Gyllenhaal Biography

Birth Name: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/19/1980, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor

Although his parents made their living in showbiz, his director father and screenwriter mother were cautious when a young Gyllenhaal expressed an interest in acting, forbidding him to take a role in 1992's The Mighty Ducks because it required a long location shoot. Still, the budding thespian played a handful of small roles, sometimes in his parents' projects, before making his leading-man debut in the 1999 family drama October Sky. 2001 was his breakthrough year, with standout turns in a pair of indie films: a haunted adolescent in the cult classic Donnie Darko and a gawky teen in love with an older woman in Lovely & Amazing, a performance he more or less repeated the next year opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl. With his brooding intensity and penchant for offbeat characterizations, he quickly established himself as a first-rate actor. Even his starring role in the bloated 2004 action blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow and high-profile romance with starlet Kirsten Dunst couldn't tarnish his serious image. In 2005 he continued his streak of thoughtful performances and earned his first Oscar nomination as a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
Jake Gyllenhaal Fast Facts:

Early on, he appeared in two movies directed by his father, Stephen Gyllenhaal: A Dangerous Woman (1993), which was also scripted by his mother, Naomi Foner, and Homegrown (1998).
Family friend Paul Newman gave him his first driving lesson at age 15.
His real-life sister Maggie Gyllenhaal played his on-screen sister in Donnie Darko (2001).
Appeared on the London stage in 2002 opposite Anna Paquin and Hayden Christensen in This Is Our Youth.
Supports Rock the Vote and the American Civil Liberties Union, among other causes.

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