Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Actor (b. 1980)
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The ThumbScore for Jake Gyllenhaal (71.9%) is the average audience approval rating across 36 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Jake's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

36
Movies
71.9%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Paul Dano (4)Peter Sarsgaard (4)John Carroll Lynch (3)Chris Cooper (3)Maggie Gyllenhaal (2)

Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.

His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1980-12-19 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

On ThumbScore, Jake Gyllenhaal appears in 36 films with an average audience score of 71.9%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001
๐Ÿ‘ 91%
Zodiac
Zodiac
2007
๐Ÿ‘ 86%
Okja
Okja
2017
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
End of Watch
End of Watch
2012
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
Bubble Boy
Bubble Boy
2001
๐Ÿ‘ 84%
Source Code
Source Code
2011
๐Ÿ‘ 83%
The Good Girl
The Good Girl
2002
๐Ÿ‘ 83%
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
๐Ÿ‘ 82%
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005
๐Ÿ‘ 82%
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler
2014
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
Road House
Road House
2024
๐Ÿ‘ 81%
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
๐Ÿ‘ 80%
October Sky
October Sky
1999
๐Ÿ‘ 80%
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 78%
Prisoners
Prisoners
2013
๐Ÿ‘ 76%
Life
Life
2017
๐Ÿ‘ 76%
Southpaw
Southpaw
2015
๐Ÿ‘ 75%
The Sisters Brothers
The Sisters Brothers
2018
๐Ÿ‘ 75%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
Everest
Everest
2015
๐Ÿ‘ 74%
Jarhead
Jarhead
2005
๐Ÿ‘ 73%
Brothers
Brothers
2009
๐Ÿ‘ 72%
Enemy
Enemy
2014
๐Ÿ‘ 68%
Rendition
Rendition
2007
๐Ÿ‘ 65%
Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs
2010
๐Ÿ‘ 64%
The Bride!
The Bride!
2026
๐Ÿ‘ 63%
The Guilty
The Guilty
2021
๐Ÿ‘ 60%
Ambulance
Ambulance
2022
๐Ÿ‘ 55%
Stronger
Stronger
2017
๐Ÿ‘ 55%
Spirit Untamed
Spirit Untamed
2021
๐Ÿ‘ 55%
Demolition
Demolition
2016
๐Ÿ‘ 53%
Proof
Proof
2005
๐Ÿ‘ 51%
Strange World
Strange World
2022
๐Ÿ‘ 49%
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
๐Ÿ‘ 47%
Wildlife
Wildlife
2018
๐Ÿ‘ 44%
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