Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal fascinates me because he keeps refusing the easy version of his own career. Born into Hollywood royalty, blessed with leading-man looks and a Columbia education, he could have coasted on charm for decades. Instead he picks roles that scrape against his image, playing obsessive, wounded, sometimes repellent characters. The BAFTA he won for Brokeback Mountain feels less like a peak than a starting gun; everything since has been an actor deliberately making himself uncomfortable. I admire performers who treat their bodies and reputations as raw material. Gyllenhaal does exactly that, and it is why I will watch anything with his name attached.

Name (English)

Jake Gyllenhaal

Name (Japanese)

ジェイク・ジレンホール

Reading

じぇいく・じれんほーる

Born

December 19, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Height

182 cm

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / television actor / voice actor / executive producer

University

Columbia University

Awards & achievements

• 2005 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.jakegyllenhaal.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jakegyllenhaal/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• California
• film actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.