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My Take
I find Stephen Gyllenhaal far more interesting than the obvious headline — father of Jake and Maggie — would suggest. A man who directs films and publishes poetry is working both ends of the expressive spectrum: the collaborative machinery of cinema and the solitary precision of verse. That combination, I suspect, is exactly what shaped a household where two children grew into remarkably thoughtful actors. I admire artists who never chase celebrity yet quietly influence it, and Gyllenhaal strikes me as that archetype. His legacy may end up measured partly through his children, but the sensibility behind it — patient, literate, observant — is entirely his own.
Overview
Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーブン・ジレンホール
- Reading
- すてぃーぶん・じれんほーる
- Born
- October 4, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
- Origin
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / poet / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Trinity College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.