Jake Gyllenhaal Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (; ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He ...

is an American actor and producer who has received various awards and nominations, including a

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for playing

Jack Twist Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story " Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and of the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he is portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Ja ...

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...

's romance ''

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'' (2005). He has received additional nominations for one

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, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three

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. After making his acting debut in ''

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'' (1991), Gyllenhaal's first nominations were for ''

October Sky ''October Sky'' is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern. The screenplay by Lewis Colick, based on the memoir of the same name, tells the true ...

'' (1999), an American biographical film about

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engineer

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. His performance as the title character in the 2001

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film ''

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'' earned him a

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and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Gyllenhaal's role opposite

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in ''Brokeback Mountain'' received critical acclaim. In addition to receiving the

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and the

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, he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the

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, the 11th Critics' Choice Awards, the 10th Satellite Awards, and the

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. In 2010, he starred in the romantic comedy-drama film ''

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'', leading to Best Actor nominations at the

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and the 15th Satellite Awards. Gyllenhaal received numerous accolades for his performance in '' Nightcrawler'' (2014), in which he plays a

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who records violent late-night events and sells the footage to the media. He was awarded Best Actor by several regional film critics associations and was nominated in the Best Actor category at the

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, the

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, the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, and the

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. In 2016, he starred in ''

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'', receiving another nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Gyllenhaal's portrayal of

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survivor

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in '' Stronger'' (2017) earned him the Hollywood Actor Award at the

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, as well as Best Actor nominations at the

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and the

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. Gyllenhaal's theatrical debut was in

Kenneth Lonergan Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and ' ...

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revival of ''

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'' in 2002, for which he won the ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer. For his performance in the

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play ''Sea Wall/A Life'', he was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the

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Awards and nominations

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