Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor, known for his boyish good looks. Jake comes from a famous show business family. His dad, Stephen Gyllenhaal is a director; his mom, Naomi Foner, is a screenwriter; and his older sister,
Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a famous actor as well. His sister is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard, Jake’s co-star in the films Jarhead and Rendition. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is Gyllenhaal’s godmother. Jake is even godfather to Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams’s daughter Matilda Rose Ledger.
He made his acting debut at age 11, as Billy Crystal’s son in the film
City Slickers. He was offered a part in 1992 to appear in the movie The Mighty Ducks, but his parents would not allow him to be away from home for two months. The film went on to be a smash hit.
He got his first lead role in the low budget, surprise hit film “October Sky”. From there he went on to star in such films as Donnie Darko, Bubble Boy,
Moonlight Mile, The Good Girl, Highway,
The Day After Tomorrow, Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, and
Zodiac. In 2006 he received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the movie Brokeback Mountain, where he played a cowboy involved in a homosexual relationship.
Currently, he is known to be dating actress
Reese Witherspoon, who he co-starred with in the film Rendition.
