Jacob Benjamin “Jake” Gyllenhaal ( /’d??l?nh?:l/ JIL-?n-hawl; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The same year, he garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Jack Twist in the film Brokeback Mountain opposite Heath Ledger. Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs). His parents insisted that he have summer jobs to support himself, and he thus worked as a lifeguard and as a busboy at a restaurant operated by a family friend. His parents did not allow him to appear in the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks because it would have required him leaving home for two months.
Jake Gyllenhaal heads to Motor City? Jake Gyllenhaal is set to take over from Dominic Cooper as the lead protagonist in revenge drama ‘Motor City’. Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to t… [link]
