Jake Gyllenhaal
Although his parents made their living in showbiz, his director father and screenwriter mother were cautious when a young Gyllenhaal expressed an interest in acting, forbidding him to take a role in 1...
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12/18/1980
Los Angeles, CA |
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| His real-life sister Maggie Gyllenhaal played his on-screen sister in Donnie Darko (2001). |
| Early on, he appeared in two movies directed by his father, Stephen Gyllenhaal: A Dangerous Woman (1993), which was also scripted by his mother, Naomi Foner, and Homegrown (1998). |
| Family friend Paul Newman gave him his first driving lesson at age 15. |
| Appeared on the London stage in 2002 opposite Anna Paquin and Hayden Christensen in This Is Our Youth. |
