This block contains the information about Jake Gyllenhaal and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Jake Gyllenhaal comes from a family that has been in the movie business for some time, with his father a director and his mother a screenwriter. He has played several different roles prior to his lead role in October Sky and his breakout role in Donnie Darko which has become a cult classic. In 2004, he had a role in The Day After tomorrow, which was soon followed by his role in Jarhead and his Oscar-nominated role in Brokeback Mountain. Since then, he has played characters in movies like Zodiac, Brothers, Prince of Persia and Source Code.

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Here you can learn about the movies Jake Gyllenhaal acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Dastan	$200M	2010	$37.8M	$90.8M
The Day After Tomorrow - Sam Hall	$125M	2004	$85.8M	$187M
Jarhead - Anthony Swofford	$70M	2005	$27.7M	$62.6M
Zodiac - Robert Graysmith	$65M	2007	$13.4M	$33M
Love and Other Drugs - Jamie Randall	$30M	2010	$9.74M	$32.3M
Rendition - Douglas Freeman	$27.5M	2007	$4.06M	$9.66M
Brothers - Tommy Cahill	$26M	2009	$9.53M	$28.5M
Moonlight Mile - Joe Nast	$21M	2002	$330K	$6.83M
Proof - Harold Dobbs - Hal	$20M	2005	$194K	$7.52M
Josh and S.A.M. - Leon	$18M	1993		$1.53M
Highway - Pilot Kelson	$14M	2002
Brokeback Mountain - Jack Twist	$14M	2005	$547K	$83M
Bubble Boy - Jimmy Livingston, Soundtrack (performer: "Land of the Lost Ending Theme")	$13M	2001	$2.04M	$5M
The Good Girl - Holden Worther	$5M	2002	$152K	$14M
Donnie Darko - Donnie Darko	$4.5M	2001	$110K	$728K
Lovely & Amazing - Jordan	$250K	2001	$91.9K	$4.19M
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (short) - Narrator (voice)	$60K	2005
A Dangerous Woman - Edward (as Jacob Gyllenhaal)		1993		$1.5M
City Slickers - Danny Robbins		1991		$124M
Homegrown - Jake/Blue Kahan		1998	$77.9K	$216K