
Age: 45
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Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Richard Scarborough (Lord)
for Richard Scarborough (Lord) in Antoinette's Trick
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It all began with a honeymoon in the Caribbean. The 19th century is dawning, and two former privateers decide to reform their lives by creating the perfect, influential family in their perfect empire: Antoinette's Trick. Everything was going swimmingly until that day arrived. Where is the firstborn son who needs a wife right now? Well, they don't know, nor do their guests: those young ladies who longed to know the secret of a dandy whose family history was practically unbelievable. Now it's time to unravel this mess, relying only on the best possible precision, exaggerated proportions with a dash of rabble involvement, culture clashes, daring proposals, swashbuckling encounters... What more could one ask for? Or dream of? Satires period dramas of all types.


