• Name: Jake Gyllenhaal
  
• Birth Name: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: December 19, 1980
  
• Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Columbia University in New York, New York
  
•   : Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, California (graduated in 1998)
  
• Relationship: Kirsten Dunst (actress; born on April 30, 1082; dated 2002- 2004)
  
• Father: Stephen Gyllenhaal (director; born on October 4, 1949)
  
• Mother: Naomi Foner (writer)
  
• Sister: Maggie Gyllenhaal (actress; born on November 16, 1977)
  

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• "I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work."
• "In a perfect world, I would love to do one play for every three movies."
• "The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers."
• "Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing." (1999, Raygun)
• On the one role that got away: "I'd have to say Ewan McGregor's part in Moulin Rouge. It was soooo close. I sang and everything. I went through months of auditions. It was between me, Heath Ledger and Ewan. I think it came down to age and where people were in their careers. I was the youngest and the least known. I would hope it didn't have anything to do with talent. Maybe it did."

• Young Hollywood Awards: Breakthrough Performance – Male (2002)
• Evening Standard Theater Award:Outstanding Newcomer, This Is Our Youth.

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