Jake Gyllenhaal
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Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal Talk Spider-Man, Mistaken Identities...franchise. "I got really excited about the idea of working with these guys [Gyllenhaal, costar Natalie Portman and director Jim Sheridan]," he said of the new Oscar-baiting sibling-rivalry drama, due out Dec. 3. But inquiring minds... In this article: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brothers, Spider-Man, Natalie Portman, Spider-Man, Japanese anime, Prince of Persia, Oscar, and Spider-Man 4 |
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Entertainment Weekly | November 04, 2009
'Brothers': Exclusive First Look
Based on Susanne Bier's film of the same name, Brothers centers on a young man (Jake Gyllenhaal) who comforts his older brother's wife (Natalie Portman) and children after the brother (Tobey Maguire) goes missing in Afghanistan. Check...
In this article: Brothers, Susanne Bier, Jim Sheridan, Tobey Maguire, Connie Nielsen, Natalie Portman, The Boxer, In America, and Afghanistan
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | November 10, 2009
Gold Derby nuggets: Pundits predict top races at Globes and Oscars
...pedigree of the on-screen talent -- "Tobey Maguire, Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman, BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Oscar nominee Sam Shepard, Oscar nominee Mare Winningham and current awards season 'it'...
In this article: Academy Awards, Matthew Weiner, Oscar de la Renta, Jim Sheridan, Mad Men, Don Draper, Emmy, and Lee Daniels
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HitFix | 1 day ago
Tobey Maguire readies for 'Spider-Man 4' spring shoot
"People have very often said to me that I look like Tobey, so I thought it was a very perfect casting thing that ['Brothers' director Jim Sheridan] put us together... So we really just made the movie so that I could say that I look a...
In this article: Tobey Maguire, Brothers, Spider-Man 4, Jim Sheridan, Natalie Portman, Spider-Man, and New York
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L.A. Times - Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog | November 13, 2009
Gold Derby nuggets: 'Brothers' enters Oscars race Sasha Stone on sci-fi odds at Oscars Lighter side of 'Serious Man' Michael Stuhlbarg
...| Lighter side of 'Serious Man' Michael Stuhlbarg • Steve Pond reports that Lionsgate is mounting an ambitious Oscar campaign for Jim Sheridan's "Brothers" including "a best-actor push for star Tobey Maguire, who plays a soldier presumed...
In this article: Oscars, Brothers, Star Trek, A Serious Man, Gordon Willis, and Tobey Maguire
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The State | November 07, 2009
Holiday films will take you from Dickens' London to the end of the world
...business partner (John Travolta) to help care for the twin kids he never knew he had. "Brothers" - Jim Sheridan directs this reversal-of-roles drama about siblings (Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal), one a Marine presumed dead in...
In this article: Peter Jackson, Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, Ebenezer Scrooge, James Cameron, Robert Downey Jr., London, Jim Carrey, and Beowulf
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San Jose Mercury News | June 26, 2009
More nominations means redoing the Oscar math
...this biopic from "Monsoon Wedding" director Mira Nair. "Brothers": "My Left Foot" director Jim Sheridan leads Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman in a modern war story. "Broken Embraces": Writer-director Pedro Almodovar has...
In this article: Oscar, Avatar, Romantic comedies, Julie & Julia, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, The Informant, Alice Sebold, and Harvey Weinstein
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Reuters | September 12, 2008
Director Jim Sheridan eyes Claudius
...fell through. Sheridan, known for dramas such as "In America" and "My Left Foot," worked with Relativity on his latest movie, the upcoming "Brothers" starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman. Reuters/Hollywood...
In this article: Jim Sheridan, I, Claudius, Roman Emperor, Stuttering, Claudius, William Monahan, Scott Rudin, Brothers, Robert Graves, and Derek Jacobi
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Brothers remake admirable but loses some impact
...into new territory. "Brothers" boasts an impressive cast including Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal as the diametrically opposed siblings, with Natalie Portman as the woman caught between their forceful personalities. The movie looks to...
In this article: Brothers, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jim Sheridan, Susanne Bier, The Kite Runner, and David Benioff
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Description from Wikipedia:
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (pronounced: /ˈdʒɪlənhɑːl/; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, followed by the 2001 indie cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year, he won critical acclaim as Jack Twist in the film Brokeback Mountain opposite Heath Ledger.
Gyllenhaal has become an activist, promoting various political and social causes. He appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 election, and promoted environmental causes and the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Name At Birth:
- Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
- Birth Date:
- December 19, 1980
- Birthplace:
- , U.S.
- Occupation:
- Actor
- Years Active:
- 1991 – present
- Website:
- http://www.jakegyllenhaal.com
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