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Meet Jake |
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Jake, whose full name is Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, was born and raised in Los Angelos, California. He was born on December 19, 1980. (*five years and five days BEFORE my birthday!*)It isn't surprising that Jake broke into show business - it runs in the family. Jake's father is director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and his mother is screen writer Naomi Foner. Jake's older sister Maggie Gyllenhaal* is also an actress - she appeared with Jake in A Dangerous Woman, which was directed by their father, as well as Donnie Darko, in which they played siblings. (Awww... ;-))Jake states that he has wanted to be an actor since he was five years old, when he would stand on a bed impersonating Bruce Springstein. While still in school, Jake took acting lessons, and appeared in school plays, including playing the role of Fagan in Oliver Twist in second grade. While attending Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood it is rumored that he was in the choir. Jake also was in a band called Hole Shot, which played at places such as the Roxy and the Whiskey a go-go, until it's 1998 break-up. Jake continues to write and play music. Jake attended Columbia University in New York City, NY, for his freshman and sophomore years of college, in 1998-2000. Jake said at the time, "I'm majoring in Eastern Religions, but I have to take the [required] curriculum first, so at this point I'm taking a lot of English classes, modern poetry, and English Literature." Also, "I find as a student I almost never eat." However, in an interview at college, Jake was found eating Doritos, and drinking berry Snapple. Maybe not exactly nutritious, but still a good snack! |
On the left is Jake's mother, Naomi Foner, then in the middle, his father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, then, far right, Jake and his mother (This photo courtesy of Amy ) at "Screenwriters: America's Storytellers, a touring exhibition and book featuring portraits of fifty leading screenwriters." 
This photo is of (l-r)[Dad] Stephen Gyllenhaal, [Sis] Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake, and [Mom] Naomi Foner, at the premiere of Maggie's film The Secretary. *It is very hard to find information about Maggie, Jake's sister. If anyone has any new information about Maggie, or has a fan page, please e-mail me - I'd love to know about it. I'm also thinking about putting a little page on this site about Maggie - but it's hard enough to keep up with Jake! ;-) |
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Misty's Jake Gyllenhaal Web Site CaliAngelStar's Jake Gyllenhaal Webpage JAKE GYLLENHAAL Page IMDB Jake Gyllenhaal Jam Movies and Natatsha Stoynoff of the Toronto Sun, "Mathematical dunce gets right equation" Newsweek Moviescope and Carleste Hughes, "Rocketing to Stardom: Jake Gyllenhaal" |
