Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell.

In Middlesex, Virginia, on the night of October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donnie Darko ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who introduces himself as " Frank " and tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

* Waterland ( 1992 ), directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, is based on Graham Swift's book with the same title.

Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction-techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, written by Ben Ripley, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Russell Peters and Jeffrey Wright which employs the concepts of quantum reality and parallel universes.

She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal is a politically active Democrat and, like her brother and parents, supports the American Civil Liberties Union.

Jake Gyllenhaal, her younger brother, is also an actor.

Her father, who was raised in the Swedenborgian religion, is of Swedish and English ancestry, and is a member of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

" Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: " Maggie Gyllenhaal, as the self-destructive secretary, is enigmatic and, at moments, sympathetic.

Gyllenhaal agreed to appear in the comedy film Away We Go, where she plays a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of John Krasinski's character.

Scott concluded with, " Ms. Gyllenhaal ’ s line about sex roles in ' the seahorse community ' is the screenplay ’ s one clean satirical bull ’ s-eye ".

Gyllenhaal is politically active.

Gyllenhaal is a supporter of Witness, a non-profit organization that uses video and online technologies to expose human rights violations.

Meanwhile, Jack's son Sam ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is in New York City for an academic competition with his friends Brian and Laura ( Arjay Smith and Emmy Rossum ), where they also befriend a student named J. D.

Set in 1994, Leto is caught with a gangster's wife and flee to Seattle with his best friend Jake Gyllenhaal in the week preceding Kurt Cobain's suicide.

Jacob Benjamin " Jake " Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980 ) is an American actor.

Gyllenhaal's father, who was raised as a Swedenborgian, is of Swedish and English descent, and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

Jake Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City, and Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself " more Jewish than anything else.

The film, directed by Richard Kelly, is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who, after narrowly escaping death, experiences visions of a 6 foot ( 1. 8 m ) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end.

The film is directed by Mike Newell and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina.

This is an Israeli – American co-production which combines various American actors, such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Christina Applegate, Greg Kinnear, Debra Messing and Cedric the Entertainer, and is geared at teaching Jewish-American children about the Secular Jewish culture.

* 2003 — Jake Gyllenhaal won " Best Actor " and Richard Kelly " Best Original Screenplay " for Donnie Darko at the Chlotrudis Awards, where Kelly was also nominated for " Best Director " and " Best Movie ".

Gyllenhaal has also appeared in theatrical plays, including Closer ( 2000 ), and television productions, including Strip Search ( 2004 ).

Gyllenhaal also appeared in Hysteria, an independent movie focusing on the creation of the vibrator.

He has work in American films with directors like Tony Scott, Joe Johnston, Stephen Gyllenhaal, The Warden of the Red Rock starring James Caan, Brian Dennehy and David Carradine, The Time of Her Time a Norman Mailer story directed by Francis Delia and GallowWalker with Wesley Snipes, also with John Carpenter in Vampires: Los Muertos.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister and also an actress, appeared with Jake in the movie Donnie Darko.

The British film WΔZ, starring Stellan Skarsgård and Selma Blair, and its US counterpart Scar, starring Angela Bettis and Ben Cotton continued to facilitate this hybrid form of torture porn, which was also to a lesser degree, evident in films such as Rendition ( 2007 ) starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Unthinkable ( 2010 ) starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Roos ' is well known for his work writing strong and engaging female characters, a skill that has also been useful in his film direction, leading to Independent Spirit Award nominations for actors Lisa Kudrow, Christina Ricci, and most recently, Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Belle has also worked on Babylon A. D. with Vin Diesel, Prince of Persia with Jake Gyllenhaal, Colombiana with Zoe Saldana, and he is currently working on Malavita with Robert De Niro.

He is also the brother of Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of the Miami Herald.

She also had her first starring role on screen in the black comedy film Sugar & Spice, and appeared in Bubble Boy, a comedy film co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

In conjunction with the parish priest and naturalist Clas Bjerkander, Dahl, Johan Abraham, etymologist Leonard Gyllenhaal, chemist Johan Afzelius, Daniel Naezén and Olof Knös founded " The Swedish Topographic Society in Skara " on December 13, 1769.

In 2006 the two became engaged, and Gyllenhaal gave birth to their daughter, Ramona, on October 3, 2006.

Gyllenhaal played Allison Jimeno, the wife of Port Authority officer Will Jimeno, in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, based on the September 11 attacks in New York City.

The play focuses on the Prozorov sisters ( Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hecht, and Juliet Rylance ) " unlucky in love, unhappy in the provinces and longing to return to Moscow ", as summarized by Bloomberg's Jeremy Gerard.

Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993 film A Dangerous Woman ( along with sister Maggie ); in " Bop Gun " a 1994 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street ; and in the 1998 comedy Homegrown.

Gyllenhaal dropped out after two years to concentrate on acting, but has expressed intentions to eventually finish his degree.

On the animated sketch comedy Mad on Cartoon Network, Droopy appeared under the makeup of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

During 2007, he appeared on the 33rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live in an SNL Digital Short called Iran So Far with Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen and Jake Gyllenhaal.

* Brothers ( 2009 film ), an American film starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, based on the Danish film

Born on the Ribbingsberg manor in Västergötland in west Sweden, Leonard Gyllenhaal was son of an army officer and belonged to a family of the lower nobility.

In July 2011 he married Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal, a filmmaker and professor who has worked on the film Grassroots alongside Gyllenhaal.

As host of MTV's biggest show, Quddus conducted daily interviews with stars such as Will Smith, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Jake Gyllenhaal, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck and Denzel Washington, and his work on Total Request Live led to both Usher and Britney Spears requesting him to host their Showtime concert specials.