Explore Jake Gyllenhaal's life and career. Delve into his top films, personal stories, ... Early Life and Background. Jake was born in Los Angeles, California, on December 19, 1980.

Gyllenhaal is no stranger to comic book roles; he played Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home and his name was even an Easter egg in the background of 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats.

With stars like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe it's no wonder "Othello" just became the highest-grossing Broadway play ever, pulling in $2.8 million in a single week.

Jake Gyllenhaal could do absolutely anything next. Asked over lunch about his reading of a famed line in “Othello” — Iago’s seething “I hate the Moor” — the 44-year-old actor furrows ...