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Jake Gyllenhaal

Telling Stories, Sparking Change: Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor, Producer, and Advocate for Mental Health and Social Impact

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Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Languages: English
Travels from: United States

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  • Award-Winning Actor and Producer
  • Founder, Nine Stories Productions

Biography

Jake Gyllenhaal is an Academy Award and Tony nominated actor, as well as a producer of note with his company Nine Stories. Alongside Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, Gyllenhaal starred in Sony Pictures highest grossing film of all time, Jon Watt’s’ Spider-Man: Far From Home; Ang Lee’s classic Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Oscar® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler, for which he received Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Independent Spirit Award nominations; Bong Joon Ho’s Okja; David Ayer’s End of Watch; Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw; Dennis Villeneuve’s Prisoners and Enemy; Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko; David Fincher’s Zodiac; Sam Mendes’ Jarhead; Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely and Amazing; Ed Zwick’s Love and Other Drugs, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, for which he earned a BAFTA nomination. His stage work on Broadway includes the Tony nominated “Sea Wall / A Life” (Tony nomination Best Actor, Drama League Award) ; “Sunday in the Park with George;” “Constellations” (Drama Desk Award); and “Little Shop of Horrors.” Off-Broadway includes “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet”; and on the West End, “This is Our Youth” (Evening Standard Award). Gyllenhaal re-teamed with director Antoine Fuqua and starred in The Guilty for Netflix, which Nine Stories produced.

Nine Stories produced Antonio Campos’ The Devil All The Time for Netflix starring Tom Holland, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson, and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Good Joe Bell starring Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton, and Gary Sinise. Nine Stories has produced Paul Dano’s Wildlife; David Gordon Green’s Stronger; and executive produced the documentary Hondros.  Gyllenhaal also produced End of Watch and Nightcrawler, the latter of which earned him an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. For the stage, Nine Stories produced the Broadway revival of “Sunday in the Park with George”, “Sea Wall / A Life” (4 Tony nominations including Best Play and Best Actor for Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge), David Cale’s “We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time”, and the Broadway debut of Jeremy O Harris’ groundbreaking Tony-nominated “Slave Play” (12 nominations). Both “Slave Play” and “Sea Wall / A Life” received 16 Tony nominations combined for the 2020 Broadway season—both received nods for Best Play.

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As an award winning actor and producer, JAKE GYLLENHAAL has learned how to stretch beyond his comfort zones in order to create boldly. Gyllenhaal encourages audiences to push past their discomfort and take risks as part of the creative process.

Available: In person, Virtually

JAKE GYLLENHAAL engages in a moderated conversation on the leadership and strategic management lessons he has learned while founding and growing a production company, Nine Stories. By looking through a creative lens and taking risks, Gyllenhaal has been able to lead his company’s growth by recreating and reinventing through unexpected obstacles.

Available: In person, Virtually

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