Actor Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in America on December 19, 1980. He is the younger sister of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and the son of filmmaker Stephen Gyllenhaal and author Naomi Foner. He made his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), and then appeared in his father’s movies A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1995). (1998). His breakout roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically damaged adolescent in Donnie Darko (2001).
Where did Jake Gyllenhaal go to college and high school? Did Jake Gyllenhaal go to film school?
After earning his diploma from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, Gyllenhaal enrolled at Columbia University to study Eastern religions and philosophy. His sister was a senior there and his mother had also earned her degree there. He lived in John Jay Hall while a student at Columbia. Gyllenhaal discontinued his studies after two years in order to focus on performing, but he has stated ambitions to eventually complete his degree.
