After such a long gap before my recent William Shakespeare quiz, I thought I’d better not leave long before my next one. And I wanted to do an actor who I’ve long respected and admired. I remember Jake Gyllenhaal well from when I first saw him, in the first film in this quiz. I could neither spell or pronounce his surname, but remember thinking just what a future this guy had. I’ve been delighted to see how far along he has come. Do you have a favourite role of his? How did you do this time around?
Film 1 (1990s)
Film 2 (2000s)
Film 3 (2000s)
Film 4 (2000s)
Film 5 (2000s)
Film 6 (2000s)
Film 7 (2000s)
Film 8 (2010+)
Film 9 (2010+)
Film 10 (2010+)
Film 11 (2010+)
Film 12 (2010+)
Answers below
1. October Sky (1999)
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
3. The Good Girl (2002)
4. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
5. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
6. Jarhead (2005)
7. Zodiac (2007)
8. Love and Other Drugs (2010)
9. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
10. Nightcrawler (2014)
11. Southpaw (2015)
12. Everest (2015)
Alex Raphael 
Got them all except no1. Nightcrawler is amazing, he deserved an Oscar nomination for that one.
That’s a truly superb score Cathy. Brilliant stuff. If my life was to be told into a film he’d be the guy I’d want to represent me. I know what you mean about Nightcrawler. A real mistake he wasn’t included. His whole performance is legendary, but I love how he delivers this https://alexraphael.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/lines-of-the-day-nightcrawler/
I have seen a few, number 4 and 5. Great list you compelled. Good inspiration for me 😉
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I thought I knew Jake Gyllenhall better than that! I only recognized two of those roles! He is a great actor, improving with age.
He’s got quite a range. If you only see one more of them, make it Nightcrawler. Just a superb film.
Thanks for the recommendation, I will do that.
I didn’t think I’d do well on this, but I got 8 which wasn’t too shabby. 🙂
Not too shabby at all 🙂
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Thank you kindly. Always such an honour. I’ll have a look 🙂
You’re welcome.
10, pretty decent. Becoming quite the fan of Gyllenhaal. He picks really intriguing roles, which is always endearing.
You and me both. When not slagging off the fact the Academy didn’t even nominate him, I give a very positive review of Nightcrawler here https://alexraphael.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/reviews-and-other-features-nightcrawler/
9/12. I’m proud of myself. He’s an excellent actor and has really been on a roll these last few years.
He really has been. I was super impressed at his levels of dedication for Nightcrawler and Southpaw.
12/12 I love Jake Gylllenhaal.
7/12 not great! Some of them I recognised but wasn’t sure of the title.
As long as you got Nightcrawler. Loved that film. My favourite of his by some distance.
I did! 🙂
7/12 haha. I’m getting better I guess!
You are 😄 You need to keep going.
I really like him as an actor, he’s very versatile.
He really is. He’s consistently taken challenging roles and gone all out in them.
I like that in an actor, the want to take risk is something to be admired.
Southpaw ❤ I love it
He put so much effort into it. Extraordinary how much effort he put into becoming like a boxer.
I forgot how many great films Jake has been in – Donnie Darko, The Good Girl, Brokeback Mountain, The Night Crawler – definitely one of my favourite actors.
He could play me in a movie for sure, right! 🙂