We here at IHeartJake.com want to wish Jake Gyllenhaal a Happy 44th Birthday! In honor of Jake’s birthday, I’ve added 6 new ‘Stronger’ portraits from the 2017 Toronto Film Festival to the gallery. Enjoy!

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Photoshoots & Outtakes > Portraits > ‘Stronger’ Portraits – Toronto Film Festival

Jake Gyllenhaal and Zendaya presented Denis Villeneuve with the Director Tribute award tonight during the 34th Annual Gotham Awards in New York City. Photos from the event have been added to the gallery. A clip of Jake presenting, along with Denis’ full acceptance speech, has also been added to our video archive.

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Public Appearances > 2024 > 34th Annual Gotham Awards

Last night Jake showed support for his brother-in-law Peter Sarsgaard by attending a special screening of his new film, ‘September 5’, at the Whitby Hotel in New York. Pictures have been added to the gallery.

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Public Appearances > 2024 > ‘September 5’ Screening In New York

New photos of Jake speaking on stage at The Headstrong Project’s Annual Benefit Gala in NYC tonight have been added to the gallery.

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Public Appearances > 2024 > The Headstrong Project Annual Benefit Gala

As a stage and screen actor, Jake Gyllenhaal is in the business of making realities from language. His personal theories on acting are like a re-spun version of the linguistic propositions in J. L. Austin’s 1962 book How to Do Things with Words.

The British philosopher proposed that language didn’t merely communicate but enacted. A promise, a command, a warning, a declaration (“I now pronounce you man and wife!”)—such performative speech acts, Austin said, didn’t just describe the world but intervened in lived experience. Gyllenhaal, by interpreting the instructions of the script, transmutes the written word into an embodied text. “Acting is an interpretation of somebody else’s text,” he says.

“So, if you’ve ever written an essay, it’s about writing an essay with your behavior.”

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