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Jake Gyllenhaal

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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal ( JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor who has worked prolifically on screen and stage in a career spanning over thirty years. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jake Gyllenhaal has received more than 40,625,821 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Jake Gyllenhaal is the 839th most popular actor (up from 840th in 2019), the 1,510th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,545th in 2019) and the 403rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 41M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jake Gyllenhaal ranks 839 out of 13,578. Before him are Yuri Nikulin, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick McGoohan, Matt LeBlanc, Cüneyt Arkın, and Til Schweiger. After him are James Brolin, David Kelly, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Viola Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Jake Gyllenhaal ranks 8. Before him are Xavi, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Gosling, Rishi Sunak, Eva Green, and Macaulay Culkin. After him are Steven Gerrard, Christina Aguilera, Venus Williams, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Chris Pine, and Channing Tatum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jake Gyllenhaal ranks 1,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Matt LeBlanc (1967), Robert Sheckley (1928), Sam Cooke (1931), James Van Allen (1914), Gary Ridgway (1949), and Charles Mingus (1922). After him are Elias James Corey (1928), James Brolin (1940), Phil Jackson (1945), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Nicholas Ray (1911), and Debbie Harry (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jake Gyllenhaal ranks 403. Before him are Michael Rooker (1955), Kelly Preston (1962), David Graf (1950), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Patrick McGoohan (1928), and Matt LeBlanc (1967). After him are James Brolin (1940), Viola Davis (1965), Lionel Stander (1908), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Matthew Broderick (1962), and River Phoenix (1970).

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