Facts

      
                                    
The Facts
                                    
Birth Name: Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
                                     
Birth date: December 19, 1980
                                     
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
                                    
Age: 27
                                    
Hair: Brown
                                    
Eye Color: Blue/Green
                     
               
Height: 6'
                                    
Astrology Sign: Sagittarius
                                    
Heritage: Is of Swedish (noble) and Russian-Jewish descent.
                                    
Hobbies: Cooking
                                    
Favorite Color: Green
                                    
Pets: 2 Dogs named Atticus (German Shepard) and Boo (Puggle)
                                    
Claim to Fame: Playing the disturbed title character in
                                            Donnie Darko (2001)

                                    
Family
                                    
Mother: Naomi Foner, writer, producer
                                    
Father: Stephen Gyllenhaal, director
                                    
Sister: Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress; Born November 16, 1977
 
                                     
Education
                                      2 years at Columbia University, New York, New York
                                      Harvard-Westlake High school. Los Angeles, California;
                                      Graduated 1998

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