Wikipedia:Today's featured list/October 15, 2021
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American actor and producer Jake Gyllenhaal has received numerous awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award for playing Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romance Brokeback Mountain (2005). After receiving his first nominations for the 1999 film October Sky, Gyllenhaal's performance as the title character in the 2001 psychological thriller film Donnie Darko earned him a Young Hollywood Award. He received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role opposite Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. In 2014, Gyllenhaal starred in Nightcrawler as a stringer selling footage of violent late-night events; he was awarded Best Actor by several regional film critics associations and nominated for Best Actor at the 68th British Academy Film Awards and the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. For his performance in the Broadway play Sea Wall/A Life, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony Awards. (Full list...)