name	Duncan Jones
birth name	Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones
Birth date	May 30, 1971
Birth place	Bromley (or Beckenham),London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2002–present }}

Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971), also known as Zowie Bowie is an English film director, best known for directing the science fiction films ''Moon'' (2009) and ''Source Code'' (2011).

Childhood and family life

Duncan is the only child from the marriage of David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) and his first wife, the former American model Mary Angela Barnett. He was born at Bromley Hospital (or, according to some sources, Beckenham Hospital) in South London. His son's birth prompted Bowie to write the song "Kooks" for his 1971 album ''Hunky Dory''. Duncan Jones is the half-brother of Alexandria "Lexi" Jones (born 2000), from his father's second marriage to the fashion model Iman, and Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka (born 1980), from his mother's relationship with musician Drew Blood (né Andrew Lipka). He also has a stepsister, Zulekha Haywood (born 1978), who is the daughter of Iman and former NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood, Iman's second husband.

As a child, Jones spent time growing up in Berlin, London and Vevey, Switzerland where he attended the first and second grade at the Commonwealth American School. When David and Angela divorced in February 1980, David Bowie was granted custody of 9-year-old Jones (who was then known as Zowie), and he visited his mother on his school vacations. At age 14, he enrolled in the Scottish boarding school, Gordonstoun.

Around age 12, Zowie decided that he preferred to be called "Joey", and used this nickname for some time until shortening it to "Joe" in his later teen years. The press reported that he went by "Joe" in 1992 when attending his father's wedding to Iman (he was the best man).

According to the ''Newham Recorder'', he reverted to his birth name, Duncan Jones, around the age of 18. Jones is an atheist.

College and career choice

By 1995, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the College of Wooster, where he was registered under the name "Duncan Jones".

He then pursued a PhD degree at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee but left before completion to attend London Film School, where he graduated as a director.

He was one of many cameramen at his father's widely-televised 50th birthday party directed by Englishman Tim Pope at Madison Square Garden and also at two BowieNet concerts at Roseland Ballroom in New York City in June 2000. He was also the in-game cinematics director for the political simulator Republic: The Revolution, as well as scripting elements of the game.

FCUK – Fashion vs Style

Duncan Jones directed the 2006 campaign for the French Connection fashion label. The concept of 'Fashion vs Style' was to re-invigorate the brand and move it away from the former incarnation of FCUK, which style pundits believed had become tired and overused.

The advert debuted in the week ending 20 February 2006 and featured two women (representing fashion and style) fighting and briefly kissing each other.

The advertisement reportedly generated 127 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, but the complaints did not lead to any action.

Accolades

Jones' first feature film, ''Moon'', was nominated for 7 British Independent film awards and won 2, both going to Jones. It was also nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards at the 2010 ceremony, winning 1. There have been 19 other nominations and wins for the film, from film festivals and societies.

BAFTA Carl Foreman Award

British Independent Film Award for Best Film

British Independent Film Award The Douglas Hickox Award

Athens International Film Festival; Golden Athena Award

Dinard British Film Festival; Silver Hitchcock

Edinburgh International Film Festival Best New British Feature

Espoo Ciné International Film Festival; Méliès d'Argent Prize for the best European fantasy film

National Board of Review, USA; Spotlight Award

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, long form

Image Gazer Film Festival Winner for Best Drama Film, "Moon"

Writer's Guild Of Great Britain Award Winner for Best First Feature-Length Screenplay

Space Frontier Foundation's "Best Presentation of Space" and "Vision of the Future" award winner for "Moon"

Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best British Film

Nominated: British Independent Film Award for Best Director

Nominated: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Most Promising Filmmaker

Nominated: London Critics Circle Film Awards Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Nominated: London Critics Circle Film Awards Best Director

Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh For Source Code

Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh For Moon

Current projects

Following on from the success of ''Moon'', Jones is currently planning a follow-up which will serve as an epilogue. "Sam (Rockwell) has agreed to do a little cameo in the next film," says Jones, who ultimately hopes to do three films in the ''Moon'' series. Later, he said that he would be doing "another science fiction film, called ''Mute'', which takes place in a future Berlin. It's a ''Blade Runner''-inspired piece, a little love letter to that film." The premise is that in future Berlin, a woman's disappearance causes a mystery for her partner, a mute bartender. He must go up against the city’s gangsters to solve the mystery. The film takes place in the same timeline as Jones' ''Moon'', and will feature Sam Rockwell in a cameo as his character Sam Bell.

It was announced in 2009 that he would direct the feature film adaptation of ''Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew'' by Alex Kershaw, but on Twitter Duncan Jones said he would not be directing ''Escape From the Deep'' claiming "not on the sub movie anymore, but trying hard to get one of two things made next. Mute is one of those 2".

He directed the Summit Entertainment project ''Source Code'', a science-fiction thriller from Vendome Pictures, which was produced by Mark Gordon. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal played the lead role in the film. Source Code was released on DVD and Blu Ray on July 26, 2011 in the United States.

Jones was one of the top candidates to direct the upcoming ''Superman'' reboot before the job ultimately went to Zack Snyder. He was also rumored to helm the next X-Men film, ''The Wolverine'' starring Hugh Jackman, but Jackman and 20th Century Fox decided on James Mangold instead.

Currently, Jones is writing the script for his untitled third film. He is also in talks for a graphic novel.

Filmography

''Whistle'' (2002) (short film)

''Moon'' (2009)

''Source Code'' (2011)

References

External links

Duncan Jones at Clipland

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birth date	November 05, 1968
birth place	Daly City, California
occupation	Actor
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Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor known for his leading roles in ''Lawn Dogs'', ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'', ''Choke'' and ''Moon'', as well as for his supporting roles in ''The Green Mile'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Frost/Nixon'', ''Galaxy Quest'', ''Matchstick Men'', ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'', ''Conviction'' and ''Cowboys & Aliens''.

Early life

He was born in Daly City, California, the son of actors who divorced when he was five years old. He was raised by his father, Pete Rockwell, in San Francisco, while his mother, Penny Hess, stayed behind in New York (he spent his summer vacations with her). Rockwell had what ''The New York Times'' described in 1998 as a "footloose upbringing" and, at age 10, made his brief stage debut playing Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improv comedy sketch starring his mother. His mother had an unconventional lifestyle – she was involved with hippies, sex, and drugs.

He attended San Francisco School of the Arts with Margaret Cho and dropped out before graduation. He later received his high school diploma after his parents enrolled him in an Outward Bound-style alternative high school called ''Urban Pioneers'' because, as Rockwell explained, "I just wanted to get stoned, flirt with girls, go to parties." The school, the actor said, "had a reputation as a place stoners went because it was easy to graduate," but the program ended up helping him regain an interest in performing. After appearing in an independent film during his senior year, he graduated and moved to New York to pursue an acting career.

Acting career

Early films

After his first film role in the 1989 horror film ''Clownhouse'' (produced by Francis Ford Coppola's production company) which he filmed when based in San Francisco, he moved to New York and trained at the William Esper Studios. His career slowly gathered momentum in the early 1990s, when he alternated between small-screen guest spots in TV shows like ''The Equalizer'', ''NYPD Blue'' and ''Law & Order'' and small roles in films such as ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. He also appeared as the title character in ''The Search for One-eye Jimmy''. During this time Rockwell worked in restaurants as a busboy and delivered burritos by bicycle. At one point, Rockwell even worked as a private detective's assistant. "I tailed a chick who was having an affair and took pictures of her at this motel", he told ''Rolling Stone'' in 2002. "It was pretty sleazy." A well-paying Miller commercial in 1994 finally allowed him to pursue acting full-time.

The turning point in Rockwell's career was Tom DiCillo's 1996 film ''Box of Moon Light'', in which he played an eccentric man-child who dresses like Davy Crockett and lives in an isolated mobile home. The ensuing acclaim put him front and center with casting agents and new-found fans alike, with Rockwell himself acknowledging that "That film was definitely a turning point....I was sort of put on some independent film map after 10 years in New York."

He also won strong reviews for the 1997 film ''Lawn Dogs'', where he played a working-class lawn mower who befriends a wealthy 10-year-old girl (Mischa Barton) in an upper-class gated community in Kentucky; Rockwell's performance won him Best Actor honors at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the Catalonian International Film Festival. In 1999, Rockwell played prisoner William "Wild Bill" Wharton in the Stephen King prison drama ''The Green Mile''. At the time of the film's shooting, Rockwell explained why he was attracted to playing such unlikeable characters. He said, "I like that dark stuff. I think heroes should be flawed. There's a bit of self-loathing in there, and a bit of anger... But after this, I've really got to play some lawyers, or a British aristocrat, or they'll put a label on me."

Hollywood recognition

After appearances as a bumbling actor in 1999's science fiction satire ''Galaxy Quest'', in the 1999 Shakespeare adaptation ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' as Flute, and as gregarious villain Eric Knox in ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000), Rockwell won the biggest leading role of his career as ''The Gong Show'' host Chuck Barris in George Clooney's 2002 directorial debut, ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''. Rockwell's performance was well received, and the film received generally positive reviews.

Rockwell has also received positive notices for his role opposite Nicolas Cage in Ridley Scott's ''Matchstick Men'' (2003), with ''Entertainment Weekly'' calling him "destined by a kind of excessive interestingness to forever be a colorful sidekick." He received somewhat more mixed reviews as Zaphod Beeblebrox in the 2005 film version of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. He then had a notable supporting role as Charley Ford, brother of Casey Affleck's character Robert Ford, in the well-received 2007 drama ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'', in which Brad Pitt played the lead role of Jesse James. According to an interview on ''The Howard Stern Show'', director Jon Favreau considered casting him as the titular character in ''Iron Man'' as the studio was initially hesitant to work with Robert Downey, Jr., who had been considered for his role in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy''. Rockwell appeared in the Iron Man sequel, released in 2010, as Tony Stark's rival weapons' developer, Justin Hammer. He is said to have accepted the role without reading the script. He had never heard of the character before he was contacted about the part, and was unaware that Hammer is an old man in the comic books.

In addition to big-budget feature films, Rockwell also keeps his feet firmly planted in the indie film world with projects such as ''The F Word'' and he recently played a very randy, Halloween-costume-clad Batman in a short, ''Robin's Big Date'', opposite Justin Long as Robin. He also starred in the 2008 film ''Snow Angels'' opposite Kate Beckinsale and directed by David Gordon Green. He had worked on several occasions with the comedy troupe Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain), making cameo appearances in their short films and eponymous TV series.

Rockwell played Victor Mancini in the film ''Choke'', based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Critic Roger Ebert said of his performance that he "seems to have become the latter-day version of Christopher Walken – not all the time, but when you need him, he's your go-to guy for weirdness."

In 2007, Rockwell guest-starred in a comedy mini-series via the web called "Casted: The Continuing Chronicles of Derek Riffchyn, Greatest Casting Director in the World. Ever." He appears opposite Jonathan Togo (of ''CSI: Miami'' fame) as Derek and Justin Long (''Dodgeball'', ''Accepted'') as Scott. Rockwell plays an aspiring young actor named Pete Sampras, no relation to the tennis player. The video can be viewed on YouTube, episode number two of a four-part series.

In 2009, he starred in the critically acclaimed science fiction film ''Moon'', directed by Duncan Jones, for which his performance was widely praised.

On May 3, 2010, it was announced that Rockwell will team up again with ''Iron Man 2'' director Jon Favreau, for Favreau's upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel ''Cowboys & Aliens''. He will play a bar owner named Doc who joins in the pursuit of the aliens.

Rockwell has just signed up to appear in Martin McDonagh's 'Seven Psychopaths' alongside Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell.

Theatre

Since 1992, Rockwell has been a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company, where Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz are Co-Artistic Directors. In 2005, Hoffman directed him in Stephen Adly Guirgis' hit play, ''The Last Days of Judas Iscariot''. This past August, Rockwell work-shopped an upcoming LAByrinth production, ''North of Mason-Dixon'', scheduled to debut in London in 2007 and then premiere in New York City later the same year. Other plays in which Rockwell performed are: ''Dumb Waiter'' (2001), ''Zoo Story'' (2001), ''Hot L Baltimore'' (2000), ''Goosepimples'' (1998), ''Love and Human Remains'', ''Face Divided'', ''Orphans'', ''Den of Thieves'', ''Dessert at Waffle House'', ''The Largest Elizabeth'', and ''A Behanding in Spokane''.

Personal life

Rockwell has never been married, and stated in a 2007 interview, "I definitely don't want to become a parent. It's not my bag."

Filmography

''Last Exit to Brooklyn (film) ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film) ''Strictly Business (film) ''Jack and His Friends'' ''In the Soup'' ''Light Sleeper'' ''Happy Hell Night'' ''Law & Order'' ''Somebody to Love'' '''' ''Drunks'' ''Glory Daze'' ''Mercy (1995 film) ''Bad Liver and a Broken Heart'' ''Basquiat (film) ''Box of Moon Light'' ''Prince Street'' ''Arresting Gina'' ''Subway Stories ''Lawn Dogs'' '''' ''Jerry and Tom'' ''Louis & Frank'' ''Safe Men'' ''Celebrity (film) '''' '''' ''Galaxy Quest'' ''Charlie's Angels (film) ''D.C. Smalls'' ''Pretzel'' ''BigLove'' ''Made (2001 film) ''Heist (film) ''13 Moons'' ''Running Time'' ''Welcome to Collinwood'' ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' ''Stella Shorts 1998–2002'' ''Matchstick Men (film) ''Piccadilly Jim'' '''' '''' ''Robin's Big Date'' ''Joshua (film) ''Snow Angels (film) '''' ''Woman in Burka'' ''Choke (film) ''Frost/Nixon (film) ''The Winning Season'' ''Moon (film) ''[[G-Force (film) ''G-Force (video game) ''Gentlemen Broncos'' ''Everybody's Fine (2009 film) ''Iron Man 2'' ''F—K'' ''Conviction (film) ''[[Cowboys & Aliens (film) '''' ''Cogan's Trade''

width="50px"	Year	Title	Role	! Notes
1989	''Clownhouse''	Randy
1989	Last Exit to Brooklyn'' ||	Al
1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' ||	Head Thug
1991	Strictly Business'' ||	Gary
1992	|	Louie
1992	|	Pauli
1992	|	Jealous
1992	|	Young Henry Collins
1993	|	Officer Weddeker	Manhood (Law & Order)>Manhood"
1994	|	Polish Guy
1994	|	One-eye Jimmy
1995	|	Tony
1995	|	Rob
1995	Mercy'' ||	Matty
1996	|	Broken Heart
1996	Basquiat'' ||	Thug
1996	|	The Kid, aka Bucky
1997	|	Donny Hanson	Series regular
1997	|	Sonny
1997	SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground'' ||	Man Eating	Television filmSegment: ''Sax Cantor Riff''
1997	|	Trent	Best Actor Award at the Sitges Film FestivalBest Actor Award at the Montreal World Film Festival
1998	|	Alan/Christopher Walken
1998	|	Jerry
1998	|	Sam
1998	|	Sam
1998	Celebrity'' ||	Darrow Entourage
1999	|	Francis Flute
1999	|	'Wild Bill' Wharton	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999	|	Guy Fleegman
2000	Charlie's Angels'' ||	Eric Knox
2001	|	Karaoke Singer
2001	|	Sam
2001	|	Nate	Short film
2001	Made'' ||	Hotel clerk	Uncredited
2001	Heist'' ||	Jimmy Silk
2002	|	Rick
2002	|	The Hunted	Short film
2002	|	Pero
2002	|	Chuck Barris	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorSilver Bear for Best ActorNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2002	|	Pizza Guy	Direct-to-videoShort: ''Bored''
2003	Matchstick Men'' ||	Frank Mercer	Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2004	|	Piccdilly Jim/Jim Crocker
2005	|	Zaphod Beeblebrox
2005	|	Jeremy
2005	|	The Bat-man	Short film
2007	Joshua'' ||	Brad Cairn	Best Actor Award at the Sitges Film Festival
2007	Snow Angels'' ||	Glenn Marchand
2007	|	Charles Ford (outlaw)>Charley Ford
2008	|	Sam
2008	Choke'' ||	Victor Mancini	Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble CastNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2008	Frost/Nixon'' ||	James Reston Jr.	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2009	|	Bill	Also producer
2009	Moon'' ||	Sam Bell	Sitges Film FestivalSeattle International Film Festival>Golden Space Needle Award for Best ActorNominated — British Independent Film Awards
2009	G-Force'' ||	Darwin	Voice acting>Voice only
2009	G-Force'' ||	Darwin	Video game
2009	|	Bronco/Brutus
2009	Everybody's Fine'' ||	Robert
2010	|	Justin Hammer
2010	|		Short film
2010	Conviction'' ||	Kenneth Waters	Boston Film Festival Award for Best ActorHollywood Film Festival>Hollywood Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2010
2011	Cowboys & Aliens'' ||	Doc
2011	|		Filming
2012	|		Filming

Awards and nominations

! Year !! Group !! Award !! Film/Show !! Result !! Win/Nom
1997	Montreal World Film Festival	Best Actor	''Lawn Dogs''		1–0
1997		Best Actor	''Lawn Dogs''		2–0
2000	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Theatrical Motion Picture	''The Green Mile'' (w/ Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, James Cromwell, Patricia Clarkson, Jeffrey DeMunn, Graham Greene, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Jeter, Doug Hutchison, Barry Pepper, Harry Dean Stanton)		2–1
2003	Berlin International Film Festival	Best Actor	''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''		3–1
2003	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor In A Leading Role	''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''		4–1
2003	Satellite Awards	Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role, Musical Or Comedy	''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''		4–2
2004	Satellite Awards	Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role, Musical Or Comedy	''Matchstick Men''		4–3
2007	CIFF	Best Actor	''Joshua''		5–3
2008	Satellite Awards	Best Actor In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy			5–4
2008	Sundance Film Festival	Special Jury Prize			6–4
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture			6–5
2009	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Actor			7–5
2009	CIFF	Best Actor			8–5
2009	Scream Awards	Best Sci-Fi Actor			8–6
2009	British Independent Film Awards	Best Actor			8–7
2009		Best Actor			8–8
2009		Best Actor			9–8
2009	Saturn Award	Best Actor			9–9

References

External links

Sam Rockwell Interview

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name	Edgar Wright
birthname	Edgar Howard Wright
birth date	April 18, 1974
birth place	Poole, Dorset, England
years active	1994–present
occupation	Director/writer
website	}}

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English film and television director and writer. He is most famous for his work with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the films ''Shaun of the Dead'' and ''Hot Fuzz'', the TV series ''Spaced'', and for directing the film ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''. He is also an executive producer on his friend Joe Cornish's ''Attack the Block'' and co-writer of the upcoming Steven Spielberg film ''The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn'' with Cornish and Doctor Who and Sherlock writer, Steven Moffat.

Early life and career

Wright was born in Poole, Dorset, but grew up predominantly in Wells, Somerset, after his family moved there during his childhood. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wright directed many short films, first on a Super-8 camera which was a gift from a family member and later on a Video-8 camcorder won in a competition on the television programme ''Going Live''. These films were mostly comedic pastiches of popular genres, such as the super hero-inspired ''Carbolic Soap'' and ''Dirty Harry'' tribute ''Dead Right'' (the latter of which was eventually featured on the DVD release of ''Hot Fuzz''). Speed on the Buses is another short film made in 1995. It was directed and filmed by Edgar and written by and starred members of The Great Bruce Forsyth Social Club. The film was shot entirely on location in Plymouth and was first broadcast nationally on Beadles Hotshots in January 1996. A second film written by the GBFSC was also filmed and directed by him, called Reservoir Wigs and was aired nationally in February 1996.

After graduating from Bournemouth Arts College he made a spoof western, ''A Fistful of Fingers'', which was picked up for a limited theatrical release and broadcast on the British satellite TV channel Sky Movies. Despite Wright's dissatisfaction with the finished product, it caught the attention of comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who subsequently chose him as the director of their Paramount Comedy channel productions ''Mash & Peas'' and ''Sir Bernard's Stately Homes''. During this time he also worked on BBC programmes such as ''Is It Bill Bailey?'' and ''Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round''. In an interview with journalist and author Robert K. Elder for ''The Film That Changed My Life'', Wright cites his edgy and comedic style in his love for ''An American Werewolf in London'':

I’ve always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harboured a fascination for me and always have been something I’ve wanted to watch and wanted to make. Equally, I’m very fascinated by comedy. I suppose the reason that this film changed my life is that very early on in my film-watching experiences, I saw a film that was so sophisticated in its tone and what it managed to achieve.

Spaced

In 1998 writer/actors Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes were in the early stages of developing their sitcom ''Spaced'' for Channel 4 and thought of asking Wright to direct having fondly remembered working with him on the 1996 Paramount comedy ''Asylum''. Wright gave ''Spaced'' an unusual look for the sitcom genre, with dramatic camera angles and movement borrowed from the visual language of science fiction and horror films. Instead of shying away from these influences Wright makes an active effort to show his referencing, adding a 'Homage-O-Meter' to all of his releases, a device that displays each directorial nod he has made during shooting. In 2002, he made appearances as a scientist and a technician named Eddie Yorque during both series of ''Look Around You'', a BBC programme created by a member of the ''Spaced'' cast, Peter Serafinowicz. He also made a brief appearance in ''Spaced'', in which he can be seen, along with other crew members on the series, lying asleep in Daisy Steiner's squat as she prepares to leave for her new house.

Ties to the music industry and music video work

Wright cites Jon Spencer Blues Explosion as his favourite band. Several Blues Explosion songs feature in Wright's film ''Hot Fuzz'', including one written specifically for the film. Wright has directed two videos for his ex-girlfriend Charlotte Hatherley: "Summer" and "Bastardo". He has also directed promos for 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Mint Royale and The Bluetones. Many of these videos have been made available to view on the "Archives" section of his official website.

The Blood and Ice Cream/Cornetto trilogy

The critical success of ''Spaced'' paved the way for Wright and Pegg to move to the big screen with ''Shaun of the Dead'', a zombie comedy which mixed a "Brit flick" romantic comedy style with homages to the horror classics of George A. Romero and Sam Raimi. The film was a great success both critically and financially, and its rooting in American genre cinema helped to make it a transatlantic hit.

The pair subsequently planned out a trilogy of British genre-comedies which were connected not by narrative but by their shared traits and motifs. The trilogy was named "The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy" or "Three Flavors Cornetto" due to a running joke about the British Ice Cream product Cornetto and its effectiveness as a hangover cure.

The second installment was a comedy action thriller entitled ''Hot Fuzz''. Production started in March 2006 and the film was released in February 2007 in the UK and April 2007 in the US. It revolves around Pegg's character, Nicholas Angel, a police officer who is transferred from London to rural Sandford, where grisly events soon take place.

The third installment carries the tentative title of ''The World's End''.

Other work and future projects

Wright has a brother, Oscar, who is a comic book artist, contributing storyboards, conceptual art and promotional pictures for Edgar's films. For example he designed comic book interpretations of the characters of ''Shaun of the Dead'' and created the animation for the flickbook PC Danny Butterman uses in ''Hot Fuzz'', as well as the art for the "Plot Holes" features on both the ''Hot Fuzz'' and ''Shaun of the Dead'' DVD releases. Oscar also was on set for the ''Hot Fuzz'' poster shoot to help Edgar out with the design. Oscar also directed the Charlotte Hatherley video for "Behave" and also designed the 8-bit Universal Pictures logo at the beginning of the movie, ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' along with Edgar. In 2007, Wright directed a fake trailer insert for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's ''Grindhouse'', called "Don't", it was a plotless trailer that mocked horror clichés, with lines such as, "If you... are thinking... of going ... into... this... house... DON'T!". He was offered to direct ''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' before Brad Bird was chosen. In 2010, Wright directed ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', starring Michael Cera. For 2011, Wright co-wrote the film ''The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn'' for director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson, based on The Adventures of Tintin comics. The film will also co-star Wright's frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He has also been developing ''Ant-Man'', a live-action film about the Marvel Comics superhero. Wright also has numerous projects in development, including ''Them'', ''Baby Driver'', and ''The World's End'', the final entry in the "Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy".

Selected works

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as				Role
		Director	Writer	Producer	Actor
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2004
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2010

Short films

Forced Hilarity – (2001)

Television (as actor)

''Look Around You'' (2002–2005)

''Spaced'' (1999–2001)

Television (as director)

''Spaced'' (1999, 2001)

''Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998)

''Is It Bill Bailey?'' (1998)

''Sir Bernard's Stately Homes'' (1998)

''Mash and Peas'' (1996–1997)

''Asylum'' (1996)

Collaborations

Wright has cast certain actors in more than one of his films/TV shows. ''Scott Pilgrim vs the World'' is the only one unlisted because, at this point, no actor from any of Wright's previous films make an appearance.

!	Dead Right (film)>Dead Right''	! ''A Fistful of Fingers''	Asylum (TV series)>Asylum''	! ''Spaced''	! ''Shaun of the Dead''	! ''Hot Fuzz''	Grindhouse (film)#Don't>Don't''
Bill Bailey
Martin Curtis
Julia Deakin
Kevin Eldon
Patricia Franklin
Martin Freeman
Nick Frost
Mark Gatiss
Jessica Hynes
Bill Nighy
Simon Pegg
Robert Popper
Lucy Punch
Peter Serafinowicz
Rafe Spall

References

External links

The Director Interviews: Edgar Wright, ''Hot Fuzz'' at ''Filmmaker Magazine''

2004 interview with 2000ADReview

Edgar Wright on ''Hot Fuzz''

Edgar Wright Fansite

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birth date	October 04, 1956
birth place	Vienna, Austria
name	Christoph Waltz
nationality	Austrian, German
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1977–present }}

Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009.

Early life and career

Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of German set and stage designers Johannes Waltz and the Austrian Elisabeth Urbancic. His maternal grandmother was Burgtheater actress Maria Mayen and his step-grandfather was actor Emmerich Reimers. His great-grandparents worked in the theatre.

Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. He also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, performing at venues such as Zurich's Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna's Burgtheater, and the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific actor on television. In 2000, he directed his first film, the TV production ''Wenn man sich traut''.

In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', Waltz portrayed SS Standartenführer Hans Landa, aka "The Jew Hunter". For this character who is courteous and speaks four languages but is self-serving, cunning and callous, Tarantino feared he "might have written a part that was un-playable". Waltz received the Best Actor Award for the performance at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and received acclaim from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics' awards circuits, receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2009. The following month, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 82nd Academy Awards. He is also, as of 2010, the only actor to win for appearing in a Quentin Tarantino film. Waltz is a method actor, and continued to portray Landa off the set of ''Inglorious Basterds''. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: "I think that Landa is one of the best characters I've ever written and ever will write, and Christoph played it to a tee… It's true that if I couldn't have found someone as good as Christoph I might not have made ''Inglourious Basterds''."

Waltz made his next movie ''Water for Elephants'' with Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon, directed by Francis Lawrence. It was filmed in Ventura County, California; Georgia; and Tennessee.

Personal life

Waltz is fluent in German, French, and English and speaks all three of the languages in ''Inglourious Basterds''. Though his Landa character also spoke Italian in that movie, he stated on the ''Adam Carolla Podcast'' that he does not actually speak it in real life. He is divorced and has four children. Waltz currently maintains residences in both London and Berlin.

Nationality

Waltz is a dual citizen of both Austria and Germany. He considers himself Austrian, calling his German passport a "legal, citizenship law banality". His father held German citizenship, so by Austrian law he was born with German citizenship as well. During a press conference he said: "I was born in Vienna, grew up in Vienna, went to school in Vienna, graduated in Vienna, studied in Vienna, started acting in Vienna – and there would be a few further Viennese links. How much more Austrian do you want?" He also holds a U.S. "Green Card".

Filmography

+ Film and television
! Year	! Title	! Role
1982	''Fire and Sword''	Tristan
1986		Nietzsche
1988	''The Alien Years''	Stefan Mueller	TV
1995		Mirovich
1996	''Inspector Rex''	Herr Wolf	TV
1998	''''	Kant
1998		Charly	TV
2000	''Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express''	Brian
2000	''Ordinary Decent Criminal''	Peter
2000	''Falling Rocks''	Louis	TV
2003	''''	Doctor
2007	''''	Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast	TV
2007	''''	Dr. Helmut Bahr	TV
2008	''''	Hans Kortmann	TV
2008	''Todsünde''	Sebastian Flies	TV
2008	''''	Peters	TV
2009	''Inglourious Basterds''		United States	American film roleAcademy Award for Best Supporting ActorAustin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorEmpire Award for Best ActorFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureHollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association>St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association For Best Supporting ActorToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Supporting ActorWashington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
2011	''''	Benjamin Chudnofsky/Bloodnofsky	Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
2011		August Rosenbluth
2011	''''	Cardinal Richelieu	''post-production''
2011		Alan Vallon	''filming''
2011	''Paani''		''rumored, in development still''
2012	''Django Unchained''	Dr. King Schultz	''pre-production''

References

External links

Christoph Waltz Fans website

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birth name	Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
birth date	December 19, 1980
birth place	Los Angeles, California
occupation	Actor
years active	1991–present
parents	Stephen GyllenhaalNaomi Foner Gyllenhaal
relatives	Maggie Gyllenhaal (sister) }}

Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999's ''October Sky'', followed by the 2001 indie cult hit ''Donnie Darko'', in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In the 2004 science-fiction film ''The Day After Tomorrow'' he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in ''Jarhead'' (2005). The same year, he garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Jack Twist in the film ''Brokeback Mountain'' opposite Heath Ledger.

Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Early life and education

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs). Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister and also an actress, appeared with Jake in the movie ''Donnie Darko''. Gyllenhaal's father was raised in the Swedenborgian religion and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family. His last native Swedish ancestor was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Jake Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City, and Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself "more Jewish than anything else." On his 13th birthday, Gyllenhaal performed a "barmitzvah-like act, without the typical trappings", volunteering at a homeless shelter, because his parents wanted to instill in him a sense of gratitude for his privileged lifestyle. His parents insisted that he have summer jobs to support himself, and he thus worked as a lifeguard and as a busboy at a restaurant operated by a family friend.

Acting career

Early career

During childhood, Gyllenhaal had regular exposure to filmmaking due to his family's deep ties to the industry. As an 11-year-old he made his acting debut as Billy Crystal's son in the 1991 comedy film ''City Slickers''. His parents did not allow him to appear in the 1992 film ''The Mighty Ducks'' because it would have required him leaving home for two months. In subsequent years, his parents allowed him to audition for parts, but regularly forbade him to take them if he were chosen. He was allowed to appear in his father's films several times. Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993 film ''A Dangerous Woman'' (along with sister Maggie); in "Bop Gun" a 1994 episode of ''Homicide: Life on the Street''; and in the 1998 comedy ''Homegrown''. Along with their mother, Jake and Maggie appeared in two episodes of ''Molto Mario'', an Italian cooking show on the Food Network. Prior to his senior year in high school, the only other film not directed by his father in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to perform was the 1993 film ''Josh and S.A.M.'', a little-known children's adventure.

Gyllenhaal graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, then attended Columbia University, where his sister was a senior and from which his mother had graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy. Gyllenhaal dropped out after two years to concentrate on acting, but has expressed intentions to eventually finish his degree. Gyllenhaal's first lead role was in ''October Sky'', Joe Johnston's 1999 adaptation of the Homer Hickam autobiography ''Rocket Boys'', in which he portrayed a young man from West Virginia striving to win a science scholarship to avoid becoming a coal miner. The film earned $32 million and was described in the ''Sacramento News and Review'' as Gyllenhaal's "breakout performance."

From ''Donnie Darko'' to the London stage

''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's second major film, was not a box office success upon its initial 2001 release, but eventually became a cult favorite. The film, directed by Richard Kelly, is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who, after narrowly escaping death, experiences visions of a 6 foot (1.8 m) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end. Gyllenhaal's performance was well-received by critics; Gary Mairs of Culture Vulture wrote that "Gyllenhaal manages the difficult trick of seeming both blandly normal and profoundly disturbed, often within the same scene."

After the critical success of ''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's next role was as Pilot Kelston in 2002's ''Highway'' alongside Jared Leto. His performance was described by one critic as "silly, cliched and straight to video." Gyllenhaal had more success starring opposite Jennifer Aniston in ''The Good Girl'', which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; he also starred in ''Lovely & Amazing'' with Catherine Keener. In both films he plays an unstable character who begins a reckless affair with an older woman. Gyllenhaal later described these as "teenager in transition" roles. Gyllenhaal later starred in the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy ''Bubble Boy'', which was loosely based on the story of David Vetter. The film portrays the title character's adventures as he pursues the love of his life before she marries the wrong man. The film was panned by critics, with one calling it an "empty-headed, chaotic, utterly tasteless atrocity".

Following ''Bubble Boy'', Gyllenhaal starred opposite Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Ellen Pompeo in ''Moonlight Mile'', as a young man coping with the death of his fiancée and the grief of her parents. The story, which received mixed reviews, is loosely based on writer/director Brad Silberling's personal experiences following the murder of girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer.

Gyllenhaal was almost cast as Spider-Man for ''Spider-Man 2'' due to director Sam Raimi's concerns about original ''Spider-Man'' star Tobey Maguire's health. Maguire recovered, however, and the sequel was shot without Gyllenhaal. Instead, Gyllenhaal starred in the blockbuster ''The Day After Tomorrow'' in 2004, co-starring Dennis Quaid as his father.

In his theatrical debut Gyllenhaal starred on the London stage in Kenneth Lonergan's revival of ''This is Our Youth''. Gyllenhaal said, "Every actor I look up to has done theatre work, so I knew I had to give it a try." The play, which had been a critical sensation on Broadway, ran for eight weeks in London's West End. Gyllenhaal received favorable critical reviews and an Evening Standard Theatre Award in the category "Outstanding Newcomer."

''Brokeback Mountain'' and subsequent roles

2005 was a prolific year for Gyllenhaal, who starred in the critically praised films ''Proof'', ''Jarhead'', and ''Brokeback Mountain''. In ''Proof'', featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, Gyllenhaal played a graduate student in mathematics who tries to convince Paltrow's character to publish a revolutionary proof to a problem puzzling the mathematicians' community. In ''Jarhead'', Gyllenhaal played against his usual "sensitive yet disturbed" type by displaying an aggressive masculinity as a violent U.S. Marine during the first Gulf War. He also auditioned to be Batman for one of the biggest blockbusters ''Batman Begins'' and came close to getting the role but Christian Bale was ultimately chosen for it.

In ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger play young men who meet as sheep herders and embark upon a sexual relationship that begins in the summer of 1963 and lasts for 20 years. The film was often referred to in the media with the shorthand phrase "the gay cowboy movie," though there was differing opinion on the sexual orientation of the characters. The film won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film went on to win four Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, and three Academy Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance, but lost to George Clooney for ''Syriana''. Gyllenhaal also won the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA for the same role and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and Best Film Ensemble nomination from the Screen Actors Guild. Also for ''Brokeback Mountain'', he and Ledger won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" in 2006. Shortly after the 2006 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy in recognition of his acting career. Gyllenhaal was awarded the 2006 Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence by The Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards for his role.

Gyllenhaal expressed mixed feelings about the experience of being directed by Ang Lee in ''Brokeback Mountain'', but generally had more praise than criticism for Lee's directing style. While complaining of the way Lee tended to disconnect with his actors once filming began, Gyllenhaal praised his encouraging direction of the actors and sensitive approach to the material. At the Directors Guild of America Awards on January 28, 2006, Gyllenhaal also praised Lee for "his humbleness and his respect for everyone around him."

When asked about his kissing scenes with Heath Ledger in ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal said, "As an actor, I think we need to embrace the times we feel most uncomfortable." When asked about the more intimate scenes with Ledger, Gyllenhaal likened them to "doing a sex scene with a woman I'm not particularly attracted to."}}

Gyllenhaal narrated the 2005 short animated film ''The Man Who Walked Between the Towers'', based on Mordicai Gerstein's book of the same name about Philippe Petit's famous stunt. In January 2007, as host of ''Saturday Night Live'', he put on a sparkly evening dress and sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the musical ''Dreamgirls'' for his opening monologue, dedicating the song to his "unique fan base... the fans of ''Brokeback''."

In 2007, Gyllenhaal starred in David Fincher's ''Zodiac'', which was based on a true story. He played Robert Graysmith, a ''San Francisco Chronicle'' cartoonist and author of two books about the Zodiac serial killer. Gyllenhaal starred opposite Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, and Reese Witherspoon in the October 2007 release ''Rendition'', a Gavin Hood-directed political thriller about the U.S. policy of extraordinary rendition. In 2009, he appeared with Tobey Maguire in Jim Sheridan's remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish language film ''Brothers''. The following year Gyllenhaal played the lead role in the movie adaptation of the video game ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney on May 28, 2010.

His upcoming roles include the comedy ''Nailed'', which he filmed in South Carolina with Jessica Biel, and Doug Liman's as yet untitled film about the race for lunar colonization.

Personal life

Family and relationships

:''For more on Gyllenhaal's paternal ancestors, see Gyllenhaal family'' The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal's immediate family includes his sister, actress Maggie, who is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal's co-star in ''Jarhead'' and ''Rendition''. In December 2006, Jake and his sister escaped a fire that destroyed Manka's, a famed lodge and restaurant in Inverness, California, at which they were vacationing. Gyllenhaal's niece, Ramona Sarsgaard, was born on October 3, 2006. Jamie Lee Curtis is Gyllenhaal's godmother, and he has repeatedly referred to his godfathers being a gay couple. Gyllenhaal himself is the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger (born October 28, 2005), daughter of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, both of whom co-starred with him in ''Brokeback Mountain''.

Gyllenhaal dated actress Kirsten Dunst for nearly two years starting in 2002. He later dated his ''Rendition'' co-star Reese Witherspoon from about 2007 to 2009.

Politics and other interests

Gyllenhaal is politically active. He shot a commercial for Rock the Vote, and along with his sister, visited the University of Southern California to encourage students to vote during the 2004 U.S. Election. He also campaigned for Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. He has said, however, that "it frustrates me when actors talk politics; I'm political and I make choices in my movies that I think are political. I try and say things with what I do. Rightly or wrongly, young actors have all the power." In an interview for ''Rendition'', he remarked that "it's a sad time when actors are politicians and politicians are actors."

Raised in a family concerned with social issues, in 2003 Gyllenhaal participated in an advertising campaign by the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization his entire family strongly supports. Environmentally conscious, he recycles regularly, and said in an interview that he spends $400 a year to have trees planted in a Mozambique forest, partly to promote the Future Forests program. After filming ''The Day After Tomorrow'', he flew to the Arctic to promote awareness of climate change.

In his spare time, Gyllenhaal enjoys woodworking and cooking. He has said, "I am not a card-carrying Buddhist, but I do try to practice mindfulness" and it is his goal to meditate every day.

Gyllenhaal has signed on to help the TV fundraiser Stand Up To Cancer.

Media image

Internationally viewed as a sex symbol, Gyllenhaal was named one of ''People'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2006. He was also listed in ''People's'' "Hottest Bachelors of 2006". In response to mainstream press lists like these, thousands of gay and bisexual men were polled for the 2007 and 2008 "AfterElton.com Hot 100 List." Gyllenhaal was ranked at No.1 in both consecutive years. He was ranked at No.2 on the ''Gay Wired Magazine'' poll of male actors who have played gay characters in movies.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1991	''City Slickers''	Danny Robbins
1993	''Josh and S.A.M.''	Leon
1993	''''	Edward	as Jacob Gyllenhaal
1998		Jake/Blue Kahan
1999	''October Sky''
2001	''Donnie Darko''	Donald J. "Donnie" Darko
2001	''Bubble Boy''	Jimmy Livingston
2001	''Lovely & Amazing''	Jordan
2002		Pilot Kelson
2002		Joe Nast
2002	''''	Thomas 'Holden' Worther
2003		Himself	Cameo
2004	''''	Sam Hall
2005	''Brokeback Mountain''	Jack Twist
2005
2005		Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
2007		Robert Graysmith
2007		Douglas Freeman
2009		Tommy Cahill
2010
2010	''Love and Other Drugs''	Jamie Randall
2011	''Source Code''	Colter Stevens

Accolades

! Year	! Group	! Award	! Result	! Work
2002	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Performance – Male		''Donnie Darko''
2002	Independent Spirit Awards			''Donnie Darko''
2003				''Donnie Darko''
2003	DVD Exclusive Awards	DVD Premiere Award – Best Actor
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male		''The Good Girl''
2005	National Board of Review			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006				''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	BAFTA Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Achievement – Actor Award		''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Academy Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards
2006		Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Fantasy
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Golden Globe Award			''Love and Other Drugs''

References

External links

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