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Jake Gyllenhaal has starred in several different character of movies as characters with unique and dissent personalities throughout his career . He ’s starred in cult classics likeDonnie Darkoand as psychotic character like inNightcrawlerand characters based on real - spirit events likeZodiac .

The Zodiac signs also have peculiar strengths and weaknesses connected to each personality so each sign can be connected to a part . Here are some of Jake Gyllenhaal ’s most iconic characters he ’s present on screen sort into their corresponding Zodiac signs .

Updated on   June   21st , 2022 , by Shawn S. Lealos : Jake Gyllenhaal was back in a big - blind blockbuster in 2022 when he star in the Michael Bay movieAmbulance . Gyllenhall star as a man who robs banks and pulled his brother into his latest rip-off , only to see it all go wrongly in the end . This was just one of many new movies for the talented actor , as he also appeared recently in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has a tenacious inclination of both blockbusters and indie deary in his past tense . This allowed him to take on very different character types , and in each pillowcase , he was able to really show his natural endowment no matter what the role called on him to do , often deny the entire zodiac line .

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Aries: Detective Loki - Prisoners (2013)

Detective Loki is a courageous , determined , and honest character who is assign to seek to find two unseasoned girls who have gone drop . He try his best to equilibrate hand information and operate with the parents ( including the belligerent father portrayed by Hugh Jackman ) with his own passion for wanting to find the two girl dependable .

He can become aggressive and has a brusk temper , and all of these character trait are similar to the Aries polarity .

Taurus: Sam Hall - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Gyllenhaal asterisk as Sam inThe Day After Tomorrowand has to strain to make it during the revelatory weather that his don ( Dennis Quaid ) had been predicting through climate change signs for eld .

Most of his character traits are similar to the Taurus sign because he is reliable and static and keeps his demeanor even against the insane betting odds the little grouping of survivor is facing . He can also be stubborn , but it ’s good that he is because he tend to be correct .

Gemini: Jimmy Livingston - Bubble Boy (2001)

Jimmy has survive his full life in a house of cards because his mother has distinguish him he can not be exposed to any type of germ because he will go immediately . He is a blue , affectionate , and devoid character who can also be very neural given that he ’s leave his family for the first prison term in his biography . Jimmy ’s personality is very similar to the common personality a Gemini has .

Cancer: Tommy Cahill - Brothers (2009)

Tommy does not have a good path record with his family and taste to fix this when his crony ( Tobey Maguire ) is deploy and Tommy decides to help the kinsperson his brother leaves behind as much as he can .

He ’s a tenacious , patriotic , and emotional character while also being moody and insecure at clip about his past mistakes . His character traits are similar to the traits of the Cancer sign .

Leo: Danny Sharp - Ambulance (2022)

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Danny Sharp inAmbulance . He is a crook who live living on the line of credit , but he does so with a stern codification of behavior that has mostly keep him out of too much trouble in his life . He is also a loyal brother to Will , but when he pulls his brother into a heist to help pay for his married woman ’s surgery , things go amiss .

Similar to   Leo ’s , Danny is impregnable and determined and he will do anything to win , but he is also loyal and wants to protect his sidekick at all cost .

Leo: Morf Vandewalt - Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Morf is an incredibly self-important , stubborn , and ego - centered character who chooses to harshly review creative person ' work and has ruined careers because of his snap reactions to the art he retrospect .

Although he mostly video display of the Leo ’s weaknesses , he also has some of their strength as he ’s creative and passionate in his committal to writing even though it tends to lack empathy , one of Jake Gyllenhaal ’s   darkest fictitious character .

Virgo: Robert Graysmith - Zodiac (2007)

Robert is a kind , quiet , and analytic character who draws cartoons for the local paper that begins to get target messages from the ego - exalt Zodiac Killer inone of Jake Gyllenhaal ’s honorable pic . Robert becomes haunt with the puzzles that the Orcinus orca sends to the newspaper as he drops all of his typical employment and prove to solve the mysteries .

He is unsure and tend to be all about the work , even when it ’s not the work he ’s suppose to be doing . All of Robert ’s character trait are very exchangeable to the Virgo sign ’s typical personality .

Libra: Mysterio - Spider-Man Far From Home (2019)

Mysterio , Quentin Beck , begins the film as a conjunctive , diplomatic , and fairish - apt character who is there to facilitate Nick Fury and Peter Parker vote down monsters who have escaped his own dying major planet and are wreaking mayhem on Earth .

After Beck ’s trueidentity as theFar From Homevillainis revealed it ’s vindicated that he rejoice in self - pity and definitely carries a grudge , particularly against Tony Stark . Mysterio ’s character trait are similar to the Libra sign .

Scorpio: Jeff Bauman - Stronger (2017)

InStronger , Jake Gyllenhaal meet a real - life story character in Jeff Bauman . This gentleman fall behind his leg during the Boston Marathon Bombing and had to learn how to walk again while start his young life . He was discover at first , but soon toughened up and would n’t quit .

Much like a Scorpio , he is someone who became passionate and refractory , unwilling to drop by the wayside until he was able to stand and walk again . It is the confident panorama of a Scorpio that really assist him pull his life back together in the remnant .

Scorpio: Louis Bloom - Nightcrawler (2014)

Louis is a resourceful , passionate , and unregenerate graphic symbol who becomes absolutely obsessed with suffer the most ghastly and breaking news and selling the footage to the high bidder .

It ’s clear that Louis is a terrifying persona as he quickly spirals into violence and jealousy with both his friends and his enemies . Louis ’s personality , both forte and weakness , is similar to the typical Scorpio personality traits .

Sagittarius: Jack Twist - Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Jack Twist is an outgoing , generous , and idealistic lineament with a great sense of humor . Jack and Ennis ( Heath Ledger ) are opposite as Ennis is more placid and reserved , but opposites attract as the two crepuscle for each other while form a ranching task .

He can sometimes promise more than he can deliver and can be impatient as he ’s sublime and believe that Ennis and he could have a life together , but he tragically proves to be ill-timed . All of Jack ’s traits are similar to the effectiveness and impuissance of the Sagittarius sign .

Capricorn: Jamie Randall - Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Jamie is a successful pharmaceutic repp who is responsible for and disciplined with expert self - ascendance as he lean to compartmentalize his personal and professional living . He usually does n’t stick with one romantic relationship , but he finds himself trance with a patient ( Anne Hathaway ) and the two begin a relationship despite her bleak diagnosing .

Jamie tend to be egotistic at times and believe that he knows everything while also being deign . All of Jamie ’s strength and weaknesses are exchangeable to the Capricorn sign .

Aquarius: Homer Hickam - October Sky (1999)

Homer is a unequaled , independent , and humanist quality who is incredibly passionate about skyrocket skill especially after seeing the Sputnik I set up . Homer has a lot of similar character traits to the Aquarius sign .

He brings his friends together to go on building their own garden rocket despite his coal mineworker father ’s discouragement at his interest in scientific discipline . Homer and his Fatherhood have a difficult kinship and for most of the film they both bear in their emotion making Homer seem distant and temperamental at times .

Pisces: Donnie Darko - Donnie Darko (2001)

Donnie Darkofollows the vernal Donnie as he struggles in his adolescent life at school and at plate . He meets a new girl in school as he begins to hallucinate a humanity in a bunny rabbit costume telling him the world will end in a few calendar week .

Donnie is an artistic , compassionate , and misunderstood character who is profoundly sad at times making him standardised to the Pisces sign .

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A split screen of Jake Gyllenhaal roles.

Jake Gyllenhaal examining evidence in Prisoners

Jake Gyllenhaal running in a flood in The Day After Tomorrow.

Jake Gyllenhaal looking sad in Bubble Boy

Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers

Jake Gyllenhaal in Ambulance

Jake Gyllenhaal in Velvet Buzzsaw

Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac

Spider-Man Far From Home Mysterio Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal celebrating in a hockey game in Stronger.

Lou Bloom looking out the window of his car while holding a camera in Nightcrawler Banner

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, and Laura Dern in October Sky

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