Life and work
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor. Born: 19 December 1980. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · Producer · 1980–
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor. Born on 19 December 1980, this profile follows Jake Gyllenhaal through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Zodiac (2007) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Capitol Records Building, Transamerica Pyramid and Union Square, with existing stories in San Francisco. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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The Day After Tomorrow · Capitol Records Building
Jake Gyllenhaal is credited as cast member on The Day After Tomorrow. The work’s existing location story leads to Capitol Records Building. The Capitol Records Building appears in The Day After Tomorrow through a visual-effects destruction sequence. The pin marks the real landmark represented on screen.
The Day After Tomorrow — credits ↗︎Capitol Records Building ↗︎
Zodiac · Transamerica Pyramid
Jake Gyllenhaal is credited as cast member on Zodiac. The work’s existing location story leads to Transamerica Pyramid. Transamerica Pyramid is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Nightcrawler · Ocean Front Walk
Jake Gyllenhaal is credited as cast member and producer on Nightcrawler. The work’s existing location story leads to Ocean Front Walk. Lou steals a bicycle along Ocean Front Walk. The production filmed north of Windward Avenue; the image is a wider boardwalk view rather than an exact shot match.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 9 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Capitol Records Building ↗︎
The real setting behind the effects
The Capitol Records Building appears in The Day After Tomorrow through a visual-effects destruction sequence. The pin marks the real landmark represented on screen.
1750 N Vine Street
Open street map ↗︎El Compadre ↗︎
Filming location · the dinner negotiation
The Hollywood El Compadre becomes Cabanita, where Lou meets Nina for dinner. The restaurant’s warm interior holds one of the film’s most uncomfortable negotiations.
7408 W Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios ↗︎
Filming location · KWLA exterior
KTLA’s Sunset Boulevard frontage supplies the fictional station’s exterior. The newsroom interiors were filmed at the former KCET facility, a different site.
5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Ocean Front Walk ↗︎
Filming location · the bicycle theft
Lou steals a bicycle along Ocean Front Walk. The production filmed north of Windward Avenue; the image is a wider boardwalk view rather than an exact shot match.
Ocean Front Walk, Venice, Los Angeles
Open street map ↗︎Golden Gate Bridge ↗︎
Zodiac — Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA
Open street map ↗︎The Fillmore ↗︎
Zodiac — The Fillmore
The Fillmore is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94115
Open street map ↗︎City Lights Booksellers ↗︎
Zodiac — City Lights Booksellers
City Lights Booksellers is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Open street map ↗︎Transamerica Pyramid ↗︎
Zodiac — Transamerica Pyramid
Transamerica Pyramid is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
600 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94111
Open street map ↗︎Union Square ↗︎
Zodiac — Union Square
Union Square is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
333 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1980-12-19
Born 19 December 1980
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
The Day After Tomorrow
Roland Emmerich
Zodiac ↗︎
Zodiac
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Dan Gilroy
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
San Francisco ↗︎
Suspense on the waterfront, chases on impossible grades and music built in shared rooms.
Nightcrawler ↗︎
Venice daylight, a television frontage and a Hollywood restaurant reveal the working geography behind Lou Bloom’s night.
Zodiac ↗︎
Follow Zodiac through 5 real places in San Francisco. Fincher reconstructs the newspaper city and the long institutional afterlife of an unsolved case.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Robert Downey Jr. ↗︎
Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor. Born on 4 April 1965, this profile follows Robert Downey Jr. through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Less Than Zero (1987), Chaplin (1992), Zodiac (2007) and Iron Man (2008). The location trail reaches The MacArthur · Park Plaza, Transamerica Pyramid and Union Square, with existing stories in San Francisco. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Emmy Rossum ↗︎
Emmy Rossum is an American actress. Born on 12 September 1986, this profile follows Emmy Rossum through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Day After Tomorrow (2004). The location trail reaches Capitol Records Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Mark Ruffalo ↗︎
Mark Ruffalo is an American actor. Born on 22 November 1967, this profile follows Mark Ruffalo through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Collateral (2004) and Zodiac (2007). The location trail reaches Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles International Airport and Gas Company Tower, with existing stories in San Francisco. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Bill Paxton ↗︎
Bill Paxton was an American actor and filmmaker. Born on 17 May 1955, this profile follows Bill Paxton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Terminator (1984), Predator 2 (1990), True Lies (1994) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Second Street Tunnel, Griffith Observatory and Eastern Columbia Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
James Newton Howard ↗︎
James Newton Howard is an American composer and music producer. Born on 9 June 1951, this profile follows James Newton Howard through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Pretty Woman (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Fugitive (1993) and ER (1994). The location trail reaches Beverly Wilshire, Ambassador Hotel — former site and Oviatt Building · Cicada, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Roland Emmerich ↗︎
Roland Emmerich is a German filmmaker. Born on 10 November 1955, this profile follows Roland Emmerich through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Independence Day (1996) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Second Street Tunnel and Capitol Records Building. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.