List of awards and nominations received by Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor who has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award for playing Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romance Brokeback Mountain (2005). He has received additional nominations for one Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and three Tony Awards.

Jake Gyllenhaal awards and nominations

Gyllenhaal at SXSW in 2016
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 British Academy Film Awards 1 3 Golden Globe Awards 0 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards 0 3 Tony Awards 0 3
Totals[a]
Wins	30
Nominations	90
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

After making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991),^[1] Gyllenhaal's first nominations were for October Sky (1999), an American biographical film about NASA engineer Homer Hickam.^[2] His performance as the title character in the 2001 psychological thriller film Donnie Darko earned him a Young Hollywood Award and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Gyllenhaal's role opposite Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain received critical acclaim.^[3] In addition to receiving the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the MTV Movie Award for Best Performance, he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the 78th Academy Awards, the 11th Critics' Choice Awards, the 10th Satellite Awards, and the 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2010, he starred in the romantic comedy-drama film Love & Other Drugs, leading to Best Actor nominations at the 68th Golden Globe Awards and the 15th Satellite Awards.

Gyllenhaal received numerous accolades for his performance in Nightcrawler (2014), in which he plays a stringer who records violent late-night events and sells the footage to the media.^[4] He was recognised by several regional film critics associations and was nominated as Lead Actor for the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award, with his miss in the Best Actor Oscar category considered by many to be a snub.^[a] In 2016, he starred in Nocturnal Animals, receiving another nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Gyllenhaal's portrayal of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman in Stronger (2017) earned him the Hollywood Actor Award at the Hollywood Film Awards, as well as Best Actor nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards and the 22nd Satellite Awards.^[13]

Gyllenhaal's theatrical debut was in Kenneth Lonergan's London revival of This Is Our Youth in 2002, for which he won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.^[14] For his performance in the Broadway play Sea Wall/A Life, he was nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony Awards. On television, he starred in the Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent (2025) for which he was nominated for the a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama Series

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[15]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2005	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Brokeback Mountain	Won	[16]
2014	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[17]
2016		Nocturnal Animals	Nominated	[18]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2005	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[19]
2012	Best Actor in an Action Movie	End of Watch	Nominated	[20]
2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[21]
2017		Stronger	Nominated	[22]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2025	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Presumed Innocent	Pending	[23]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Love & Other Drugs	Nominated	[24]
2014	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[25]
2024	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Presumed Innocent	Nominated	[26]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[27]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture[b]		Nominated
2014	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[28]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Lead Actor in a Play	Sea Wall/A Life	Nominated	[29]
	Best Play (as a producer)		Nominated
	Best Play (as a producer)	Slave Play	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Association	Year[c]	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
AACTA International Awards	2015	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[30]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[31]
Austin Film Critics Association Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[32]
Canadian Screen Awards	2014	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Enemy	Nominated	[33]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	2006	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[34]
	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[35]
Chlotrudis Awards	2003	Best Actor	Donnie Darko	Won	[36]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	2005	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	3rd place	[37]
	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	4th place	[38]
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[39]
Dorian Awards	2015	Best Film Performance – Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[40]
Dubai International Film Festival Awards	2015	International Star of the Year	—	Won	[41]
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[42]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards	2002	Outstanding Newcomer	This Is Our Youth	Won	[43]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	2015	Best Actor	Enemy	Nominated	[44]
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Runner-up	[45]
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[46]
Gotham Awards	2005	Best Ensemble Cast[b]	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[47]
	2021	Best Feature[d]	Relic	Nominated	[48]
Hollywood Film Awards	2005	Hollywood Breakout Actor Award	Jarhead	Won	[49]
	2013	Hollywood Supporting Actor Award	Prisoners	Won	[50]
	2017	Hollywood Actor Award	Stronger	Won	[51]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards	2015	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[52]
	2017		Nocturnal Animals	Nominated	[53]
IFTA Film & Drama Awards	2004	Best International Actor	The Day After Tomorrow	Nominated	[54]
	2015		Nightcrawler	Nominated	[55]
Independent Spirit Awards	2002	Best Male Lead	Donnie Darko	Nominated	[56]
	2015	Best First Feature[e]	Nightcrawler	Won	[57]
		Best Male Lead		Nominated
	2019	Best First Feature[f]	Wildlife	Nominated	[58]
IndieWire Critics Poll Awards	2014	Best Lead Actor	Nightcrawler	Runner-up	[59]
International Cinephile Society Awards	2006	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Won	[60]
	2015	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[61]
Jupiter Awards	2016	Best International Actor	Southpaw	Nominated	[62]
London Film Critics' Circle Awards	2015	Actor of the Year	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[63]
	2017		Nocturnal Animals	Nominated	[64]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2006	Best Performance	Brokeback Mountain	Won	[65]
		Best Kiss[g]		Won
National Arts Awards	2006	Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence	—	Won	[66]
National Board of Review Awards	2006	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Won	[67]
	2013	Best Ensemble[h]	Prisoners	Won	[68]
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2006	Best Supporting Actor	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[69]
	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[70]
Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards	2005	Desert Palm Achievement Award	Brokeback Mountain	Won	[71]
People's Choice Awards	2011	Favorite Action Star	—	Nominated	[72]
	2013	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	—	Nominated	[73]
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	2005	Special Award	Jarhead	Won	[74]
	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[75]
	2016		Nocturnal Animals	Nominated	[76]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[77]
Satellite Awards	2003	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	The Good Girl	Nominated	[78]
	2005	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Brokeback Mountain	Nominated	[79]
		Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Jarhead	Nominated
	2010	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Love & Other Drugs	Nominated	[80]
	2014	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Prisoners	Nominated	[81]
	2015	Best Actor in a Motion Picture	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[82]
	2018		Stronger	Nominated	[83]
Saturn Awards	2015	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Nominated	[84]
Scream Awards	2011	Best Science Fiction Actor	Source Code	Nominated	[85]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[86]
Teen Choice Awards	1999	Choice Movie Breakout Performance	October Sky	Nominated	[87]
	2003	Choice Liplock[i]	The Good Girl	Nominated	[88]
		Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male		Nominated
	2007	Choice Movie Actor – Horror/Thriller	Zodiac	Nominated	[89]
	2008	Choice Movie Actor – Drama	Rendition	Nominated	[90]
	2010		Brothers	Nominated	[91]
		Choice Movie Actor – Fantasy	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	2014	Best Actor[j]	Nightcrawler	Runner-up	[92]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards	2015	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Enemy	Nominated	[93]
		Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[94]
Village Voice Film Poll Awards	2014	Best Actor	Nightcrawler	Won	[95]
Young Artist Awards	2000	Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film	October Sky	Nominated	[96]
Young Hollywood Awards	2002	Breakthrough Performance – Actor	Donnie Darko	Won	[97]
YoungStar Awards	1999	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film	October Sky	Nominated	[98]
Zurich Film Festival	2017	Golden Eye Award	—	Won	[99]

Notes

1. Attributed to multiple sources.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}
2. Shared with Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, Randy Quaid, and Michelle Williams
3. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
4. Shared with director Natalie Erika James and co-producers Anna Mcleish, Sarah Shaw, and Riva Marker
5. Shared with director Dan Gilroy and co-producers Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, David Lancaster, and Michel Litvak
6. Shared with director Paul Dano and co-producers Andrew Duncan, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, and Alex Saks
7. Shared with Heath Ledger
8. Shared with Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, and Melissa Leo
9. Shared with Jennifer Aniston
10. Tied with Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

See also

• Jake Gyllenhaal on screen and stage