However, by 1999, he starred as Homer Hickam inOctober Skyand launched his career as a leading man.
Fortunately, Gyllenhaal landed on his feet when he took on a role inSource Code.
This is especially true of 2014s Nightcrawler, in which Gyllenhaal delivers his best performance.
Its incredibly intense and suspenseful and Gyllenhaal has proven hes great at playing a psychopath.
Prince of Persiawas a catastrophic failure for Disney.
Then, three years later, in 2013, hestarred opposite Hugh Jackmanin the thrilling mystery film,Prisoners.
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Source Code is a sci-fi thriller that stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an Army Captain named Colter Stevens who finds himself stuck in an eight-minute simulated time loop where a train explodes at the end of the timer. Disoriented and waking up in a capsule every time the simulation resets, Colter learns that the explosion was real. He is sent into the scenario repeatedly to discover the truth behind the bombing - but the truth behind the experiment may be even darker than he was prepared for.
