Jack Twist is portrayed in the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" by an actor who played the title character in what indie cult hit?
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Jack Twist Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he is portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Jack's story is depicted by the complex, sexual, and romantic relationship he has with Ennis Del Mar in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
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Jake Gyllenhaal Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. A member of the Gyllenhaal family and the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in "City Slickers" (1991), followed by roles in "A Dangerous Woman" (1993) and "Homegrown" (1998). His breakthrough performance was as Homer Hickam in "October Sky" (1999) and he garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for playing the title character in the indie cult hit "Donnie Darko" (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. He subsequently appeared in another indie film, "The Good Girl" (2002) and the climate fiction-disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004), portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event.
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Christopher Pettiet Christopher Lee Pettiet (February 12, 1976 – April 12, 2000) was an American television and film actor best known for his role as Jesse James in the Western TV series "The Young Riders" and as Zach Crandell in the cult comedy film "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" (1991).
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Jared Leto filmography Jared Leto is an American entertainer who has had an extensive career in film, music, and television. He made his debut with minor roles in the television shows "Camp Wilder" (1992) and "Almost Home" (1993). He achieved recognition in 1994 for his role as Jordan Catalano in the teen drama television series "My So-Called Life". The show was praised for its portrayal of adolescence and gained a cult following, despite being canceled after only one season. The same year, he made his television film debut starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in "Cool and the Crazy". Leto's first film role was in the 1995 drama "How to Make an American Quilt". He later co-starred with Christina Ricci in "The Last of the High Kings" (1996) and received a supporting role in "Switchback" (1997). In 1997, Leto starred in the biopic "Prefontaine" in which he played the role of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine. His portrayal received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role. The following year, Leto starred together with Alicia Witt in the horror "Urban Legend". He then acted alongside Sean Penn and Adrien Brody in the war film "The Thin Red Line" (1998). After playing supporting roles in "Black and White" and "Girl, Interrupted", Leto portrayed Angel Face in "Fight Club" (1999), which has since became a cult film.
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Chris Romano Chris "Romanski" Romano (born February 2, 1978) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, most commonly known for co-creating and acting in Spike TV's "Blue Mountain State".
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Seth Gilliam Seth Gilliam (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Ellis Carver on "The Wire", Clayton Hughes on "Oz", Dr. Alan Deaton on "Teen Wolf", and Father Gabriel Stokes on "The Walking Dead".
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Emile Hirsch Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He made his breakout roles for "Into the Wild" (2007) and the A&E network simulcast miniseries "Bonnie & Clyde" (2013). Other films include "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (2002), "The Girl Next Door" (2004), "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), "Alpha Dog" (2006), "The Darkest Hour" (2011), "The Motel Life" (2012) and "Vincent N Roxxy" (2016).
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Jack Warden Jack Warden (September 18, 1920July 19, 2006) was an American character actor of film and television. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for "Shampoo" (1975) and "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). He received a BAFTA nomination for the former movie and won an Emmy for his performance in "Brian's Song" (1971).
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Steve-O Stephen Gilchrist Glover (born June 13, 1974), better known by his stage name Steve-O, is a British-American actor, stunt performer, producer, comedian, author, musician, and clown. His entertainment career is mostly centered on his performance stunts on the American TV series "Jackass", its related movies, and its spin-off series "Wildboyz".
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Jack Doolan (actor) Jack Doolan is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Tyler Boyce in the BBC sitcom "The Green Green Grass" alongside John Challis and Sue Holderness. Doolan has guest starred in other television shows such as "Spooks", "EastEnders", "The Bill" and "Peep Show" and more recently had a lead part in "Cemetery Junction", a comedy drama film by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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Jack Grinnage Jack Grinnage (born January 20, 1931) is an American actor with a film and television career spanning seven decades. Born in Los Angeles, Grinnage made his first television appearances in 1954. The following year, he played as Moose – one of three teenage rebels who chase James Dean – in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). "Rebel Without a Cause" was his first movie where he received a screen credit.
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Joseph Cross (actor) Joseph Michael Cross (born May 28, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He began work as a child actor, starring in the 1998 films "Desperate Measures", "Wide Awake", and "Jack Frost". He won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture for "Running with Scissors" (2006), and co-starred in "Untraceable" (2008), "Milk" (2008), and "Lincoln" (2012).
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David Dastmalchian David Dastmalchian (pronounced "dast-mol-chian" ; born July 21, 1977) is an American actor known for film, television and theatre work. Raised in Kansas, he studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University. In Chicago, he received acclaim for lead roles in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" at Shattered Globe Theatre.
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Jack Carpenter (actor) John T. "Jack" Carpenter (born September 18, 1984) is an American actor.
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Simon Rex Simon Rex Cutright, known as Dirt Nasty (born July 20, 1974), is an American actor, comedian, rapper, record producer, model, and former VJ. Rising to fame as an MTV VJ, Rex turned rapper and comedian under an alter ego, Dirt Nasty, and received a cult following on social media websites. As an actor, he starred as Jeff Campbell in the first season of "What I Like About You", as George Logan in "Scary Movie 3" and "4", as Dan Sanders in "5", and as Derek in "National Lampoon's Pledge This!"
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Johnny Simmons Johnny James Simmons (born November 28, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dylan Baxter in "Evan Almighty" (2007), Chip Dove in "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Young Neil" Nordegraf in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010), Brad Hayes in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012), and Shane in "Girlboss".
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Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host. He is known for hosting "The Soup" and portraying Jeff Winger on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom "Community". He has appeared in such films as "" (2011) and "Ted" (2012). He also starred in the CBS sitcom "The Great Indoors".
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Joey Kern Joseph Daniel "Joey" Kern (born September 5, 1976) is an American actor. He is most widely known for his roles in the 2003 films "Cabin Fever" and "Grind".
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Skeet Ulrich Skeet Ulrich (born Bryan Ray Trout; January 20, 1970) is an American actor known for his roles in popular 1990s films, as Billy Loomis in "Scream" and Chris Hooker in "The Craft". Television roles include Paul Callan in the short-lived ABC drama "Miracles", Johnston Jacob "Jake" Green, Jr. in the television series "Jericho", and L.A.P.D. Detective Rex Winters, a former Marine from the "Law & Order" franchise. He currently stars as FP Jones on The CW's "Riverdale".
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Jack Plotnick Jack Stuart Plotnick (born October 30, 1968) is an American film and television actor, writer, and producer.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt ( ; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and entrepreneur. As a child, he appeared in the films "A River Runs Through It", "Angels in the Outfield" and "10 Things I Hate About You", and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series "3rd Rock from the Sun". He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in "(500) Days of Summer", "Inception", "Hesher", "50/50", "Premium Rush", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Brick", "Looper", "The Lookout", "Manic", "Lincoln", "Mysterious Skin" and "". He starred as Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film "The Walk" (2015), and as Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film "Snowden" (2016). For his leading performances in "(500) Days of Summer" and "50/50", he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
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Jonny Lee Miller Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English-American film, television and theatre actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy drama film "Trainspotting" (1996) and as Dade Murphy in "Hackers" (1995), before earning further critical recognition for his performances in "Afterglow" (1997), "Mansfield Park" (1999), "The Flying Scotsman" (2006), "Endgame" (2009) and "T2 Trainspotting" (2016); for "The Flying Scotsman" he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Actor of the Year. He was also part of the principal cast in the films "Melinda and Melinda" (2004), "Dark Shadows" (2012) and "Byzantium" (2013). He has appeared in several theatrical productions on Broadway, most notably "After Miss Julie" and "Frankenstein", the latter of which earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor.