Gyllenhaal appeared in two films directed by Denis Villeneuve in 2013 – Gyllenhaal described meeting Villeneuve " as if I 'd met an older brother " . The first of films to be released , the thriller '' Prisoners '' , starred Gyllenhaal as a detective named Loki in search of the abductor of two young girls , one of which is fathered by Hugh Jackman 's character . '' Rolling Stone '' critic Peter Travers praised Gyllenhaal 's " exceptional " performance in the film . In their second collaboration , Gyllenhaal starred in a dual role as a history teacher and his doppelgänger in the thriller '' Enemy '' . In 2014 , he produced and starred in the crime thriller '' Nightcrawler '' , receiving a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the latter role . In 2015 , he starred in Antoine Fuqua 's sports drama '' Southpaw '' , Baltasar Kormákur 's '' Everest '' , an account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster , and Jean-Marc Vallée 's romantic comedy-drama '' Demolition '' . He was also on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival . In 2016 , he starred in Tom Ford 's thriller film '' Nocturnal Animals ''
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Jake Gyllenhaal