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The best Jake Gyllenhaal movies showcase how impressive the actor's career has been. He debuted in one of his father's (director Stephen Gyllenhaal) standout films, City Slickers and never looked back. Although initially typecast as a brooding, moody teen in angsty pictures such the twisty cult classic Donnie Darko, Gyllenhaal has since aggressively diversified his acting portfolio. In addition to taking on a wide breadth of challenging roles that have cemented his status as an undoubted A-lister, Gyllenhaal has also performed on Broadway, while picking up a mammoth 30 awards for his various portrayals.

Pulling together a definitive list of Gyllenhaal's movies requires a comprehensive view of his two-plus decade career, so only his films with major roles are considered. A lot of his work as a child saw him only appear briefly on screen and in minor roles. Once he began getting supporting and leading parts, Gyllenhaal's career took off...

Do you remember the coronavirus pandemic? Chances are you do, firstly because it happened very recently and secondly because it was very, very horrible. The collective trauma of the event was unprecedented since the Second World War. With that in mind, here comes the show that precisely nobody was asking for: This England. Dominic Cummings yelling about Brexit! Dramatisations of people dying in the ICU!! Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson!!!

For all that This England (Sky Atlantic) sets out to be a panoptic view of the early months of the crisis, there’s a blonde tousled elephant in the room. Even if unintentional, the show is all about Boris Johnson, and the great problem with Branagh’s performance is that it’s simultaneously a fairly poor impression and an enormously distracting one. He paces and preens and the audience is constantly reminded that this is supposed to be Boris Johnson.