Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal was born into the industry: his father is an acclaim film director, his mother a producer/screenwriter and his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a fellow actress. Thus, it seemed only natural that Jake and Maggie should follow their parents’ path and start their acting career at a young age.
Although his parents had the means to spoil and indulge Jake and his sister Maggie, they wanted to teach them responsibility and allow them to have financial freedom, and so they insisted that they have summer jobs. Thus, throughout high school, Gyllenhaal worked as a lifeguard in a local pool, and later he worked as a busboy. He also enrolled in Columbia University in New York, but dropped after one year of studies to pursue his acting career.