You're probably pronouncing this celebrity's name wrong.
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor born into a family of talent. His mother and father are producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal.
He is also the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister in Donnie Darko. Gyllenhaal was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2006.
His mother is from a Jewish family and his father's ancestry includes Swedish, of the noble Swedish Gyllenhaal family, and English. He made his movie debut, at the age of 11, in the film City Slickers.
Jake Gyllenhaal's name is commonly mispronounced. As a Swedish name, the correct pronunciation is "YILL-EN-HALL". If you’d like to see someone trying to pronounce it check out the video in the source link.
