Jake Gyllenhaal covers GQ Australia

Photographed by Nino Muñoz

GQ Australia delivers this month with a cover story and photo shoot with the fab Jake Gyllenhaal,

In the interview, Jake talks about his eclectic choice of projects and how they've affected the trajectory of his career. He refers to Brokeback Mountain as a "marker" on his path:

At 32, Gyllenhaal’s carved an impressive career, largely due to some unexpected film choices. He’s starred in such movies as Donnie Darko, The Day After Tomorrow, Proof, Jarhead, Zodiac, Rendition and Brothers, among others. In 2006, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain, alongside Heath Ledger.

They’ve been eclectic choices and, aside from a disastrous foray into blockbuster territory (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, anyone?), he’s managed to avoid superhero flicks and franchises.

Gyllenhaal feels Donnie Darko, Brokeback and End of Watch changed his life in various ways.

“These movies are markers on my path and life. We all have them in different ways,” he says. “Mine are a little absurd and happen to be movies, but all I have is the experience of those movies and they’ve all been extraordinary in their own way.”

“These movies are markers on my path and life. We all have them in different ways,” he says. “Mine are a little absurd and happen to be movies, but all I have is the experience of those movies and they’ve all been extraordinary in their own way.”