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Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor.

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Jake Gyllenhaal
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: December 19
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
LA
California
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
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