Jack Twist

Jack Twist
Jack Twist as portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal
First appearance	Brokeback Mountain
Created by	Annie Proulx
Portrayed by	Jake Gyllenhaal (movie) Mike Faist (play)

Jack Twist is a fictional character in the short novel "Brokeback Mountain," by Annie Proulx, the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, and a 2023 play by Ashley Robinson also adapted from the short story. In the film, he is portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal who received a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.^[1] Jack's story primarily follows the complex sexual and romantic relationship he has with Ennis Del Mar in the American West from 1963 to 1983.