Jake Gyllenhaal melts hearts as dad in Calvin Klein ad

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a doting father for a Calvin Klein ad released Thursday.

The 36-year-old actor began his stint as the new face of Eternity fragrance with the ad campaign that features model Liya Kebede, 39, and four-year-old actress Leila.

The 60 second black and white commercial shows Jake and Liya reciting E. E. Cummings’s I Carry Your Heart With Me to the young girl.

Doting dad: Jake Gyllenhaal, 36, stars as a doting father for a Calvin Klein ad released Thursday

The commercial opens with the Eternity title card over a scene of crashing waves on a beach, ass seen on YouTube.

‘I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart. I am never without,’ Jake says in a voice over as Leila walks towards the camera.

‘And whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling,’ Liya is heard explaining.

Daughter: Four-year-old actress Leila played his daughter

Daughter: Four-year-old actress Leila played his daughter

Model mom: Model Liya Kebede, 39, played the mother

Model mom: Model Liya Kebede, 39, played the mother

As Jake jokes and pretends to use Leila’s foot as a phone, he is heard whispering: ‘Here is the deepest secret nobody knows, here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud.’

At the end of the commercial, Jake smiles and kisses Leila on the head as Liya is heard saying: ‘This is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.’

The commercial was directed by Emmy Award winning Cary Fukunaga, who sat in the director’s chair for Beasts Of A Nation.

Recite: Jake recites E. E. Cummings's I Carry Your Heart With Me to the young girl

Recite: Jake recites E. E. Cummings’s I Carry Your Heart With Me to the young girl

Poetic dad: 'I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart. I am never without,' Jake says in a voice over as Leila walks towards the camera

Poetic dad: ‘I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart. I am never without,’ Jake says in a voice over as Leila walks towards the camera

Meanwhile, Jake has often spoken publicly about his desire to start a family.

‘I want to continue becoming more of an adult than I already am,’ he told People in September. ‘Hopefully with a family of my own.’ 

Jokester: As Jake jokes and pretends to use Leila's foot as a phone, he is heard whispering: 'Here is the deepest secret nobody knows,here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud'

Jokester: As Jake jokes and pretends to use Leila’s foot as a phone, he is heard whispering: ‘Here is the deepest secret nobody knows,here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud’

Kisses: At the end of the commercial, Jake smiles and kisses Leila on the head as Liya is heard saying: 'This is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart'

Kisses: At the end of the commercial, Jake smiles and kisses Leila on the head as Liya is heard saying: ‘This is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart’

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