Jude Law
Biography
David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in theatre before landing small roles in various British television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002), Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama Closer (2004) and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. Other notable films include Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015), as well as the television series The Young Pope (2016), The New Pope (2020), and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024).
In addition to his film work, Law has performed in several West End and Broadway productions, including Les Parents Terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. These earned him nominations for two Tony Awards. The French government has also awarded him the Honorary Césarand and named him a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-12-29
Place of birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Images
Cast
Enemy at the Gates
2001
7.42
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
7.20
Breaking and Entering
2006
6.05
Immortality
1998
5.74
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
7.05
The Holiday
2006
7.09
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
6.29
Gattaca
1997
7.56
Sherlock Holmes
2009
7.22
All the King's Men
2006
5.80
Closer
2004
6.82
Cold Mountain
2003
6.93
eXistenZ
1999
6.79
The Aviator
2004
7.20
My Blueberry Nights
2007
6.40
Road to Perdition
2002
7.35
Sleuth
2007
6.30
The Order
2024
6.59
Wilde
1997
6.60
Repo Men
2010
6.33
Alfie
2004
5.84
Firebrand
2024
6.42
Rage
2009
3.47
Hugo
2011
7.17
Shopping
1994
5.32
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996
5.04
Contagion
2011
6.64
Love, Honour and Obey
2000
5.70
Music from Another Room
1998
5.70
Final Cut
1998
5.40
Rise of the Guardians
2012
7.37
Bent
1997
6.85
Eden
2025
6.74
The Day After Peace
2009
4.00
Anna Karenina
2012
6.70
Presence of Mind
2000
4.44
360
2012
5.70
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
8.03
Side Effects
2013
6.61
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
5.40
Dom Hemingway
2013
5.83
Radioman
2012
5.70
Black Sea
2014
6.30
Spy
2015
6.83
Genius
2016
6.50
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
0.00
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
6.55
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
10.00
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
0.00
The Vote
2015
8.40
Live 8
2005
7.40
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
0.00
Connection
2013
5.80
The Roof
2016
6.30
Vox Lux
2018
5.80
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
National Theatre Live: Obsession
2017
6.60
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
6.49
The Rhythm Section
2020
5.51
Free Speech Fear Free
2017
6.20
The Nest
2020
6.10
The Crane
1993
6.70
Captain Marvel
2019
6.79
Skywatch
2019
7.30
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010
6.90
Peter Pan & Wendy
2023
5.44
A Place in Time
2007
6.50
The Third Day: Autumn
2020
8.90
The Hat
0.00
Happy M’Gee
2000
0.00
Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010
7.50
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
2023
0.00
The Boy in the Oak
2012
0.00