Actor Jude Law

Jude Law
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David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Born and raised in London, Law started acting in theatre. After finding small roles in feature films, Law gained 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. He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002). He continued to gain praise for starring in the war film Cold Mountain (2003), the drama Closer (2004), and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), gaining Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for the first of these. Law played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a younger Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. His other notable roles were in Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015); and the television series The Young Pope (2016) and The New Pope (2020). Law has also had an accomplished career on stage, performing in several West End and Broadway productions such as Les Parents terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. He received Tony Award nominations for the first and second of these. Law's Riff Raff Entertainment, founded with business partner Ben Jackson, inked a first-look deal for both feature films and television production with New Republic Pictures on April 13, 2021.
Place of birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK Lewisham, London, England, UK
Date of birth
29th December 1972
Movies that starred Jude Law (35 in total)
Peter Pan & Wendy poster

Peter Pan & Wendy [2023]

Captain Hook
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore [2022]

Albus Dumbledore
Captain Marvel poster

Captain Marvel [2019]

Yon-Rogg
Sherlock Holmes 3 poster

Sherlock Holmes 3 [2019]

Dr. John Watson
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald [2018]

Albus Dumbledore
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword poster

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword [2017]

Vortigern
Spy poster

Spy [2015]

Bradley Fine
The Grand Budapest Hotel poster

The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]

Young Writer
Black Sea poster

Black Sea [2014]

Captain Robinson
Side Effects poster

Side Effects [2013]

Jonathan Banks
Rise of the Guardians poster

Rise of the Guardians [2012]

Pitch (voice)
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina [2012]

Alexei Karenin
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows poster

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [2011]

Dr. John Watson
Contagion poster

Contagion [2011]

Alan Krumwiede
Repo Men poster

Repo Men [2010]

Remy
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes [2009]

Dr. John Watson
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus poster

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus [2009]

Imaginarium Tony 2
The Holiday poster

The Holiday [2006]

Graham Simpkins
All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men [2006]

Jack Burden
Breaking and Entering poster

Breaking and Entering [2006]

Will Francis
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [2004]

Lemony Snicket (voice)
Closer poster

Closer [2004]

Dan Woolf
The Aviator poster

The Aviator [2004]

Errol Flynn
I ♥ Huckabees poster

I ♥ Huckabees [2004]

Brad Stand
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow poster

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [2004]

Sky Captain
Alfie poster

Alfie [2004]

Alfie
Road to Perdition poster

Road to Perdition [2002]

Harlen Maguire
Enemy at the Gates poster

Enemy at the Gates [2001]

Vassili Zaitsev
A.I. Artificial Intelligence poster

A.I. Artificial Intelligence [2001]

Gigolo Joe
Love, Honour and Obey poster

Love, Honour and Obey [2000]

Jude
eXistenZ poster

eXistenZ [1999]

Ted Pikul
The Talented Mr. Ripley poster

The Talented Mr. Ripley [1999]

Dickie Greenleaf
The Wisdom of Crocodiles poster

The Wisdom of Crocodiles [1998]

Steven Grlscz
Gattaca poster

Gattaca [1997]

Jerome Eugene Morrow
Wilde poster

Wilde [1997]

Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
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