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.
Known For
Vassili Zaitsev
Enemy at the Gates
Dickie Greenleaf
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Will Francis
Breaking and Entering
Steven Grlscz
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Gigolo Joe
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Graham Simpkins
The Holiday
Brad Stand
I ♥ Huckabees
Jerome Eugene Morrow
Gattaca
Dr. John Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Jack Burden
All the King's Men
Inman
Cold Mountain
Dan
Closer
Ted Pikul
eXistenZ
Errol Flynn
The Aviator
Jeremy
藍莓之夜
Harlen Maguire
Road to Perdition
Milo Tindle
Sleuth
Terry Husk
The Order
Sky Captain
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
Wilde
Lemony Snicket (voice)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Imaginarium Tony 2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Remy
Repo Men
Billy Carl Hanson
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Alfie
Alfie
Henry VIII
Firebrand
Minx
Rage
Hugo's Father
Hugo
Ethan / SS Officer
I Love You, I Love You Not
Billy
Shopping
Alan Krumwiede
Contagion
Jude
Love, Honour and Obey
Danny Kowalski
Music from Another Room
Jude
Final Cut
Pitch (voice)
Rise of the Guardians
Stormtrooper
Bent
Dr. Friedrich Ritter
Eden
Self
The Day After Peace
Dr. John Watson
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Karenin
Anna Karenina
Secretary
El celo
Michael Daly
360
Young Author
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jonathan Banks
Side Effects
Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack
Self
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway
Self
Radioman
Captain Robinson
Black Sea
Bradley Fine
Spy
Thomas Wolfe
Genius
Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Vortigern
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Mayor's Stableboy
The Tailor of Gloucester
Colin Henderson
The Vote
Self
Live 8
Vladimir Putin
Le Mage du Kremlin
Self
Connection
Untitled Jude Law x Justin Kuritzkes Movie
And Yet Another Fan
The Roof
Manager
Vox Lux
Self
Muse of Fire
Gino
National Theatre Live: Obsession
Albus Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Ted Davidoff
A Rainy Day in New York
Iain Boyd "B"
The Rhythm Section
Self
Free Speech Fear Free
Rory O'Hara
The Nest
Young Man
The Crane
Yon-Rogg
Captain Marvel
Self
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Man on Roof
Skywatch
Albus Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Self
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Self
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
James Hook
Peter Pan & Wendy
Self
A Place in Time
Sam
The Third Day: Autumn
Mystery Assailant
The Hat
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Happy M’Gee
Self (uncredited)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Self
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
Narrator (voice)
The Boy in the Oak
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
88
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-12-29
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Also Known As
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