Jude Law

Jude Law

1972-12-29

Biography

David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 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.

Also appears in

The Marvels

The Marvels

6.1

Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel

6.8

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

6.7

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

7.2

Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians

7.4

Spy

Spy

6.8

Gattaca

Gattaca

7.6

Contagion

Contagion

6.6

Peter Pan & Wendy

Peter Pan & Wendy

5.5

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

6.5

The Aviator

The Aviator

7.2

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

7.1

My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights

6.4

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

7.0

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

8.1

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

7.4

Closer

Closer

6.8

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

6.8

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

6.7

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

7.2