Jude Law
Birthday: 1972-12-29 | Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UKDavid 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
Acting
Role
as Vladimir Putin
as Dr. Friedrich Ritter
as Jake Friedken
as Henry VIII
as Jod Na Nawood
as Terry Husk
as James Hook
as Self
as Yon-Rogg
as Albus Dumbledore
as Iain Boyd "B"
as Mystery Assailant
as Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
as Rory O'Hara
as Sam
as Sam
as Ted Davidoff
as Man on Roof
as Yon-Rogg
as Albus Dumbledore
as Manager
as Charles (voice)
as Gino
as Self
as Vortigern
as And Yet Another Fan
as Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
as Thomas Wolfe
as Bradley Fine
