
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.
Acting (81 movies)

Enemy at the Gates
2001

The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999

Breaking and Entering
2006

Immortality
1998

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001

The Holiday
2006

I ♥ Huckabees
2004

Gattaca
1997

Sherlock Holmes
2009

All the King's Men
2006

Cold Mountain
2003

Closer
2004

eXistenZ
1999

The Aviator
2004

My Blueberry Nights
2007

Road to Perdition
2002

Sleuth
2007

The Order
2024

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004

Wilde
1997

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009

Repo Men
2010

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997

Alfie
2004

Firebrand
2024

Rage
2009

Hugo
2011

I Love You, I Love You Not
1996

Shopping
1994

Contagion
2011

Love, Honour and Obey
2000

Music from Another Room
1998

Final Cut
1998

Rise of the Guardians
2012

Bent
1997

Eden
2025

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011

Anna Karenina
2012

Presence of Mind
2000

360
2012

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014

Side Effects
2013

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000

Dom Hemingway
2013

Radioman
2012

Black Sea
2014

Spy
2015

Genius
2016

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005

The Tailor of Gloucester
1989

The Vote
2015

Live 8
2005

The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026

Connection
2013

The Roof
2016

Vox Lux
2018

Muse of Fire
2013

National Theatre Live: Obsession
2017

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018

A Rainy Day in New York
2019

The Rhythm Section
2020

Free Speech Fear Free
2017

The Nest
2020

The Crane
1993

Captain Marvel
2019

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000

Skywatch
2019

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022

Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010

Peter Pan & Wendy
2023

A Place in Time
2007

The Third Day: Autumn
2020

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021

Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011

Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
2023

The Boy in the Oak
2012
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | 2004 | Producer |
| Sleuth | 2007 | Producer |
| Vox Lux | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| The Nest | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| True Things | 2022 | Producer |
| The Order | 2024 | Producer |
