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 |