
Jude Law
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-12-29 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Jude Law
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.
Known For
Acting
The Wizard of the Kremlin
as Vladimir Putin
(2025)
Eden
as Dr. Friedrich Ritter
(2025)
(2024)
The Order
as Terry Husk
(2024)
Firebrand
as Henry VIII
(2023)
Peter Pan & Wendy
as James Hook
(2022)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Albus Dumbledore
(2021)
(2020)
The Rhythm Section
as Iain Boyd "B"
(2020)
The Nest
as Rory O'Hara
(2020)
The Third Day: Autumn
as Sam
(2019)
Captain Marvel
as Yon-Rogg
(2019)
Skywatch
as Man on Roof
(2019)
A Rainy Day in New York
as Ted Davidoff
(2018)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Albus Dumbledore
(2018)
Vox Lux
as Manager
(2018)
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
as Charles
(2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Vortigern
(2017)
Free Speech Fear Free
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
Genius
as Thomas Wolfe
(2016)
The Roof
as And Yet Another Fan
(2015)
Spy
as Bradley Fine
(2015)
The Vote
as Colin Henderson
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Young Author
(2014)
Black Sea
as Captain Robinson
(2013)
Side Effects
as Jonathan Banks
(2013)
Dom Hemingway
as Dom Hemingway
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
Connection
as Self
(2012)
Rise of the Guardians
as Pitch (voice)
(2012)
Anna Karenina
as Karenin
(2012)
360
as Michael Daly
(2012)
Radioman
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Dr. John Watson
(2011)
Contagion
as Alan Krumwiede
(2011)
Hugo
as Hugo's Father
(2011)
(2010)
Repo Men
as Remy
(2010)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
as Self (uncredited)
(2010)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
(2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
(2009)
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. John Watson
(2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Imaginarium Tony 2
(2009)
Rage
as Minx
(2009)
The Day After Peace
as Self
(2007)
My Blueberry Nights
as Jeremy
(2007)
Sleuth
as Milo Tindle
(2007)
A Place in Time
as Self
(2006)
The Holiday
as Graham
(2006)
All the King's Men
as Jack Burden
(2006)
Breaking and Entering
as Will Francis
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
Live 8
as Self
(2004)
The Aviator
as Errol Flynn
(2004)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Lemony Snicket (voice)
(2004)
Closer
as Dan
(2004)
Alfie
as Alfie
(2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
as Sky Captain
(2004)
I ♥ Huckabees
as Brad Stand
(2003)
Cold Mountain
as Inman
(2002)
Road to Perdition
as Harlen Maguire
(2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Gigolo Joe
(2001)
Enemy at the Gates
as Vassili Zaitsev
(2000)
Presence of Mind
as Secretary
(2000)
Love, Honour and Obey
as Jude
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Dickie Greenleaf
(1999)
eXistenZ
as Ted Pikul
(1999)
(1998)
Immortality
as Steven Grlscz
(1998)
Music from Another Room
as Danny Kowalski
(1998)
Final Cut
as Jude
(1997)
Gattaca
as Jerome Eugene Morrow
(1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Billy Carl Hanson
(1997)
Wilde
as Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
(1997)
Bent
as Stormtrooper
(1996)
I Love You, I Love You Not
as Ethan / SS Officer
(1994)
Shopping
as Billy
(1993)
The Crane
as Young Man
(1989)
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mayor's Stableboy
Crew
(2024)
The Order
Producer
(2022)
True Things
Producer
(2020)
The Nest
Executive Producer
(2018)
Vox Lux
Executive Producer
(2007)
Sleuth
Producer
(2004)
(1999)
Tube Tales
Director