JL
Jude Law
Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn December 29, 1972 (51 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | The Order · as Terry Husk |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (TV Series) · as Jod Na Nawood |
| 2024 | Eden · as Dr. Friedrich Ritter |
| 2023 | Firebrand · as Henry Viii |
| 2023 | Peter Pan & Wendy · as Captain Hook |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore · as Albus Dumbledore |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Yon-Rogg (voice) |
| 2020 | The Third Day: Autumn · as Sam |
| 2020 | The Nest · as Rory O'hara |
| 2020 | The Third Day (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section · as Iain Boyd "b" |
| 2020 | The New Pope (TV Series) · as Pius Xiii / Lenny Belardo |
| 2019 | Skywatch · as Man On Roof |
| 2019 | A Rainy Day in New York · as Ted Davidoff |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel · as Yon-Rogg |
| 2018 | Vox Lux · as Manager |
| 2018 | Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas · as Charles |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald · as Albus Dumbledore |
| 2017 | Neo Yokio (TV Series) · as Charles (voice) |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Obsession · as Gino |
| 2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword · as Vortigern |
| 2016 | The Young Pope (TV Series) · as Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius Xiii |
| 2016 | Genius · as Thomas Wolfe |
| 2015 | Spy · as Bradley Fine |
| 2015 | The Vote · as Colin Henderson |
| 2014 | Black Sea · as Captain Robinson |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel · as Young Author |
| 2013 | Dom Hemingway · as Dom Hemingway |
| 2013 | Side Effects · as Jonathan Banks |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians · as Pitch (voice) |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina · as Karenin |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Captain Hook (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Dr. John Watson |
| 2011 | Hugo · as Hugo's Father |
| 2011 | Contagion · as Alan Krumwiede |
| 2010 | The 64th Annual Tony Awards · as Hamlet |
| 2010 | Repo Men · as Remy |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes · as Dr. John Watson |
| 2009 | Rage · as Minx |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus · as Imaginarium Tony 2 |
| 2007 | My Blueberry Nights · as Jeremy |
| 2007 | Sleuth · as Milo Tindle |
| 2006 | The Holiday · as Graham |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering · as Will Francis |
| 2006 | All the King's Men · as Jack Burden |
| 2004 | The Aviator · as Errol Flynn |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events · as Lemony Snicket (voice) |
| 2004 | Closer · as Dan |
| 2004 | Alfie · as Alfie |
| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees · as Brad Stand |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · as Sky Captain |
| 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 | Love, Honor and Obey · as Jude |
| 1999 | Presence of Mind · as Secretary |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Dickie Greenleaf |
| 1999 | eXistenZ · as Ted Pikul |
| 1998 | Immortality · as Steven Grlscz |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room · as Danny Kowalski |
| 1997 | Operation Good Guys (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil · as Billy Carl Hanson |
| 1997 | Venice Report · as Lord Alfred Douglas |
| 1997 | Wilde · as Lord Alfred 'bosie' Douglas |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Gattaca · as Jerome Eugene Morrow |
| 1996 | I Love You, I Love You Not · as Ethan / Ss Officer |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | The Crane · as Young Man |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (TV Series) · as Joe Barnes |
| 1990 | Families (TV Series) · as Nathan Thompson |
| 1989 | The Tailor of Gloucester · as Mayor's Stableboy |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Joe Barnes |