Jude Law
Known For
Acting
Born
1972-12-29 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
Biography
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in British theatre before landing small roles in various 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 the Academy Award in the same category. 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), earning a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer nomination for the latter. 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. He has also been awarded the Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jude Law, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The View
as Self
What If...?
as Yon-Rogg (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
Sherlock Holmes
as Joe Barnes
The Oscars
as Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Young Author
Captain Marvel
as Yon-Rogg
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
as Jod Na Nawood
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Gigolo Joe
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Albus Dumbledore