Jude Law
Born
December 29, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 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.
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Known For
Eden
Dr. Friedrich Ritter
2025
The Order
Terry Husk
2024
Firebrand
Henry VIII
2024
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Vortigern
2017
Genius
Thomas Wolfe
2016
The Vote
Colin Henderson
2015
Spy
Bradley Fine
2015
Black Sea
Captain Robinson
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Young Author
2014
Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway
2013
Side Effects
Jonathan Banks
2013
Radioman
Self
2012
Rise of the Guardians
Pitch (voice)
2012
Anna Karenina
Karenin
2012
360
Michael Daly
2012
Hugo
Hugo's Father
2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson
2011
Contagion
Alan Krumwiede
2011
Repo Men
Remy
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2010
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John Watson
2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium Tony 2
2009
Rage
Minx
2009
The Day After Peace
Self
2009
My Blueberry Nights
Jeremy
2007
Sleuth
Milo Tindle
2007
Breaking and Entering
Will Francis
2006
The Holiday
Graham
2006
All the King's Men
Jack Burden
2006
Live 8
Self
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
2005
The Aviator
Errol Flynn
2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket (voice)
2004
Closer
Dan
2004
Alfie
Alfie
2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Brad Stand
2004
Cold Mountain
Inman
2003
Road to Perdition
Harlen Maguire
2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gigolo Joe
2001
Enemy at the Gates
Vassili Zaitsev
2001
Presence of Mind
Secretary
2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Love, Honour and Obey
Jude
2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Dickie Greenleaf
1999
eXistenZ
Ted Pikul
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack
Self
1999
Immortality
Steven Grlscz
1998
Final Cut
Jude
1998
Music from Another Room
Danny Kowalski
1998
Bent
Stormtrooper
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Billy Carl Hanson
1997
Gattaca
Jerome Eugene Morrow
1997
Wilde
Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
1997
I Love You, I Love You Not
Ethan / SS Officer
1996
Shopping
Billy
1994
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mayor's Stableboy
1989
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Vladimir Putin
Connection
Self
2013
Untitled Jude Law x Justin Kuritzkes Movie
Black Rabbit
Jake Friedken · (8 episodes)
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Jod Na Nawood · (8 episodes)
2024
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2023
Peter Pan & Wendy
James Hook
2023
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
Self
2023
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Albus Dumbledore
2022
What If...?
Yon-Rogg (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
The Third Day: Autumn
Sam
2020
The Third Day
Sam · (6 episodes)
2020
The Nest
Rory O'Hara
2020
The Rhythm Section
Iain Boyd "B"
2020
The New Pope
Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo · (9 episodes)
2020
Skywatch
Man on Roof
2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Ted Davidoff
2019
Captain Marvel
Yon-Rogg
2019
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
Charles (voice) / Sadie (voice) / Maitre D (voice)
2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Albus Dumbledore
2018
Vox Lux
Manager
2018
Neo Yokio
Charles (voice) · (6 episodes)
2017
Free Speech Fear Free
Self
2017
National Theatre Live: Obsession
Gino
2017
The Young Pope
Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII · (10 episodes)
2016
The Roof
And Yet Another Fan
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (3 episodes)
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Toast of London
Jude Law · (1 episode)
2013
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Self
2012
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Self
2010
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Self (uncredited)
2010
Live from Studio Five
Self · (2 episodes)
2009
A Place in Time
Self
2007
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Self
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Operation Good Guys
(1 episode)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
The Crane
Young Man
1993
The Hat
Happy M’Gee
2000
Sherlock Holmes 3
Dr. John Watson
Honest Trailers
Captain Hook (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (7 episodes)
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (1 episode)
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(2 episodes)
1988
Sherlock Holmes
Joe Barnes · (1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Wild Things
Siegfried · (1 episode)