Jude Law
Actor
Born December 29, 1972 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Vladimir Putin
Black Rabbit
Jake Friedken
Eden
Ritter
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
The Order
Terry Husk
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Jod Na Nawood
Firebrand
Henry VIII
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Peter Pan & Wendy
James Hook
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
Self
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Albus Dumbledore
True Things
What If...?
Yon-Rogg (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
The Hat
Mystery Assailant
The Third Day: Autumn
Sam
The Third Day
Sam
The Nest
Rory O'Hara
The Rhythm Section
Iain Boyd "B"
The New Pope
Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
Skywatch
Man on Roof
A Rainy Day in New York
Ted Davidoff
Captain Marvel
Yon-Rogg
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Albus Dumbledore
Vox Lux
Manager
Neo Yokio
Charles (voice)
Free Speech Fear Free
Self
National Theatre Live: Obsession
Gino
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Vortigern
The Young Pope
Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
Genius
Thomas Wolfe
The Roof
And Yet Another Fan
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Vote
Colin Henderson
Spy
Bradley Fine
Black Sea
Captain Robinson
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Young Author
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway
Toast of London
Jude Law
Muse of Fire
Self
Connection
Self
Side Effects
Jonathan Banks
Radioman
Self
Rise of the Guardians
Pitch (voice)
Anna Karenina
Karenin
360
Michael Daly
The Boy in the Oak
Narrator (voice)
Hugo
Hugo's Father
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson
Contagion
Alan Krumwiede
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Un Rendez-vous
Man
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Self
Repo Men
Remy
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Self (uncredited)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John Watson
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium Tony 2
Rage
Minx
Live from Studio Five
Self
My Blueberry Nights
Jeremy
Sleuth
Milo Tindle
A Place in Time
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Breaking and Entering
Will Francis
The Holiday
Graham
All the King's Men
Jack Burden
Live 8
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Aviator
Errol Flynn
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket (voice)
Closer
Dan
Alfie
Alfie
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain
I ♥ Huckabees
Brad Stand
Cold Mountain
Inman
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Road to Perdition
Harlen Maguire
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gigolo Joe
Enemy at the Gates
Vassili Zaitsev
Presence of Mind
Secretary
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Self
Love, Honour and Obey
Jude
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Dickie Greenleaf
Tube Tales
The Early Show
Self
eXistenZ
Ted Pikul
Immortality
Steven Grlscz
Final Cut
Jude
Music from Another Room
Danny Kowalski
Operation Good Guys
Bent
Stormtrooper
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Billy Carl Hanson
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
Wilde
Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
The View
Self
Gattaca
Jerome Eugene Morrow
I Love You, I Love You Not
Ethan / SS Officer
The Daily Show
Self
Shopping
Billy
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Crane
Young Man
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mayor's Stableboy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Sherlock Holmes
Joe Barnes
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Oscars
Self
The Emmy Awards
Self