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.
Filmography
all 116
Movies 88
self 31
TV Shows 28
Producer 2
Voice 1
Writer 1
Director 1
Firebrand (2024)
The Marvels (2023)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
True Things (2022)
What If...? (2021)
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall (2021)
The Third Day: Autumn (2020)
The Third Day (2020)
The Nest (2020)
The Rhythm Section (2020)
The New Pope (2020)
Skywatch (2019)
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas (2018)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Vox Lux (2018)
Neo Yokio (2017)
Free Speech Fear Free (2017)
National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
The Young Pope - A Tale of Filmmaking (2016)
The Young Pope (2016)
Genius (2016)
The Roof (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Vote (2015)
Spy (2015)
Black Sea (2014)
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Dom Hemingway (2013)
Toast of London (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
Connection (2013)
Side Effects (2013)
Radioman (2012)
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Anna Karenina (2012)
360 (2012)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Hugo (2011)
Contagion (2011)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented (2010)
Repo Men (2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Rage (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
The Day After Peace (2009)
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Sleuth (2007)
A Place in Time (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
The Holiday (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Live 8 (2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Closer (2004)
Alfie (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Road to Perdition (2002)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Presence of Mind (2000)
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier (2000)
Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Tube Tales (1999)
The Early Show (1999)
eXistenZ (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack (1999)
The Brian Epstein Story (1998)
The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998)
Final Cut (1998)
Music from Another Room (1998)
Operation Good Guys (1997)
Bent (1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
Wilde (1997)
The View (1997)
I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Shopping (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Crane (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Fast Forward (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
The Order
Black Rabbit
The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow Part 1
Eden
Sherlock Holmes 3
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows Part 2
The Hat
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1972-12-29 (51 years old)
Birth NameDavid Jude Heyworth Law
Birth PlaceLewisham, United Kingdom
RelationshipsSadie Frost (1997-01-01 - 2003-01-01), Sienna Miller (2003-01-01 - 2006-01-01), Ruth Wilson (2012-01-01 - 2014-01-01)
SpousePhillipa Coan
ChildrenRaff Law, Rafferty Law, Iris Law
FatherPeter Law
SiblingsNatasha Law
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known Asجود لو, 주드 로, Джуд Лоу, ジュード・ロウ, จู๊ด ลอว์, 裘德·洛, David Jude Heyworth Law, Τζουντ Λο
AwardsTheatre World Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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