Jude Law
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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The View (1997) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- What If...? (2021) as Yon-Rogg (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Joe Barnes
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) as Albus Dumbledore
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Captain Marvel (2019) as Yon-Rogg
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as Young Author
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) as Albus Dumbledore
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) as Vortigern
- The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026) as Vladimir Putin
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) as Dr. John Watson
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024) as Jod Na Nawood
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Gigolo Joe