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