
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Black Rabbit as Jake Friedken
- 2025 · Eden as Dr. Friedrich Ritter
- 2024 · The Order as Terry Husk
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Peter Pan & Wendy as James 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 New Pope as Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
- 2019 · Captain Marvel as Yon-Rogg
- 2018 · Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Albus Dumbledore
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Obsession as Gino
- 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 Self
- 2013 · Side Effects as Jonathan Banks
- 2012 · Rise of the Guardians as Pitch (voice)
- 2012 · Anna Karenina as Karenin
- 2012 · Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Dr. John Watson
- 2011 · Hugo as Hugo's Father
- 2011 · Contagion as Alan Krumwiede
- 2010 · Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
- 2010 · Repo Men as Remy
- 2009 · Sherlock Holmes as Dr. John Watson
- 2009 · The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 2
- 2007 · My Blueberry Nights as Jeremy
- 2007 · Sleuth as Milo Tindle
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Breaking and Entering as Will Francis
- 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
- 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 · eXistenZ as Ted Pikul
- 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 Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 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 · Sherlock Holmes 3 as Dr. John Watson
- 2026 · The Wizard of the Kremlin as Vladimir Putin
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2024 · Firebrand as Henry VIII
- 2023 · Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask as Self
- 2021 · Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall as
- 2020 · The Third Day: Autumn as Sam
- 2020 · The Nest as Rory O'Hara
- 2020 · The Rhythm Section as Iain Boyd "B"
- 2019 · Skywatch as Man on Roof
- 2019 · A Rainy Day in New York as Ted Davidoff
- 2018 · Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas as Charles (voice) / Sadie (voice) / Maitre D (voice)
- 2018 · Vox Lux as Manager
- 2017 · Neo Yokio as Charles (voice)
- 2017 · Free Speech Fear Free as Self
- 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 · Toast of London as Jude Law
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Connection as Self
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · 360 as Michael Daly
- 2011 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as
- 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 · A Place in Time as Self
- 2006 · All the King's Men as Jack Burden
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Brad Stand
- 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 · The Early Show as Self
- 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 · Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Billy Carl Hanson
- 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
- 1993 · The Crane as Young Man
- Future · Wild Things as Siegfried
- 1989 · The Tailor of Gloucester as Mayor's Stableboy
- Future · The Hat as
- Future · Untitled Jude Law x Justin Kuritzkes Movie as