1972-12-29 Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.
 |
The Wizard of the Kremlin | Vladimir Putin | 2026-01-21 |
 |
Eden | Dr. Friedrich Ritter | 2025-04-03 |
 |
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
 |
The Order | Terry Husk | 2024-12-05 |
 |
Firebrand | Henry VIII | 2024-03-27 |
 |
Peter Pan & Wendy | James Hook | 2023-04-20 |
 |
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask | Self | 2023-01-17 |
 |
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Albus Dumbledore | 2022-04-06 |
 |
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | 2021-03-15 | |
 |
The Rhythm Section | Iain Boyd "B" | 2020-01-31 |
 |
The Third Day: Autumn | Sam | 2020-10-03 |
 |
The Nest | Rory O'Hara | 2020-05-08 |
 |
Captain Marvel | Yon-Rogg | 2019-03-06 |
 |
Skywatch | Man on Roof | 2019-10-25 |
 |
A Rainy Day in New York | Ted Davidoff | 2019-07-26 |
 |
Vox Lux | Manager | 2018-09-07 |
 |
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Albus Dumbledore | 2018-11-14 |
 |
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Vortigern | 2017-05-10 |
 |
National Theatre Live: Obsession | Gino | 2017-05-11 |
 |
Free Speech Fear Free | Self | 2017-06-01 |
 |
Genius | Thomas Wolfe | 2016-06-10 |
 |
The Roof | And Yet Another Fan | 2016-03-31 |
 |
The Vote | Colin Henderson | 2015-05-07 |
 |
Spy | Bradley Fine | 2015-05-06 |
 |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Young Author | 2014-02-26 |
 |
Black Sea | Captain Robinson | 2014-12-05 |
 |
Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
 |
Dom Hemingway | Dom Hemingway | 2013-11-14 |
 |
Connection | Self | 2013-09-13 |
 |
Side Effects | Jonathan Banks | 2013-02-07 |
 |
Radioman | Self | 2012-12-07 |
 |
Anna Karenina | Karenin | 2012-09-06 |
 |
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry | Self | 2012-06-12 |
 |
Rise of the Guardians | Pitch (voice) | 2012-11-21 |
 |
The Boy in the Oak | Narrator (voice) | 2012-01-01 |
 |
360 | Michael Daly | 2012-07-25 |
 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Dr. John Watson | 2011-11-22 |
 |
Contagion | Alan Krumwiede | 2011-09-08 |
 |
Hugo | Hugo's Father | 2011-11-22 |
 |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | 2011-03-13 | |
 |
Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | 2010-01-24 |
 |
Repo Men | Remy | 2010-03-18 |
 |
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented | Self | 2010-03-30 |
 |
Exit Through the Gift Shop | Self (uncredited) | 2010-03-05 |
 |
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Imaginarium Tony 2 | 2009-10-01 |
|
The Day After Peace | Self | 2009-04-01 |
 |
Rage | Minx | 2009-09-24 |
 |
Sherlock Holmes | Dr. John Watson | 2009-12-23 |
 |
Sleuth | Milo Tindle | 2007-10-12 |
 |
藍莓之夜 | Jeremy | 2007-11-28 |
 |
A Place in Time | Self | 2007-04-26 |
 |
Breaking and Entering | Will Francis | 2006-12-15 |
 |
All the King's Men | Jack Burden | 2006-09-10 |
 |
The Holiday | Graham | 2006-12-05 |
 |
Live 8 | Self | 2005-11-07 |
 |
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
 |
I ♥ Huckabees | Brad Stand | 2004-09-10 |
 |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Sky Captain | 2004-09-17 |
 |
Closer | Dan | 2004-12-03 |
 |
The Aviator | Errol Flynn | 2004-12-17 |
 |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket (voice) | 2004-12-16 |
 |
Alfie | Alfie | 2004-10-22 |
 |
Cold Mountain | Inman | 2003-12-24 |
 |
Road to Perdition | Harlen Maguire | 2002-07-12 |
 |
Enemy at the Gates | Vassili Zaitsev | 2001-02-28 |
 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Gigolo Joe | 2001-06-29 |
|
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self | 2000-01-01 |
 |
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier | Self | 2000-05-08 |
 |
El celo | Secretary | 2000-09-24 |
 |
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self | 2000-06-27 |
|
Happy M’Gee | 2000-01-27 | |
 |
Love, Honour and Obey | Jude | 2000-04-07 |
 |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | Dickie Greenleaf | 1999-12-25 |
|
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack | Self | 1999-01-01 |
 |
eXistenZ | Ted Pikul | 1999-04-14 |
 |
The Wisdom of Crocodiles | Steven Grlscz | 1998-11-27 |
 |
Final Cut | Jude | 1998-11-13 |
 |
Music from Another Room | Danny Kowalski | 1998-04-24 |
 |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Billy Carl Hanson | 1997-11-21 |
 |
Bent | Stormtrooper | 1997-11-26 |
 |
Wilde | Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas | 1997-09-01 |
 |
Gattaca | Jerome Eugene Morrow | 1997-09-07 |
 |
I Love You, I Love You Not | Ethan / SS Officer | 1996-08-28 |
 |
Shopping | Billy | 1994-12-06 |
 |
The Crane | Young Man | 1993-01-01 |
 |
The Tailor of Gloucester | Mayor's Stableboy | 1989-12-28 |
 |
The Hat | ||
|
Untitled Jude Law x Justin Kuritzkes Movie |
