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