Jude Law
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 Minghellas 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 Spielbergs AI Artificial Intelligence 2001 Sam Mendes Road to Perdition 2002 Minghellas 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 YonRogg in Captain Marvel 2019 all of which rank among his highestgrossing 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 Childrens 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jude Law licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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