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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.

Filmography

2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin

as Vladimir Putin

Movie
2025
Eden

as Dr. Friedrich Ritter

Movie
2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

as Albus Dumbledore

Movie
2019
Captain Marvel

as Yon-Rogg

Movie
2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

as Albus Dumbledore

Movie
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Young Author

Movie
2012
Rise of the Guardians

as Pitch (voice)

Movie
2011
Hugo

as Hugo's Father

Movie
2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

as Dr. John Watson

Movie
2011
Contagion

as Alan Krumwiede

Movie
2009
Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. John Watson

Movie
2006
The Holiday

as Graham Simpkins

Movie
2004
The Aviator

as Errol Flynn

Movie
2004
Closer

as Dan

Movie
2003
Cold Mountain

as Inman

Movie
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Gigolo Joe

Movie
2001
Enemy at the Gates

as Vassili Zaitsev

Movie
1997
Gattaca

as Jerome Eugene Morrow

Movie