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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Character:Vladimir Putin
Release Date:21/01/2026
Eden
Character:Dr. Friedrich Ritter
Release Date:03/04/2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2025
The Order
Character:Terry Husk
Release Date:05/12/2024
Firebrand
Character:Henry VIII
Release Date:27/03/2024
Peter Pan & Wendy
Character:James Hook
Release Date:20/04/2023
Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/2023
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Character:Albus Dumbledore
Release Date:06/04/2022
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2021
The Hat
Character:Mystery Assailant
Release Date:13/10/2020
The Third Day: Autumn
Character:Sam
Release Date:03/10/2020
The Nest
Character:Rory O'Hara
Release Date:08/05/2020
The Rhythm Section
Character:Iain Boyd "B"
Release Date:31/01/2020
Skywatch
Character:Man on Roof
Release Date:25/10/2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Character:Ted Davidoff
Release Date:26/07/2019
Captain Marvel
Character:Yon-Rogg
Release Date:06/03/2019
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Character:Albus Dumbledore
Release Date:14/11/2018
Vox Lux
Character:Manager
Release Date:07/09/2018
Free Speech Fear Free
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2017
National Theatre Live: Obsession
Character:Gino
Release Date:11/05/2017
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Character:Vortigern
Release Date:10/05/2017
Genius
Character:Thomas Wolfe
Release Date:10/06/2016
The Roof
Character:And Yet Another Fan
Release Date:31/03/2016
The Vote
Character:Colin Henderson
Release Date:07/05/2015
Spy
Character:Bradley Fine
Release Date:06/05/2015
Black Sea
Character:Captain Robinson
Release Date:05/12/2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Character:Young Author
Release Date:26/02/2014
Dom Hemingway
Character:Dom Hemingway
Release Date:14/11/2013
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
Connection
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2013
Side Effects
Character:Jonathan Banks
Release Date:07/02/2013
Radioman
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2012
Rise of the Guardians
Character:Pitch (voice)
Release Date:21/11/2012
Anna Karenina
Character:Karenin
Release Date:06/09/2012
360
Character:Michael Daly
Release Date:25/07/2012
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Character:Self
Release Date:12/06/2012
The Boy in the Oak
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2012
Hugo
Character:Hugo's Father
Release Date:22/11/2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Character:Dr. John Watson
Release Date:22/11/2011
Contagion
Character:Alan Krumwiede
Release Date:08/09/2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Character:
Release Date:13/03/2011
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2010
Repo Men
Character:Remy
Release Date:18/03/2010
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/03/2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2010
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Dr. John Watson
Release Date:23/12/2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Character:Imaginarium Tony 2
Release Date:01/10/2009
Rage
Character:Minx
Release Date:24/09/2009
The Day After Peace
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2009
My Blueberry Nights
Character:Jeremy
Release Date:28/11/2007
Sleuth
Character:Milo Tindle
Release Date:12/10/2007
A Place in Time
Character:Self
Release Date:26/04/2007
Breaking and Entering
Character:Will Francis
Release Date:15/12/2006
The Holiday
Character:Graham Simpkins
Release Date:05/12/2006
All the King's Men
Character:Jack Burden
Release Date:10/09/2006
Live 8
Character:Self
Release Date:07/11/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
The Aviator
Character:Errol Flynn
Release Date:17/12/2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Character:Lemony Snicket (voice)
Release Date:16/12/2004
Closer
Character:Dan
Release Date:03/12/2004
Alfie
Character:Alfie
Release Date:22/10/2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Character:Sky Captain
Release Date:17/09/2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Character:Brad Stand
Release Date:10/09/2004
Cold Mountain
Character:Inman
Release Date:24/12/2003
Road to Perdition
Character:Harlen Maguire
Release Date:12/07/2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Character:Gigolo Joe
Release Date:29/06/2001
Enemy at the Gates
Character:Vassili Zaitsev
Release Date:28/02/2001
Presence of Mind
Character:Secretary
Release Date:24/09/2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2000
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/2000
Love, Honour and Obey
Character:Jude
Release Date:07/04/2000
Happy M’Gee
Character:
Release Date:27/01/2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Character:Dickie Greenleaf
Release Date:25/12/1999
eXistenZ
Character:Ted Pikul
Release Date:14/04/1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Immortality
Character:Steven Grlscz
Release Date:27/11/1998
Final Cut
Character:Jude
Release Date:13/11/1998
Music from Another Room
Character:Danny Kowalski
Release Date:24/04/1998
Bent
Character:Stormtrooper
Release Date:26/11/1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Character:Billy Carl Hanson
Release Date:21/11/1997
Gattaca
Character:Jerome Eugene Morrow
Release Date:07/09/1997
Wilde
Character:Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
Release Date:01/09/1997
I Love You, I Love You Not
Character:Ethan / SS Officer
Release Date:28/08/1996
Shopping
Character:Billy
Release Date:06/12/1994
The Crane
Character:Young Man
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Tailor of Gloucester
Character:Mayor's Stableboy
Release Date:28/12/1989
Television Appearances
Black Rabbit
Character:Jake Friedken
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Character:Jod Na Nawood
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Character:Self - Guest
What If...?
Character:Yon-Rogg (voice)
The Third Day
Character:Sam
The New Pope
Character:Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
Neo Yokio
Character:Charles (voice)
The Young Pope
Character:Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Toast of London
Character:Jude Law
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
The Early Show
Character:Self
Operation Good Guys
Character:
Elle Style Awards
Character:Self - Winner
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Joe Barnes
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Emmy Awards
Character:Self
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