Jude Law is an English actor. Law rose to prominence with 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 the Academy Award in the same category. He gained additional critical acclaim and accolades for Cold Mountain (2003), also directed by Minghella.
Law is known for his roles in franchises, including as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), as Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and as Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019), the 21st installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Other notable roles include Gattaca (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Road to Perdition (2002), The Holiday (2006) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); and on television in The Young Pope (2016) and The New Pope (2020).
Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Sam, Mayor's Stableboy 1994 Shopping Billy 1996 I Love You, I Love You Not Ethan 1997 Bent Stormtrooper Wilde Lord Alfred Douglas Gattaca Jerome Eugene Morrow Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Billy Hanson 1998 Music from Another Room Danny Final Cut Jude Steven Grlscz 1999 Existenz Ted Pikul Tube Tales Director of segment "A Bird in the Hand" Presence of Mind Secretary Dickie Greenleaf 2000 Love, Honour and Obey Jude 2001 Enemy at the Gates Vasily Zaytsev A.I. Artificial Intelligence Gigolo Joe 2002 Road to Perdition Harlen Maguire 2003 Cold Mountain W.P. Inman 2004 I Heart Huckabees Brad Stand Alfie Alfie Closer Dan Errol Flynn Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Sky Captain / Joseph Sullivan Also producer Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 2006 All the King's Men Jack Burden Breaking & Entering Will Francis Graham Simpkins 2007 My Blueberry Nights Jeremy Sleuth Milo Also producer 2009 Rage Minx Imaginarium Tony (2nd transformation) Sherlock Holmes Dr. John Watson 2010 Repo Men Remy 2011 Contagion Alan Krumwiede Hugo Mr. Cabret Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Dr. John Watson 2012 360 Michael Daly Anna Karenina Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin Rise of the Guardians Pitch/The Bogeyman Voice role 2013 Side Effects Dr. Jonathan Banks Dom Hemingway Dom Hemingway 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Young Author Black Sea Captain Robinson 2015 Spy Bradley Fine 2016 Genius Thomas Wolfe 2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Vortigern 2018 Vox Lux The Manager Also executive producer Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Albus Dumbledore 2019 Captain Marvel Yon-Rogg A Rainy Day in New York Ted Davidoff 2020 The Rhythm Section Iain Boyd The Nest Rory O’Hara 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Albus Dumbledore 2023 Peter Pan & Wendy Captain Hook Firebrand Henry VIII 2024 The Order Terry Husk Eden Dr. Friedrich Ritter 2025 The Wizard of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin 2027 Paris Paramount Filming
Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Families Nathan Thompson 1991 Joe Barnes Episode: "Shoscombe Old Place" 2004, 2010 Saturday Night Live Himself / host 2 episodes 2015 Toast of London Himself Episode: "Global Warming" 2016 The Young Pope Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII 10 episodes; also producer 2017–2018 Neo Yokio Charles Voice role; 7 episodes 2020 The New Pope Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII 9 episodes; also executive producer The Third Day Sam 5 episodes 2023 What If...? Yon-Rogg (voice) Episode: "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" 2024–2025 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Jod Na Nawood 8 episodes 2025 Black Rabbit Jake Friedken Also executive producer TBA Siegfried Fischbacher Upcoming miniseries, also executive producer
Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1987 Bodywork Adrenalin National Youth Music Theatre production; Northcott Theatre, Exeter (The Exeter Festival); Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1988 The Ragged Child Various roles National Youth Music Theatre production; Sadler's Wells Theatre; Northcott Theatre, Exeter The Little Rats National Youth Music Theatre production; George Square Theatre (Edinburgh International Festival); National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki; The Opera House (The Municipal Theatre), Piraeus 1989 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph National Youth Music Theatre production; Herriot Hall (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Caucasian Chalk Circle National Youth Music Theatre production; Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1990 Captain Stirrick Ned Stirrick National Youth Music Theatre production; George Square Theatre (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) 1992 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Foxtrot Darling Hampstead Theatre Pygmalion Freddie Tour through Italy 1993 The Snow Orchid Blaise Gate Theatre Live Like Pigs Col Royal Court Theatre Death of a Salesman Happy West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds 1994 Les Parents terribles Michael Lyttelton Theatre 1995 Indiscretions Michael Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway Ion Ion Royal Shakespeare Company production; The Pit at Barbican Arts Centre 1999 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni Young Vic Theatre 2002 Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus Young Vic Theatre 2006 Beckett at Reading, Gala Evening Concert Hall, Reading 2009 Hamlet Hamlet Donmar at Wyndham's Theatre; Kronborg Castle, Elsinore; Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway 2011 Anna Christie Mat Burke Donmar Warehouse 2013–2014 Henry V Henry V Noël Coward Theatre 2015 The Vote Donmar Warehouse 2017 Obsession Gino Barbican Theatre; Wiener Festwochen; Koninklijk Theater Carre; Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
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External links
Filmography Jude Law at the British Film Institute (BFI). Retrieved 25 May 2008.