Jude Law

29 December, 1972

| 1.78 m

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Biography

Jude Law

Jude Law is an English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as Gattaca - szok przyszłości (1997) and Utalentowany pan Ripley (1999) to more recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: Gra cieni (2011), as Hugo's father in Hugo i jego wynalazek (2011) and in the titular role in Dom Hemingway (2013).David Jude Law was born on December 29, 1972 in Lewisham, London, England, to Margaret Anne (Heyworth) and Peter Robert Law, both of whom taught at comprehensive schools; his father later became a headmaster. Law has said that he was named after both the book Jude the Obscure and the song Hey Jude.In 1992, Jude began his stage career. He starred in many plays throughout London, and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award of "Outstanding Newcomer" After doing the play "Indiscretions" in London, he moved and did it again on Broadway. This time, he was alongside Kathleen Turner. He then received a Tony Nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor". He was then rewarded the Theatre World Award. After Broadway, Jude started on the big screen, in many independent films. His first big-named movie was Gattaca - szok przyszłości (1997), with Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. He also had a good role in Północ w ogrodzie dobra i zła (1997). Jude's latest rise to fame has been because of Utalentowany pan Ripley (1999), in which he plays Matt Damon's obsession. The film did very well at the box office, and critics loved Jude's acting.Following the success of Gattaca - szok przyszłości (1997) and Utalentowany pan Ripley (1999), Law's feature film career continued to gain momentum throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s with roles in such films as Wróg u bram (2001), Droga do zatracenia (2002), Jak być sobą (2004), Aviator (2004) and many others. Law is one of three actors, along with Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp, to take over acting responsibilities in the Terry...

Movies

A young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.

A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Follow the adventures of Peter Pan, a boy who does not want to grow up, and how he recruits three siblings in London, and together they embark on a magical adventure on the enchanted island of Neverland.

After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.

A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.

Vox Lux

Vox Lux (2018)

5.81h 54m

Metascore: 67

An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.

Life for an entrepreneur and his American family begins to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor.

The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.

A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.

Vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to redeem him.

A north London postman gets involved with a gang of criminals.

A man's search for his one true love whose birth he assisted in as a five-year-old.