David Jude Law (born December 29, 1972) is a British actor. He was born in Lewisham, in South London, England. His professional name is Jude Law.
A two-time Oscar nominee, his start in acting wasn't easy. After minor roles in British television, Law had his breakthrough with Shopping which also featured his future wife Sadie Frost. For a time Frost and Law were central to the so called Primrose Hill set of young British actors that also included Ewan McGregor.
In 2003, he and wife, actress Sadie Frost, by whom he has three children, Rafferty (b. 1996), Iris (b. 2000) and Rudy (b. 2002), divorced. He became engaged to Sienna Miller, his co-star in the remake of Alfie.
On July 18, 2005 Jude Law issued a public apology to his fiancée for having an affair with a nanny, Daisy Wright. Law was quoted as saying; "I want to publicly apologise to Sienna and our respective families for the pain that I have caused. There is no defense for my actions which I sincerely regret and I ask that you respect our privacy at this very difficult time".[1]
On November 17, 2004, Jude Law was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive". The 2004 remake of Alfie was a box-office flop, only making back about half of its estimated $60 million budget, and voted one of the worst remakes of all time by a British film magazine. Some film critics contended that though Law had been effective in supporting roles, his acting range is too limited to carry a film on his own. Other films of his in 2004, such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and I Heart Huckabees also flopped.
Partial Filmography
- All the King's Men (2005) as Jack Burden
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Lemony Snicket (voice)
- The Aviator (2004) as Errol Flynn
- Closer (2004) as Dan
- Alfie (2004) as Alfie
- I Heart Huckabees (2004) as Brad Stand
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan
- Cold Mountain (2003) as Inman
- Road to Perdition (2002) as Maguire
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) as Gigolo Joe, Lover Mecha
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) as Vassili Zaitsev
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as Dickie Greenleaf
- eXistenZ (1999) as Ted Pikul
- Final Cut (1998) as Jude
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Billy Carl Hanson
- Gattaca (1997) as Jerome Eugene Morrow
- Wilde (1997) as Lord Alfred Douglas
- Bent (1997) as Stormtrooper
- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (TV) as Joe Barnes in Episode "Shoscombe Old Place"
- Families (1990) (TV) as Nathan Thompson