Jude Law
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| Birth name | David Jude Heyworth Law |
| Born | December 29, 1972 (age 34) Lewisham, London, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Sadie Frost (1997 – 2003) |
| Notable roles | Jerome Eugene Morrow in Gattaca Dickie Greenleaf in The Talented Mr. Ripley Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition W. P. Inman in Cold Mountain Dan in Closer |
| Academy Awards | |
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| Nominated for Best Actor: 2004 Cold Mountain Nominated for Best Supporting Actor: 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley |
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| BAFTA Awards | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley |
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David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 1972) is an Academy Award nominated English actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Law was born in Lewisham, South London, England to teachers Peter and Maggie Law, who run a drama school in France. His sister Natasha is a well regarded illustrator and artist. He was educated at John Ball Primary School in Blackheath and Kidbrooke School in Kidbrooke then Alleyn's School in Dulwich. He started acting with the National Youth Music Theatre at the age of 12 and, at 17, he dropped out of school completely. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in 1992 he began his stage career.
[edit] Career
Law's first major stage role was as Foxtrot Darling, the sexually ambiguous and manipulative teenager in Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock In The Universe. Law went on to appear as Michael in the West End production of Indiscretions, an imaginative re-working of Jean Cocteau's tragicomedy Les Parents Terribles directed by Sean Mathias, a role he subsequently played on Broadway opposite Kathleen Turner, Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon. After minor roles in British television, including a two year stint in the Granada TV soap opera Families, Law had his breakthrough with the British ram-raiding drama Shopping which also featured his future wife Sadie Frost. He shot to fame in Britain upon the release of Wilde, in which he played Lord Alfred Douglas, the glamorous lover of Stephen Fry's Oscar Wilde.
Law subsequently moved to Hollywood; his performances include Gattaca, as a frustrated Olympic medalist bound by a wheelchair, in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as the ill-fated lover of Kevin Spacey's character, in Road to Perdition as a sadistic hitman in a critically-praised performance. He has been nominated for an Academy Award twice; once as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Talented Mr. Ripley in 2000, and then again as Best Actor in a Leading Role for Cold Mountain in early 2003.
Law's career suffered a major decline during 2004. The remake of Alfie was a box-office flop, earning only about half of its estimated $60 million budget.
Law's career woes dogged him through the rest of the year. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and I ♥ Huckabees were box office failures, even while obtaining modest critical praise. Law was famously the butt of a joke by Chris Rock at the 2005 Academy Awards.
Law is a fan of the graphic novel Watchmen, by Alan Moore, so much so he has a tattoo of the Rorschach character. He has maintained an interest in being involved in a feature film production of the series, especially if it were directed by Darren Aronofsky. He has said that he would most likely play the character Ozymandias. He was, at one point, courted to play either Batman or Superman in Batman Begins, Batman vs. Superman, and/or Superman Returns.
In addition, he was asked by Superman Returns director Bryan Singer to play General Zod, but the character was eliminated from the script.
In 2005, he was one of many actors rumored to be a possible choice to assume the role of James Bond, as MGM decided not to renew Irish actor Pierce Brosnan's contract. Law decided against auditioning for the role, stating that he did not feel he was fit for the part and would prefer to play a villain in the popular franchise. The role would eventually go to fellow Englishman Daniel Craig.
[edit] Personal life
Law married Sadie Frost on September 2, 1997. They have three children together: son Rafferty (born October 6, 1996), daughter Iris (born October 25, 2000) and son Rudy (born September 10, 2002). For a time Frost and Law were central to the so-called 'Primrose Hill set' of young British actors.
They finalized their divorce on October 29, 2003. In 2005, Frost and Law reached a divorce settlement after nearly two years of negotiations. Sadie Frost kept the couple's £2million London house in Primrose Hill, and she received a £4million payment and £15,000 a month, according to reports.
Law became engaged to Sienna Miller, his co-star in Alfie. On July 18, 2005, he issued a public apology to his fiancée for having an affair with his children's nanny. Law and Miller reconciled. Reports from May 29, 2006 stated that Miller and Law were "working things out". On November 12, 2006 Miller and Law made public their relationship was over.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Hosted Saturday Night Live on October 23, 2004, which is now notorious for Ashlee Simpson's lip-synching gaffe on her second performance.
- On November 17, 2004, Jude Law was named People magazine's sexiest man alive.
- A song by the band Brand New is titled "Jude Law and A Semester Abroad".
- Law is a fan of the legendary English stage and screen actor Sir Laurence Olivier. It was his idea to use archive footage of Olivier (who died in 1989) in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow so the deceased actor could "play" the film's villain.
- Jude Law is a supporter of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur .
- Jude Law was honored with the César Award (César d'honneur 2007) for his film work on February 24th, 2007.
- Jude Law was awarded l'Ordre de Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government on Thursday, March 1, 2007 in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts.
- Appears in the remakes Alfie and Sleuth. In both films, he plays a role originally played by Michael Caine. In the latter films, he works with Caine, who this time takes over Laurence Olivier's role.
[edit] Awards and Nominations
[edit] Academy Award
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Nominated: Best Actor, Cold Mountain (2003)
[edit] BAFTA Award
- Won: Best Supporting Actor, The Talented Mr. Ripley (2000)
- Nominated: Best Actor, Cold Mountain (2004)
[edit] Golden Globe Award
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, The Talented Mr. Ripley (2000)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
- Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Cold Mountain (2004)
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | The Tailor Of Gloucester (TV) | Mayor's Stableboy | |
| 1990 | Families (TV) | Nathan Thompson | |
| 1991 | The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes (TV) | Joe Barnes | |
| 1993 | The Marshal (TV) | Bruno | |
| 1994 | The Crane | Young Man 1 | |
| Shopping | Billy | ||
| 1996 | I Love You, I Love You Not | Ethan | |
| 1997 | Bent | Stormtrooper | |
| Wilde | Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas | ||
| Gattaca | Jerome Eugene Morrow | ||
| Midnight In The Garden Of Good & Evil | Billy Carl Hanson | ||
| 1998 | Music From Another Room | Danny | |
| Final Cut | Jude | ||
| The Wisdom Of Crocodiles | Steven Grlscz | ||
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Ted Pikul | |
| Presence Of Mind | Secretary | (Cameo) | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Dickie Greenleaf | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
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| 2000 | Love, Honour & Obey | Jude | |
| 2001 | Enemy At The Gates | Vassili Zaitsev | |
| AI: Artificial Intelligence | Gigolo Joe | Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 2002 | Road To Perdition | Harlen Maguire | |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Inman | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Brad Stand | |
| Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow | Sky Captain / Joseph Sullivan | ||
| Alfie | Alfie | ||
| Closer | Dan | ||
| The Aviator | Errol Flynn | (Cameo) Nominated for a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket | (Voice / Cameo) | |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Jack Burden | |
| Breaking & Entering | Will Francis | ||
| The Holiday | Graham | ||
| 2007 | My Blueberry Nights | Jeremy | |
| 2008 | Sleuth | Milo Tindle | (Filming) |
[edit] Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Playwright | Theatre |
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| 1992 | The Fastest Clock In The Universe | Foxtrot Darling | Jo Bonney | Philip Ridley | Hampstead Theatre |
| Pygmalion | Freddie | George Bernard Shaw | |||
| 1993 | The Snow Orchid | Blaise | Joe Pintauro | ||
| Live Like Pigs | Col | Kate Mitchell | John Arden | Royal Court Theatre | |
| Death Of A Salesman | Happy | Matthew Warchus | Arthur Miller | West Yorkshire Playhouse | |
| 1994 | Les Parents Terribles | Michael | Sean Mathias | Jean Cocteau | National Theatre (Lyttelton) |
| 1995 | Indiscretions | Michael | Sean Mathias | Jean Cocteau | Broadway (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) |
| Ion | Ion | Nicholas Wright | Euripides | Barbican Arts Centre (The Pit) | |
| 1999 | 'Tis Pity She's A Whore | Giovanni | David Lan | John Ford | Young Vic Theatre |
| 2002 | Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus | David Lan | Christopher Marlowe | Young Vic Theatre |
| 2006 | Samuel Beckett Gala Evening | Excerpts | Anthony Minghella | Samuel Beckett | Reading Town Hall |
[edit] External links
- Jude Law at the Internet Movie Database
- Jude Law at Yahoo! Movies
