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David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Born and raised in London, Law started acting in theatre. After finding small roles in feature films, Law gained 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. He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002). He continued to gain praise for starring in the war film Cold Mountain (2003), the drama Closer (2004), and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), gaining Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for the first of these. Law played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a younger Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. His other notable roles were in Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015); and the television series The Young Pope (2016) and The New Pope (2020). Law has also had an accomplished career on stage, performing in several West End and Broadway productions such as Les Parents terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. He received Tony Award nominations for the first and second of these. Law's Riff Raff Entertainment, founded with business partner Ben Jackson, inked a first-look deal for both feature films and television production with New Republic Pictures on April 13, 2021.
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David Jude Heyworth Law (born December 29, 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Born and raised in London, Law started acting in theatre. After finding small roles in feature films, Law gained 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. He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002). He continued to gain praise for starring in the war film Cold Mountain (2003), the drama Closer (2004), and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), gaining Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for the first of these. Law played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a younger Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. His other notable roles were in Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015); and the television series The Young Pope (2016) and The New Pope (2020). Law has also had an accomplished career on stage, performing in several West End and Broadway productions such as Les Parents terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. He received Tony Award nominations for the first and second of these. Law's Riff Raff Entertainment, founded with business partner Ben Jackson, inked a first-look deal for both feature films and television production with New Republic Pictures on April 13, 2021.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
What If...?
Honest Trailers
The Early Show
The Daily Show
Sherlock Holmes
Marvel Studios Legends
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Toast of London
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Marvels
Loving Highsmith
The Oscars
Hugo
The Aviator
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Order
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
I ♥ Huckabees
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Contagion
A Rainy Day in New York
Spy
Captain Marvel
Road to Perdition
The Holiday
Peter Pan & Wendy
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Gattaca
Rise of the Guardians
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Vox Lux
The Rhythm Section
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Neo Yokio
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Anna Karenina
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Genius
Black Rabbit
Wilde
360
Side Effects
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes 3
Repo Men
The Nest
The New Pope
Enemy at the Gates
Alfie
Closer
Eden
The Young Pope
The Third Day
Cold Mountain
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Dom Hemingway
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Production Credits
Black Rabbit
Vox Lux
The Young Pope
The New Pope
The Order
The Nest
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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