Jude Law

Why is Jude Law popular?

Jude Law is a well-known and popular English actor who is popularly known for his roles in the movies like “The Talented Mr. Ripley”, “Enemy at the Gates”, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, “Road to Perdition” and many more. He has been seen working actively on his career since the year of 1987.

Where is Jude born and raised?

Jude Law, whose real name is David Jude Heyworth Law was born on 29 December 1972 as a son of father, Peter Law, and mother, Margaret Anne Heyworth. His mother was a teacher where his father was known as the youngest headmaster in London. He is the second child and has one sister, named Natasha. . Currently, he is 48 years old.

Jude Law holds a British nationality and belongs to English ethnicity. As he was born on 29 December, his zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Where did Jude go to college?

Earlier, Jude Law grew up in Blackheath and for his education, he joined John Ball Primary School and also went to attend Kidbrooke School. Later, he was also seen attending Alleyn’s School.

Who is Jude Law in relationship with?

Jude Law was in a relationship with actress Sadie Frost and they got married in September 1997. Later, they divorced on 29 October 2003 where they had three children, named Rafferty, Iris, and Rudy who were born in 1996, 2000, and 2002 respectively.

After that, he started dating an actress Sienna Miller where they became engaged in 2004 but they ended their relationship in November 2006. In 2008, he was also seen living in a relationship with model Samantha Burke but their relationship remained only for a short period where they also had one daughter who was born in September 2009. Later, he was in a relationship with Catherine Harding with whom he had one daughter who was born in 2015.

Wife

After that, on 1 May 2019, he married his girlfriend Phillipa Coan and they also gave birth to their child who is the sixth child of Law.

Body Measurements

He has got blonde hair with green eyes. Jude’s height is 5 feet 11.5 inches (182 cm) and his weight is 87 kg.

Social Media

Jude Law has an Instagram account with the tag name (“@d. Jude law”) where he had 72.1 K followers. He also has a Twitter account with the tag name (“@judelaw”) where he has 25.9k followers.

How did Jude Law start his career?

Jude Law started his career after he had been cast as Sam, Mayor’s Stableboy on a television movie “The Tailor of Gloucester” in 1989. After that, he was seen appearing as Nathan Thompson on a daytime soap opera “Families” in 1990. In the year of 1991, he was seen playing the role of Joe Barnes in the series “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”.

Jude Law started his film career after he had been cast as Young Man on a short movie “The Crane” in 1992. After that, he was seen appearing as Billy in a British action crime drama movie “Shopping” which was written as well as directed by Paul W.S. Anderson in 1994. In the year of 1996, he was seen playing the role of Ethan in an American romantic drama movie “I Love You, I Love You Not” alongside Eric Graise and Myko Olivier which was directed by Billy Hopkins.

Television Shows

In the year 1993, he was seen appearing in the role of Bruno on television “The Marshal” in 1993. Further, he was seen hosting an American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show “Saturday Night Live” in 2004 and 2010. In 2015, he was seen playing the role of a British television sitcom “Toast of London” which was created by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry.

Likewise, he was seen playing the role of Lenny Belardo and Pope Pius XIII on a drama television series “The Young Pope”. After that, from the year 2017 to 2018, he was seen providing his voice over the character Charles on an American-Japanese adult animated streaming television series “Neo Yokio”. In 2020, he was seen reprising his role as Lenny Belardo or Pope Pius XIII on a drama television series “The New Pope”. In the same year, he was also seen as Sam on a British-American psychological thriller-folk horror drama television miniseries “The Third Day” alongside Katherine Waterston. He was also seen reprising his role as Sam on another part “The Third Day: Autumn” in 2020.

Movies

He was seen appearing as Stormtrooper in a British-Japanese drama movie “Bent” which was directed by Sean Mathias in 1997. In the same year, he was also cast into the role of Lord Alfred Douglas in a British biographical movie “Wilde” which was directed by Brian Gilbert. Likewise, he was seen playing the roles in the movies like “Gattaca”, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, “Music from Another Room”, “Final Cut” alongside Maya Stojan and Ryan Gosling, “The Wisdom of Crocodiles”, “Existenz”, “Tube Tales” and “Presence of Mind”. 

In 1999, he was seen appearing in the role of Dickie Greenleaf on an American psychological thriller movie “The Talented Mr. Ripley” for which he has gained lots of positive response for his outstanding performance. Later, he was seen appearing in several movies like “Love, Honour and Obey”, “Happy McGee”, “Enemy at the Gates”, “Road to Perdition”, “Cold Mountain” alongside Ethan Suplee, “I Heart Huckabees”, “Alfie”, “Closer” and “The Aviator”. In the year 2001, he was cast as Gigolo Joe on an American science fiction drama movie “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” where his performance was praised by everyone and received lots of positive responses.

In addition, he was seen appearing in several movies including “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, “All the King’s Men”, “Breaking & Entering”, “The Holiday”, “My Blueberry Nights”, “Sleuth”, “Rage”, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Repo Men”, “Contagion”, “Hugo”, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and “360”. In 2004, he was also seen appearing as Lemony Snicket on an American gothic black comedy movie “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”.

Further, he appeared as Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin in the ahistorical romantic drama movie “Anna Karenina” in 2012. He was also seen providing his voice over the character Pitch Black or The Bogeyman on an American 3D computer-animated action-fantasy –comedy movie “Rise of the Guardians” alongside Isla Fisher and Josh Brolin in the same year. Further, he was seen in the movies like “Side Effects”, “Dom Hemingway”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Black Sea”, “Spy”, “Genius”, “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”, “Vox Lux”, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”, “Captain Marvel”, “A Rainey Day in New York”, “Skywatch”, “The Rhythm Section” and “The Nest”.

In addition, he will be seen appearing in the role of Albus Dumbledore on an upcoming fantasy movie “Fantastic Beasts Film” in 2022. He will also be seen on an upcoming American adventure fantasy movie “Peter Pan & Wendy”.

Theatre

Jude Law was also seen playing the roles on the plays like “Indiscretions”, “Bodywork”, “The Ragged Child”, “The Little Rats”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, “Captain Stirrick”, “The Fastest Clock in the Universe”, “Live Like Pigs”, “Death of a Salesman”, “Ion”,  “Anna Christie”, “Henry V”, “The Vote”, “Obsession”, “Hamlet”, and many more. 

How many awards has Jude achieved?

In Jude Law’s career, he had won several awards including BAFTA Awards, ShoWest Award, Cesar Awards, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Theatre Award, Critics’ Circle Theatre Award, South Bank Show Award, Whatsonstage.com Award, and Falstaff Award.

What is the current net worth of Jude Law?

Jude Law is a famous and talented actor who has an estimated net worth of $45 million. He was popularly known for his outstanding performances which were praised by everyone and he will be back with his best performance in the upcoming days.

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