Jude David Law (born December 29, 1972) is a British actor. He was born in Lewisham, in Greater London, England.

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 has since become engaged to Sienna Miller, his co-star in the remake of Alfie.

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 also flopped.

Filmography

• The Aviator (2004) as Errol Flynn
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Lemony Snicket
• 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
• Love, Honour and Obey (2000) as Jude
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as Dickie Greenleaf
• Presence of Mind (1999) (uncredited) as Secretary
• eXistenZ (1999) as Ted Pikul
• The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998) as Steven Grlscz
• Final Cut (1998) as Jude
• Music From Another Room (1998) as Danny
• 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
• I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) as Ethan
• The Crane (1994) as Young Man 1
• Shopping (1994) as Billy
• The Marshal (1993, TV) as Bruno
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1991, TV) as Joe Barnes in Episode "Shoscombe Old Place"
• Families (1990 TV Series) as Nathan Thompson
• The Tailor of Gloucester (1989, TV) as Mayor's Stableboy

External links

• Jude Law fan site