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 Birth Date: December 29, 1972
Birth Place: Lewisham, London, England, UK
One of the most sought-after talents in the acting world, two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law was seen last year in Miramax's “Cold Mountain,” opposite Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger. For his role as Inman, he received Oscarâ and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor. Law was also nominated for both Academy and Golden Globe Awards for his performance as Dickie Greenleaf in “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” He received the BAFTA Award that year for the role. Law was nominated for a Golden Globe for Steven Spielberg's futuristic film “A.I.”
Prior to playing Alfie, Law starred in “I © Huckabees” for director David O. Russell, with Naomi Watts and Mark Wahlberg, and “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” with Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. This coming December, he is set to appear in Mike Nichols' “Closer,” opposite Julia Roberts, and in “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,” starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep. Law will play the voice of Lemony Snicket.
In 2002, Law starred in Sam Mendes' “Road to Perdition,” starring opposite Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. He also starred in David Cronenberg's “eXistenZ,” opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Willem Dafoe. For his starring role in “Wilde,” opposite Stephen Fry and Vanessa Redgrave, he won several awards, including the London Film Critics Circle Award and the Evening Standard Award.
His American film debut was in the futuristic “Gattaca,” opposite Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Other films include Clint Eastwood's “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” in which he starred opposite Kevin Spacey and John Cusack, and Jean-Jacques Annaud's WWII epic “Enemy at the Gates.”
Law starred opposite Kathleen Turner and Eileen Atkins in the hit Broadway play “Indiscretions,” which won him the Theater World Award as well as a Tony nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He originated the role of “Michael” in the same play in London, for which he received the Ian Charleson Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
As a youth, Law worked with the National Youth Music Theater and he has appeared in several productions in the West End and at the National Theater.
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