Jude Law — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥David Jude Heyworth Law. Born in 1972 in London, United Kingdom. He grew up in a family with an older sister. His parents worked as teachers. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He works as an actor, director and producer. He was in a relationship with model Samantha Burke (daughter Sophia was born). He was in a relationship with singer Catherine Harding (daughter Ada was born). He has been married twice: to actress Sadie Frost (sons Rafferty and Rudy and daughter Iris were born) and since 2019 to psychologist Phillipa Coan, with whom he has two children whose names and genders are not disclosed. In total, Jude has 7 children

🏆Main awards🏆: BAFTA (2000) [The Talented Mr. Ripley], Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000) [The Talented Mr. Ripley]

🎬Main projects🎬: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), "The Holiday" (2006), "Sherlock Holmes" (2009), "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" (2024), "Captain Marvel" (2019), "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" (2022)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Jude was named after the song "Hey Jude" by "The Beatles"

Filmography

1

2006 The Holiday Graham

Awards & recognition

1 nominations · 1 Award ceremony

MTV Movie & TV Awards 1 nominations

Best Kiss The Holiday 2007

Interesting facts

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1
Law has a tattoo on his forearm reading "Sexy Sadie." The tattoo is a memento of his marriage to Sadie Frost (1997-2003).
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In November 2004, People magazine named Lowe the sexiest man alive.
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He was a vegetarian for a long time, but since 2007 meat has been part of his diet again.
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When young Jude was moving into the theater dormitory, he was mistaken for a girl and placed in the ladies' wing. Naturally, he said nothing about the mistake and lived among the girls for a while until he was found out!
5
Like any Englishman, he is crazy about football. He has long and faithfully supported the London club Tottenham.
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At one time, while in dire straits, Jude shared a room with Ewan McGregor.
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Kate Moss is the godmother of the actor's daughter Iris.
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Jude has four children: sons Rafferty Law (October 6, 1996) and Rudy Law (September 10, 2002), daughter Iris Law (October 25, 2000), with Sadie Frost. And daughter Sophia Burke (September 22, 2009) with Samantha Burke.
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The actor was born into a family of teachers, Peter and Maggie Law. They now own a theater company. Jude has an older sister, Natasha, who is a photographer.
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He claims that in his career there was only one film he made for the money: the romantic drama "Music from Another Room."
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At the age of 6, the future actor first stepped onto the stage, and at 12 he became a member of the National Youth Music Theatre company. At 14, Jude made his television debut.
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On March 16, 2015, he became a father for the fifth time. His former girlfriend Catherine Harding gave birth to a girl.
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Law is self-conscious about his pretty-boy looks and often takes part in films where he, such a handsome man, is carried off by death. He takes with him the clothes in which his character died.
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Jude has a daughter with Catherine Harding. In total, the actor has six children.
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Full name: David Jude Heyworth Law.
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The actor's parents named him after the protagonist of Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure.