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| Birth Name(s) : David Jude Law |
Date of Birth: December 29, 1972 |
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Married
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Partner:
Sadie Frost |
| Profession:
Actor |
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| London-born Jude Law dropped out of school at 17 to star in a daytime TV series called "Families" (1990). In 1992 he began his stage career throughout London and easily rose to Hollywood fame with his role in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), opposite Matt Damon. |
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David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. His succession of leading roles in many high profile Hollywood films has seen him become one of the top A-list actors in the industry today.
Jude Law was born in Lewisham, South London, England to teachers Peter and Maggie Law, who now run their own drama school in France. His sister Natasha is a well regarded illustrator and artist. He was educated at 'John Ball' Primary school in Blackheath and Kidbrooke School in Kidbrooke, before attending the Alleyn's School in Dulwich. In 1987 he started acting with the National Youth Music Theatre.
Law's first major stage role was as Foxtrot Darling, the sexually ambiguous and manipulative teenager in Philip Ridley's multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock In The Universe. Law went on to appear as Michael in the West End production of Jean Cocteau's tragicomedy Les parents terribles directed by Sean Mathias. This role saw Jude nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award as Best Newcomer. Following a title change to Indiscretions, the play transferred as an imaginative re-working to Broadway in 1995, and he played opposite Kathleen Turner, Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon. This role earned him a Tony Award nomination and the Theatre World Award.
Jude Law is on the latest Top Ten List from the 2006 A-list of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood. The list was created by James Ulmer, he calls his method The Ulmer Scale. He was honored with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government on March 1, 2007 in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts. He was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres .
He is a fan of the graphic novel Watchmen, by Alan Moore, so much so he has a tattoo of the Rorschach character. He has maintained an interest in being involved in a feature film production of the series, especially if it were directed by Darren Aronofsky. He has said that he would most likely play the character Ozymandias. He was, at one point, courted to play either Batman or Superman in Batman Begins, Batman vs. Superman, and/or General Zod in Superman Returns. In 2005, he was one of many actors rumored to be a possible choice to assume the role of James Bond, as MGM decided not to renew Irish actor Pierce Brosnan's contract. The role would eventually go to fellow Englishman Daniel Craig.
Jude Law is the apparel ambassador of Dunhill. He has signed a two year deal ad campaign with Dunhill in spring 2006. The ads will be shown in Asia only. He is to be the international face and appear in the worldwide Spring/Summer 2008 advertising campaign, apart from commercials in North America. He represented the company in Asia since 2005.
In 2002 Sadie Frost and Jude Law supported Respect for Animals with an Anti Fur commercial. It was directed by Jude Law and with music specially composed by Gary Kemp.
In 2004 Jude Law has launched a public campaign to raise £2.5 million towards the Young Vic Theatre’s £12.5 million redevelopment project. He is currently Chair of the Young Vic committee and proud to help make the Young Vic “a nurturing bed” for young directors.
He is a big soccer fan and a supporter of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. In 2006 he was set to join Robbie Williams in the Soccer Aid celebrity football match to beneft UNICEF.
Jude Law's charity work also includes that for Make Poverty History, Rhys Daniels Trust and WAVE Trauma Centre. He supports the charity Make-A-Wish Foundation and is the chair of the Music For Tomorrow Foundation ^ to help rebuild Katrina-devastated New Orleans.
In July 2007, Jude Law was travelling with the founder of Peace One Day Jeremy Gilley on a mission to document peace commitments and activities in Afghanistan for an upcoming film which will be released in May 2008 and for marking the UN International Day of Peace. They were accompanied by UNICEF Representative Catherine Mbengue. They traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan with a Peace One Day film crew, and interviewed children, government ministers, community leaders and UN officials. The crew also filmed schools and visited various UNICEF-supported programmes inside and outside the capital. Peace Day is on September 21.
He became engaged to Sienna Miller, his co-star in Alfie. On July 18, 2005, he issued a public apology to his fiancée for having an affair with his children's nanny. Law and Miller reconciled. Reports from May 29, 2006 stated that Miller and Law were "working things out." On November 12, 2006 they made public their relationship was over.
In 2001 Long Island, New York band, "Brand New" titled one of their songs, "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" from their debut album, "Your Favorite Weapon"."Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" is also a 2002 single by the alternative rock band.On November 17, 2004, Law was named People magazine's sexiest man alive.
He was notably photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the Vanity Fair October 2004 issue, Helmut Newton ^, Sam Taylor-Wood ^ and Mario Testino ^. |
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