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Jude Law (born on 29 December 1972) is an English

England

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, film producer

Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
and director

Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
.

He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre

National Youth Music Theatre

The National Youth Music Theatre or NYMT is a UK organization for young people in the field of musical theatre, based in London. It runs acting auditions, workshops, drama courses and music theatre productions....
in 1987, and had his first TV role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol

Andrew M. Niccol is a screenwriter, Film producer, and film director. He wrote and directed Gattaca, S1m0ne, and Lord of War. He also wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1999....
, Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada is a Canada film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre....
, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella Order of the British Empire was an Academy Awards-winning England film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
's The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 film directed by Anthony Minghella. It is an adaptation of the The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, which was also filmed in 1960 as Plein Soleil....
. In 2000 he won a BAFTA Award as "Best Supporting Actor" for his work in the film. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
for his performance in another Minghella film, Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ren?e Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone and Natalie Portman....
.

He is on the Top Ten List from the 2006 A-list
A-list

The A-list is a term that alludes to major movie stars, and/or the most bankable star in the Cinema of the United States Film industry.The A-list is part of a larger guide called The Hot List that has become an industry-standard guide in Hollywood....
of the most bankable movie star

Bankable star

A bankable star is an actor famous or charismatic enough to be "capable of guaranteeing box-office success simply by showing up in a movie". In that "stars" are celebrities, bankable stars are people that are thought dependable entertainment investments....
s in Hollywood.

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Jude Law (born on 29 December 1972) is an English

England

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, film producer

Film producer

Film director

National Youth Music Theatre

Andrew Niccol

Clint Eastwood

David Cronenberg

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Anthony Minghella

Academy Award for Best Actor

Bankable star

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Early life

Jude Law was born in Lewisham

Lewisham

Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham....
, South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
, as second child to teachers Maggie and Peter Law

Peter Law (actor)

Peter Law is a Chinese/British actor. He had the leading part in the MTV show Fist of Zen, where he played a Zen Master. In 2002 he had a brief appearance in the movie Ali G Indahouse as the Mongolian Ambassador....
. He grew up in Blackheath

Blackheath, London

Blackheath is an area in southeast London, centred around a section of open public grassland and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich....
, a village in the Borough of Lewisham

London Borough of Lewisham

The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham and its council is based at Catford....
and he was educated at John Ball Primary School in Blackheath and Kidbrooke School
Kidbrooke School

Kidbrooke School opened in 1954 as the first purpose-built comprehensive school in UK. The school is located in the Kidbrooke area of the London Borough of Greenwich....
in Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke is an area within the London Borough of Greenwich. It takes its name from the Kyd Brook, a watercourse which runs from Orpington to Lewisham, by which point it is part of the River Quaggy....
, before attending the Alleyn's School
Alleyn's School

Alleyn's School is an Independent school , fee-paying co-educational day school situated in Dulwich, South-East London. It was part of the historic Alleyn's College charitable foundation, which also included James Allen's Girls' School , Dulwich College and as well as their daughter schools ....
in Dulwich

Dulwich

Dulwich is an affluent area of South East London. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth....
.

Career

1980s-1990s

In 1987 Law began acting with National Youth Music Theatre

National Youth Music Theatre

Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world?s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place in Scotland's capital during three weeks every August alongside several other arts and cultural festivals, collectively known as the Edinburgh Festival....
-awarded play The Ragged Child. One of his first major stage roles was Foxtrot Darling in Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley is a British people artist working with various media. His work is characterised by an intriguing mix of both the menacing and the magical....
'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

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eug?ne Cl?ment Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Along with other Surrealists of his generation Cocteau grappled with the "algebra" of verbal codes old and new, mise en sc?ne language and technologies of modernism to create a paradox: a classical avant-garde....
's tragicomedy

Tragicomedy

Tragicomedy is fictional work that blends aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. In English literature, from Shakespeare's time to the nineteenth century, tragicomedy referred to a serious Play with a happy ending....
Les parents terribles
Les parents terribles

Jean Cocteau's 1948 boulevard theatre farce-with-a-vengeance Les parents terribles tells the tale of Michael and his 'parents terribles', George and Yvonne....
, directed by Sean Mathias

Sean Mathias

Sean Gerard Mathias is a United Kingdom theatre director, film director, writer and actor.He was born in Swansea, south Wales. He is known for directing the film, Bent , and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York City, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney....
. For this play he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Newcomer, and he received the Ian Charleson Award for Outstanding Newcomer.

Following a title change to Indiscretions, the play was reworked and transferred to Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
in 1995, where Law acted opposite Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

Mary Kathleen Turner , better known as Kathleen Turner, is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor....
, Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Roger Rees is a Welsh people-United States actor. He is best known for playing the character Robin Colcord on the American television show Cheers....
and Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Ellen Nixon is a Tony Award-, two-time Emmy Award- and Grammy Award-winning United States actor, known for her portrayal of lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the popular Home Box Office series Sex and the City ....
. This role earned him a Tony Award

Tony Award

Theatre World Award

The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an United States honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway theatre or off-Broadway....
. In 1989, Law got his first TV role in a movie based on the Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycology and Conservation movement who was best known for her many best-selling Children's literature that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit....
children's book, The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester is a children's novel by Beatrix Potter that was first published in October 1903. It is traditionally read to children on Christmas eve, just before bed time....
. After minor roles in British television

British television

British television broadcasting started in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are up to 600 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content....
, including a two-year stint in the Granada TV

Granada Television

Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
Families
Families (TV series)

Families was a daytime soap opera produced by Granada Television and created by Kay Mellor. It followed two families; the Thompsons, based in Cheshire, England , and the Stevens, living in Sydney, Australia....
and the leading role in the BFI

British Film Institute

The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:...
/Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
short The Crane
The Crane

The Crane is a 1994 in film short film distributed by the British Film Institute.The movie is set in London. The Filming location was the Romford shopping precinct....
, Law had his breakthrough with the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
crime drama Shopping
Shopping (film)

Shopping is a 1994 in film film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of United Kingdom teenagers who indulge in Joyride and ramraiding....
, which also featured his future wife Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost is an England actress and fashion designer, currently the owner of Frost French....
.

In 1997, he became more widely known with his role in the Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish people playwright, Irish poetry and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest Celebrity of his day....
biopic Wilde
Wilde (film)

Wilde is a 1997 in film United Kingdom biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert with Stephen Fry in the titular role. The screenplay by Julian Mitchell is based on the 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winning 1989 biography of Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann....
. Law won the "Most Promising Newcomer" award from the Evening Standard British Film Awards

Evening Standard British Film Awards

The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by the British newspaper Evening Standard. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honors films from the previous year....
, for his role as Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas

Lord Alfred Douglas

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was an England author, poet and translator, better known as the intimate friend and lover of the writer Oscar Wilde. Much of his early poetry was Uranian in theme, though he tended, later in life, to distance himself from both Wilde's influence and his own role as a Uranian poetry....
, the glamorous lover of Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry is an England actor, comedian, author and television presenter. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster....
's Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Andrew Niccol

Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
film Gattaca
Gattaca

Gattaca is a 1997 in film science fiction film drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Loren Dean, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin....
he played the role of a disabled former swimming star living in a eugenics

Eugenics

Eugenics is a scientific field involving the controlled breeding of humans in order to achieve desirable traits in future generations. Eugenics was at its height in first half of the 20th century and was largely abandoned with the end of World War II....
-obsessed dystopia

Dystopia

A dystopia is the vision of a society that is the opposite of utopia. A dystopian society is one in which the conditions of life are suffering, characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution....
. In Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He is known for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles in Action films and western films, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s....
's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a work by John Berendt. The book was Berendt's first, and became a The New York Times bestseller for 216 weeks following its debut....
he played the role of the ill-fated hustler murdered by an art dealer, played by Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is an American character actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television....
. He also played a mob hitman

Hitman

A hitman usually is an assassin who is hired to assassinate a target via contract killing....
in Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes

Samuel Alexander Mendes Order of the British Empire is an English Theatre director, film and commercial director at RSA US. He is known for his 1998 production of Cabaret , starring Alan Cumming, and his debut film, American Beauty , for which he won an Academy Award for Directing....
's 1930s period drama Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition is an Academy Award Winning, 2002 period piece drama film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins....
.

2000s

Law is on the Top Ten List from the 2006 A-list

A-list

The A-list is a term that alludes to major movie stars, and/or the most bankable star in the Cinema of the United States Film industry.The A-list is part of a larger guide called The Hot List that has become an industry-standard guide in Hollywood....
of the most bankable movie star

Bankable star

James Ulmer (journalist)

James Ulmer is an entertainment journalist who created a ranking list of actors, known as "The Ulmer Scale". Ulmer is also the author of the book James Ulmer's Hollywood Hot List -- The Complete Guide to Star Ranking....
in the Ulmer Scale. On 1 March 2007, he was honoured with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture , and confirmed as part of the Ordre National du M?rite by President of France Charles de Gaulle in 1963....
conferred by the French government, in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts. He was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He has been nominated for an Academy Award twice; once as Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an praise given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting actor and character actor actors....
for his performance in The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 film directed by Anthony Minghella. It is an adaptation of the The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, which was also filmed in 1960 as Plein Soleil....
in 1999, and then again as Best Actor in a Leading Role for Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain (film)

Cold Mountain is a 2003 film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ren?e Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone and Natalie Portman....
in 2003, both directed by Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
and earned a MTV Movie Award

MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances....
nomination together with Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor and philanthropist. He won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his screenwriting in Good Will Hunting, and was nominated for his lead performance in the same film....
and Fiorello

Rosario Fiorello

Rosario Tindaro Fiorello , also known just as Fiorello, is an Italy singer and also a radio and television presenter....
for performing the song Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano by Renato Carosone

Renato Carosone

Renato Carosone was among the greatest figures of Music of Italy scene in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a modern performer of the so-called canzone napoletana, Naples' song tradition....
and Nicola Salerno

Nicola Salerno

Nicola Salerno, also known as Nisa was an Italy lyricist. He formed a famous songwriting duo with Renato Carosone....
. He learned ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
dancing for the film Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001).

Law, an admirer of Sir Laurence Olivier, used the famous actor's image in the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States pulp adventure, science fiction film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut....
. Using computer graphics, footage of the young Olivier was merged into the film, playing Dr.Totenkopf

Totenkopf

Totenkopf or Totensch?del is the German language word for "skull of a dead man" and is used to describe a military insigne featuring a skull suprapositioned upon crossed long bones; when used in this context it is commonly known as the "death's head" in English....
, a mysterious scientific genius and supervillain.

He portrayed the title character in Alfie
Alfie (2004 film)

Alfie is a 2004 in film American-British romantic comedy film starring Jude Law as the title character. It is screenwriter and film director by Charles Shyer and a remake of the Alfie starring Michael Caine....
, the remake

Remake

A "remake" is a term used to describe something that has been done again, sometimes with better quality and more features....
of Bill Naughton

Bill Naughton

William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton was a United Kingdom playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie .Born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland his family moved in 1914 to Bolton, Lancashire, England, where he attended Saint Peter and Paul's School....
's 1966 film, playing the role originated by Sir Michael Caine. He took on another of Caine's earlier roles in the 2007 film Sleuth
Sleuth (2007 film)

Sleuth is a 2007 in film film directed by Kenneth Branagh based on Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play Sleuth , by Anthony Shaffer and starring Jude Law as Milo Tindle and Michael Caine as Andrew Wyke....
adapted by Nobel Laureate in Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" ....
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter, Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire , an English people playwright, screenwriter, actor, Theatre director, poet, author, political activist, and the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, was at the time of his death considered by many "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation."...
, while Caine played the role originated by Sir Laurence Olivier.

Law is one of three actors taking the place of the actor Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career....
in Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an upcoming fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Charles McKeown. In the film, the leader of a travelling theatre troupe, through a deal with the Devil, takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations....
. Along with Law, actors Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Edward Scissorhands....
and Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

'Colin James Farrell' is a Golden Globe Award-winning Irish people actor, who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood, Los Angeles, California films including Tigerland, Daredevil , Miami Vice , Minority Report , Phone Booth , Alexander and S.W.A.T....
will portray the "three separate dimensions in the film." He will appear opposite Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker is an United States actor, film producer, and film director. Whitaker won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland ....
in the dark sci-fi comedy Repossession Mambo
Repossession Mambo

Repossession Mambo is an upcoming science fiction action thriller directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker....
and he'll star as Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie

Guy Stuart Ritchie is an England screenwriter and filmmaker....
's upcoming adaption of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)

Sherlock Holmes is an upcoming film based on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as John Watson ....
, alongside Robert Downey Jr and Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress.Her films include Mean Girls and The Notebook both , as well as Wedding Crashers and Red Eye both ....
.

Law stars as a celebrity supermodel in the new movie Rage

Rage (2009 film)

Rage is a 2009 film directed by Sally Potter starring Jude Law and Judi Dench....
.

In May 2009, he will return to the London stage to portray Prince Hamlet

Prince Hamlet

Prince Hamlet is the protagonist in Shakespeare's Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew to the usurping King Claudius and son of the previous King of Denmark, King Hamlet....
in Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's play Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
at the Donmar Warehouse

Donmar Warehouse

Donmar Warehouse is a small not for profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of the London Borough of Camden, with seating for 250 playgoers....
. He will be joined by Ron Cook

Ron Cook

Ron Cook is a United Kingdom actor who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s. He is from South Shields, Co Durham, United Kingdom and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College....
, Peter Eyre

Peter Eyre

Peter Eyre is an United States actor.Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker....
, Gwilym Lee, John MacMillan, Kevin R McNally, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is an England actress, perhaps best known for her semi-regular role as Jenny in the List of Spooks episodes#Series_5_.282006.29 of Spooks, and lead role as Vivienne Davis in BBC1 new drama Bonekickers....
, Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . On November 11, 2008, he left the Pather and returned home to Canada.....
, Alex Waldmann and Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Penelope A. Wilton, Lady Holm Order of the British Empire is an English people actress....
.

Other projects

Advertising

Law is the face of the new male perfume of Dior

Dior

Dior can mean:* Christian Dior SA, a French clothing retailer* In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth legendarium:**Dior Eluch?l, a Half-elven of the First Age...
, Dior Homme Sport.

Since 2005, he has represented Dunhill as an "apparel ambassador" in Asia. In 2008, he became the international face of Dunhill and appears in the worldwide advertising campaign

Advertising campaign

An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an Integrated Marketing Communications ....
s.

In 2002, he directed a Respect for Animals anti-fur cinema commercial. The commercial, titled "Fur and Against", which uses music composed by Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp is an England Pop music musician and actor who was the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet....
, includes appearances by Jude Law, Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history....
, Moby

Moby

Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby is an American DJ, singer-songwriter and musician.He plays keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and drums....
, George Michael

George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....
, Danny Goffey

Danny Goffey

Daniel Robert Goffey is an England musician and singer-songwriter best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the England Britpop band , Supergrass....
, Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Wales actor....
, Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost is an England actress and fashion designer, currently the owner of Frost French....
, Helena Christensen

Helena Christensen

Helena Christensen is a Danish Model , former Victoria's Secret, and beauty queen....
, Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, Mel C, and Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

Stella Nina McCartney is an England fashion designer. She is the daughter of former The Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and his first wife, deceased rock photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney....
.

Realtime Movie

In spring 2007 Jude Law shot the Jason Martin-directed short film Realtime Movie Trailer at Borough Market

Borough Market

Borough Market is a wholesale and retail food market in London Borough of Southwark, South East London, England. It is one of the largest food markets in the world, and is regarded by some as one of the highest quality markets in the United Kingdom, selling a large variety of foods from all around the world ....
, South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
. Instead of promoting a film, this "trailer" which appeared amongst regular trailers in selected cinemas across London starting 19 November 2007, advertised a live event, Realtime Movie, by Polish artist Pawel Althamer

Pawel Althamer

Pawel Althamer is a contemporary Poland sculptor, performance artist, action artist, and creator of installations and video art. In 2000 he participated in Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana, Slovenia....
. Hundreds turned up for this – unfilmed – re-enactment in real time of the sequence of events shown in Realtime Movie Trailer by the same actors, including Jude Law and Althamer as a Polish laborer, held at Borough Market on 30 November 2007. The performance was commissioned by Tate Modern

Tate Modern

The Tate Modern in London is United Kingdom's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate#Tate Online, part of the group now known simply as Tate Gallery....
as part of its The World as a Stage exhibition which explored the boundaries between arts and reality.

Charity activities

In 2004, Law launched a 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 has said that he is proud to help make the Young Vic "a nurturing bed" for young directors. He is an enthusiastic football

Football

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fan and a supporter of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. In 2006, he joined Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams is a Grammy Award-nominated and ten time BRIT Awards-winning England singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career....
in the "Soccer Aid" celebrity football match to benefit UNICEF.

In 2006, he starred in an anthology of Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish people writer, dramatist and poet. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture and both formally and philosophically became increasingly minimalism....
readings and performances directed by Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella Order of the British Empire was an Academy Awards-winning England film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
. With the Beckett Gala Evening at the Reading Town Hall more than £22,000 was donated for the Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest United Kingdom Charitable organization and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer....
. Also in 2006, Frost and Law directed a Shakespeare play in a South African orphanage. He travelled to Durban

Durban

Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality . It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa....
, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, with Frost and their children in order to help children who have lost their parents to AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
. In July 2007, as patron of the charity, he helped kick off the month-long tour of the AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
-themed musical Thula Sizwe, by The Young Zulu Warriors. Also in 2007, he encouraged the Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 69 countries.In contrast to many other NGOs operating internationally, Friends of the Earth International is structured from the bottom up as a confederation of groups....
/ The Big Ask campaign, asking British Government

United Kingdom

Climate change

Climate change is any long-term significant change in the expected patterns of average weather of a specific region over an appropriately significant period of time....
.

Law also does charity work for organizations such as Make Poverty History

Make Poverty History

The Make Poverty History campaign is a Great Britain and Ireland coalition of charities, religion groups, trade unions, campaigning groups and celebrity who mobilise around the UK's prominence in world politics, as of 2005, to increase awareness and pressure governments into taking actions towards relieving absolute poverty....
, the Rhys Daniels Trust, and the WAVE Trauma Centre. He supports the charity Make-A-Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization that "grants wishes" to children with chronic medical....
and the Pride of Britain Awards

Pride of Britain Awards

The Pride of Britain Awards is an annual event in the United Kingdom, honouring ordinary people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations....
. He is the chair of the Music For Tomorrow Foundation, to help rebuild Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
-devastated New Orleans.

Jude Law is an ambassador of HRH The Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
' Children & the Arts Foundation

The Prince's Charities

The Prince's Charities is the name that has been given by HRH The Prince of Wales to a group of charities and other organisations in which he has a particular interest....
.

He supports Breast Cancer Care

Breast Cancer Care

About is a charity in the UK that provides information, practical assistance and emotional support to anyone affected by breast cancer. The organization was founded in 1972 by Betty Westgate who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1968....
, and in December 2008 he supported the Willow Foundation

Willow Foundation

The Willow Foundation is a national charity established in 1999 by Arsenal legend Bob Wilson and his wife Megs in memory of their daughter Anna. The charity assists some of the estimated 12,500 people in the UK, aged 16-40, who are diagnosed every year with a life-threatening illness....
with a small canvas for their campagn involving high profile celebrities: Stars on Canvas

Stars on Canvas

Stars on Canvas was a high profile charity event held in December 2008 involving numerous famous celebrities, sports personalities, artists, actors and comedians....
.

Peace activities

In July 2007, Jude Law and Jeremy Gilley

Jeremy Gilley

Jeremy Gilley is an England actor, filmmaker and founder of the charity Peace One Day.Born in 1969, Gilley spent his early years in Southampton, England....
were in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
over a period of 10 days to document peace commitments and activities there for an upcoming film and for marking the UN International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace

The International Day of Peace occurs annually on September 21. It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone....
. Accompanied by UNICEF Representative , they travelled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan with a film crew, interviewing children, government ministers, community leaders and UN officials. They also filmed at schools and visited various UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

The United Nations Children's Fund was created by the United Nations United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II....
-supported programmes inside and outside the capital Kabul

Kabul

Kabul is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately three million. It is an economic and cultural centre, situated 5,900 foot above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River....
. The efforts of Peace One Day

Peace One Day

The project Peace One Day is the vision of UK filmmaker Jeremy Gilley. He conceived the idea of declaring one day a year free of conflict and war; one day of a global truce regardless of all kinds on world conflict and volatile situations....
are coordinated in celebration of the annual International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace

2008 Cannes Film Festival

The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held May 14 through May 25, 2008. In addition to films selected for competition this year, major Hollywood productions such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Kung Fu Panda had their world premieres at the festival....
. On 21 September 2008, the film was shown at a Gala screening at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
.

On 30 August 2008, Law and Gilley returned to Afghanistan to help keep a momentum around Peace Day. They met President

President

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Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became a prominent political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001....
, top NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
and U.N. officials, and members of the aid community. They also screened the new documentary about the efforts in support of peace. The documentary features activities that took place throughout Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
in 2007. It also highlights support from UNICEF and the WHO

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
for the peaceful immunization of 1.4 million children against polio in insecure areas.

Personal life

Family

Nowadays, his parents are living in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, running their own drama school

Drama school

A drama school is a higher education college which specialises in the vocational teaching of drama . Students at such a college are normally awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the end of their studies....
and theatre

Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
. His sister Natasha

Natasha Law

Natasha Law was born in 1970 and currently resides in London. Educated at the Camberwell College of Arts in South London. She is the daughter of Peter Law and Maggie Law and the older sister to actor Jude Law....
is a well-regarded illustrator

Illustrator

An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text....
and artist

Artist

The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art....
, living in London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

Marriage to Sadie Frost

Law met Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost is an England actress and fashion designer, currently the owner of Frost French....
during the work on the film Shopping
Shopping (film)

Shopping is a 1994 in film film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of United Kingdom teenagers who indulge in Joyride and ramraiding....
. They married on 2 September 1997 and divorced on 29 October 2003.

Father of four

He is the father of four children: Finlay Munro (stepson of Law, born 20 September 1990), son Rafferty (born 6 October 1996), daughter Iris (born 25 October 2000) and son Rudy (born 10 September 2002).

Filmography

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....

2004 Nominated Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Cold Mountain (2003)
2000 Nominated Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
2000 Nominated Saturn Award

Saturn Award

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and Horror fiction in film, television, and home video....
- Best Supporting Actor for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

BAFTA Awards
2004 Nominated BAFTA Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Cold Mountain (2003)
2000 Won BAFTA Film Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2000 Won Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, commonly called the Critics' Choice Awards, are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement....

2005 Nominated BFCA Award - Best Acting Ensemble for: Closer (2004)
Shared with: Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Clive Owen is an Academy Award -nominated, and Golden Globe Award- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning England actor....
, Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Israeli United Statesn actor. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting....
, Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2002 Nominated CFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor for: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

César Award
César Award

The C?sar Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Acad?mie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema....
s, France
2007 Honorary César
Honorary César

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Empire Awards
Empire Awards

Since 1995, Empire —United Kingdom's biggest selling film magazine—has organised the annual Empire Movie Awards. They were sponsored by Sony Ericsson until 2009 and are now sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey....
, UK
2004 Nominated Empire Award - Best British Actor for: Cold Mountain (2003)
2003 Nominated Empire Award - Best British Actor for: Road to Perdition (2002)
2001 Nominated Empire Award - Best British Actor for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

European Film Awards
2001 Nominated Audience Award - Best Actor for: Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Evening Standard British Film Awards
Evening Standard British Film Awards

The Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by the British newspaper Evening Standard. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honors films from the previous year....

1998 Won Evening Standard British Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer for: Wilde (1997)

Golden Globes
2004 Nominated Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Cold Mountain (2003)
2002 Nominated Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
2000 Nominated Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Irish Film and Television Awards
2004 Nominated Audience Award - Best International Actor for: Cold Mountain (2003)

London Critics Circle Film Awards
London Film Critics Circle

The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of the The Critics' Circle is known internationally.The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards lacked meaning ? for people in LA for example ? and the Film Section wished its annual Awards to be recognised on film advertising, es...

2001 Nominated ALFS Award - British Supporting Actor of the Year for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances....

2007 Nominated MTV Movie Award - Best Kiss for: The Holiday (2006), shared with Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an United States actress. In August 2008, Forbes listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....

2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award - Best Kiss for: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), shared with Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and double Screen Actors Guild Award- winning United States actress....

2003 Nominated MTV Movie Award - Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer
2000 Nominated MTV Movie Award - Best Musical Performance for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), shared with Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Rosario Fiorello

Rosario Tindaro Fiorello , also known just as Fiorello, is an Italy singer and also a radio and television presenter....
for the song "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano"

The Talented Mr. Ripley (soundtrack)

The Talented Mr. Ripley is the soundtrack of the 1999 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film The Talented Mr. Ripley starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett....
.

National Board of Review
2004 Won NBR Award - Best Acting by an Ensemble for: Closer (2004/I)
Shared with: Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Clive Owen is an Academy Award -nominated, and Golden Globe Award- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning England actor....
, Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Israeli United Statesn actor. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting....
, Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....

Online Film Critics Society Awards
Online Film Critics Society

The Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics as well as film journalists, scholars, and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays on the Internet....

2002 Nominated OFCS Award - Best Supporting Actor for: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards

The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is claimed to be based on the opinions of the general public....

2005 Nominated People's Choice Award - Favorite Leading Man

Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards
Santa Fe Film Festival

The Santa Fe Film Festival is a Non-Profit Organization which presents important world cinema in a non-commercial context that represents aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards highlighting New Mexican film, new American and foreign film including revivals, retrospectives, independent productions and mini-festivals....

2000 Won SFFCC Award - Best Supporting Actor for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards

The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....

2004 Nominated Golden Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Cold Mountain (2003)
2000 Nominated Golden Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by members.SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995....

2005 Nominated - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Aviator (2004)
Shared with: Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Alan Alda is an Academy Award nominated, Emmy award-winning United States actor, television director and screenwriter. He is well known for his role as "Hawkeye Pierce" in the television series M*A*S*H ....
, Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an United States film and television actor. Working as Alec Baldwin, he has appeared in prominent films such as Beetlejuice, as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October , in the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed....
, Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Kathryn "Kate" Bailey Beckinsale is an England actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor , Underworld , Van Helsing , The Aviator , Underworld: Evolution and Click ....
, Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Catherine ?lise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian Actor and theatre director. She has won multiple acting awards, most notably two Screen Actors Guild Awardss, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, an Academy Award, as well as the Volpi Cup at 64th Venice International Film Festival....
, Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor, film producer whose career rose with his role in the television sit-com Growing Pains and quickly moved to films....
, Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Sir Ian Holm Order of the British Empire is an England award-winning actor known for his stage work and for many film roles, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the first and third films of the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element and the android Ash in Alien ....
, Danny Huston

Danny Huston

Danny Huston is an United States actor and director.Huston was born in Rome, Italy, the son of legendary director John Huston, the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston and screenwriter Tony Huston, uncle of actor Jack Huston and the grandson of Academy Awards-winning actor Walter Huston....
, John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

John Christopher Reilly is an Academy Award-, Grammy-, and two-time Golden Globe-nominated United States actor....
, Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Ren?e Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock music band No Doubt. Formed with influences ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide....

ShoWest Convention
National Association of Theatre Owners

For the organization, see North Atlantic Treaty Organization.The National Association of Theatre Owners is a trade organization based in the United States whose members are the owners of movie theaters....

2004 ShoWest Award - Male Star of the Year

Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards is an awards show presented annually by Fox Broadcasting Company. The program honors the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, and television, as voted on by teenagers aged 10-20....

2000 Nominated Teen Choice Award - Film Choice Breakout Performance for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Visual Effects Society Awards
2005 Nominated VES Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor or Actress in a Visual Effects Film for: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Variety Club Showbiz Awards
Variety, the Children's Charity

Variety, the Children's Charity was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1927 when a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the "Variety Club"....

2007 Film Actor of the Year

Theatre Awards and nominations

Laurence Olivier Award
1994 Nominated Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Newcomer for: Les parents terribles
Les parents terribles

Jean Cocteau's 1948 boulevard theatre farce-with-a-vengeance Les parents terribles tells the tale of Michael and his 'parents terribles', George and Yvonne....
(1994)

Ian Charleson Award
1994 Won Ian Charleson Award for Outstanding Newcomer for: Les parents terribles
Les parents terribles

Jean Cocteau's 1948 boulevard theatre farce-with-a-vengeance Les parents terribles tells the tale of Michael and his 'parents terribles', George and Yvonne....
(1994)

Tony Award
Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....

1995 Nominated Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for: Indiscretions (1995)

Theatre World Award
Theatre World Award

The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an United States honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway theatre or off-Broadway....

1995 Won Theatre World Award

Theatre World Award

External links

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(BFI). Accessed 25 May 2008.* at TV Guide
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at people.com.
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, published 4 April 2008, accessed 25 May 2008.